1.   Although the company obtained a license in January from Apple to copy its Mac technology, volume shipments of the Mac compatibles still have not begun.

2.   That will push volume shipments off until next year.

3.   The company is producing small samples of the chip set, but expects to begin volume shipments by the middle of next year.

4.   They begin shipping in limited quantity this week, with volume shipments in March.

5.   Volume shipments of computers with the new standard, known as the common hardware reference platform, are not expected for another year.

6.   The company is not likely to achieve high volume shipments for the new machines until later this year, however.

7.   They also said the company expects volume shipments of the new products to catch up with demand by the end of June.