ATI Technologies (ATYT) supplies video cards:
ATI Technologies is all the rage. The leading maker of graphics accelerator chips sells
3-D RAGE integrated graphics accelerator chips that incorporate 3-D and 2-D graphics
and video acceleration. ATI makes products for PC (XPERT@Work, XPERT@Play) and
Macintosh (XCLAIM, NEXUS) platforms. The ImpacTV2 chip allows users to connect a
PC to a TV for games or presentations. Users can also view TV signals through a PC,
and vice-versa, with the All-in-Wonder accelerator board. In an effort to move away from
complete outsourcing of its chip production, ATI has begun a customer-owned tooling
initiative to alleviate its dependence on full-service fab plants. Customers include Apple,
Dell, Gateway, and Sun Microsystems.
Genesis Microchip (GNSS) supplies chips in the flat panel displays
Genesis Microchip designs, develops and markets sophisticated, cost-effective digital
video/graphic image-manipulation integrated circuit (IC) solutions. The company's
ImEngine series of video/graphic-processing ICs represent a breakthrough in full-motion,
high-quality video/graphic scaling (shrink and zoom) and de-interlacing technologies. The
company initially developed its IC solutions for specialized high-end digital video/graphic
processing markets - applications such as medical imaging, video editing and television
broadcasting. Genesis is a principal supplier to leaders such as In Focus Systems,Inc.,
CTX Opto Electronics Corp., Texas Instruments and Panasonic.
genesis-microchip.com
It is very easy for vendors to switch video cards in PC's. Not so easy to tear the guts out of a flat panel display. <grin>.
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