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Technology Stocks : ESST-the new beginning.

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To: view who wrote (2191)12/11/1998 2:27:00 PM
From: Steve Reinhardt  Read Replies (1) of 3493
 
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The negative PR for the last three quarters from ESST
was a responsible act from the CFO's offices. If they
did not do that, they might got sued already!

If they are promoting new products in the digital video
market, I fail to see how it will get sued.

As to the video market share war with their competitor(s),
I don't see there was any other alternatives. It was not ESS's
fault. If they had not aggressively sold their ICs, the market
could be 50%+ owned by WinBond or UMC at the time. The fact is
this is a consumer electronics market. Supply demand decides
the price, not ESST or anyone.

I totally agree with you, as a high tech fabless IC company,
ESS has to focus on product segments that can garner higher gross margin
products. A case in point, PMC-Sierra Semiconductor, refocuses
itself to the more lucrative telecom switch market and is rewarded
handsomely in the market place. Another one is Broadcom which produces
products addressing the cable modem area now is selling at $110+ per share!!

I believe both ESST and CUBE have technologies in house to address the market
that Broadcom currently enjoys. The problem is that they should have
done it 2 years ago.

Steve
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