November
1998, Issue 100
Smart
Rocket
by
Tom Cantrell
The
SX MCU from Scenix is fast, runs on almost anything,
gets good mileage, and you can park it anywhere. And,
Parallax’s SX-Key makes for some easy riding. Will
we be seeing biker bars in Silicon Valley?
Like other places, Silicon Valley goes
through booms and busts. The only difference is that
single-digit growth is considered a bust, while startups
routinely post triple- or even quadruple-digit gains.
The
boom of the last few years, fueled by I-way frenzy and
bloatware-driven PC upgrades, has been one of the strongest
ever (even though it’s fading a bit in the stretch).
It’s a veritable gold (err…silicon?) rush.
One
of the consequences is traffic with a capital "T".
Ever fly into San Jose at 5:00 p.m., rent a car, and
try to go somewhere?—anywhere? I don’t commute, but
I get out enough to see just how ugly the jam-up is.
