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To: stock talk who wrote (10803)	5/4/1998 9:10:00 AM
From: g.w. barnard	Read Replies (1) of 14577

st, attached is todays article in wsj interactive: gw S3 to Introduce a New Chip For Rendering 3-D Graphics By a WALL STREET JOURNAL Staff Reporter SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- S3 Inc. will introduce a chip Monday that the company hopes will trigger a financial turnaround in the second half of the year. The semiconductor maker's new chip helps personal computers display three-dimensional graphics and is targeted at the high end of the PC gaming market, where S3 has lost ground to competitors. The Savage3D chip will be available in large quantities in the third quarter at a wholesale price of $35 and is expected to be used in $199 circuit boards used to boost PC graphic performance. Scott Tandy, S3's director of marketing, said the new product is S3's most important in three years. The company, once No. 1 in the 3-D category, has been losing money lately because of competitive pressures and other problems. Return to top of page

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