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To: Steve Sucheck who wrote (13407)	6/22/1999 10:50:00 PM
From: Jeffrey P	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16960

You knew this was going to happen... gamecenter.com S3 deal Nvidia, though, doesn't see a long-term future relationship for the two companies. "Just like with STB and the 3dfx merger, there will be an overlap period where we continue to sell them chips. We still sell chips to STB. As to forming an ongoing relationship with S3, I don't see why we would do that," said Dan Vivoli, Nvidia vice president of marketing, in a Gamecenter interview. Jim Carlton, senior brand manager at Creative, had a similar expectation. "I think you'll likely see us transitioning away from S3's products," Carlton predicted. "Twice a year, every year, like clockwork, we refresh the product line. It looks very unlikely there will be an S3 anything in the fall." So Chip, you going to set up the official nvidia/creative pool? Jeff P. BTW... check out rivaextreme.com, they have a brief synopsis of the Street.com article. A key point being... An Nvidia spokesman told me Tuesday that Diamond is also likely to cease being a big customer. "I don't see how we can move forward and work together," he said. The best evidence of strained relations between the two occurred on June 9, when Diamond, obviously in negotiations for this deal, sold all of its 428,572-share stake in Nvidia to Nvidia. The sale was in exchange for Diamond's hefty receivables, which as of last quarter accounted for 34% of Nvidia's receivables.