The ARM6 and ARM7 are also suitable for DSP with their barrel shifter, data handling operations, and arithmetic capabilities. The ARM7TDMI, introduced last year, adds a DSP enhanced multiplier, the EmbeddedICE on-chip Debug and the Thumb extension. As a member of the DataBlade Developers Program, Open Text demonstrated their technology in the Partner Pavilion at the Informix Worldwide User Conference this week, along with more than twenty other Informix DataBlade Technology Partners. Livelink Library provides document management 'check in' and 'check out' features, automatically managing the important version control and multi-level permissions. Open Text's Livelink DataBlade module will be available in the fall time frame.
Pricing is yet to be determined.
On April 22, the two companies agreed to a stock-swap agreement in which shares of Cisco stock would be exchanged for all outstanding shares, options, and warrants of StrataCom. Under the terms of the agreement, one share of Cisco common stock will be exchanged for one share of StrataCom common stock. The transaction will be accounted for as a pooling of interests. Cisco will restate its financial results for fiscal years 1992-1996 to reflect the acquisition. The transaction is expected to have a slightly dilutive impact on earnings in fiscal 1996, including transaction costs.