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To: Patrick Grinsell who wrote (13587)	6/30/1999 7:09:00 PM
From: Obewon	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

Before I take these Matrox numbers at their face value, I wanted to do a little calculation. Matrox is claiming $473M in revenues, yet at the same time is claiming that they sold 10 million boards and 5 million stand alone chips. Now, assuming all the revenue is due to boards and chips and that chips usually sell for approx. 20-25% of the boards price, we can say that the five million stand-alone chips were the equivalent of selling 1 million boards. Thus Matrox Graphics sold the equivalent of 11 million boards. Divide $473M revenues by 11M boards and you get $43/board. I realize that these are one and two-generation old technology but this seems awfully low and still make a profit. On an added note, who is purchasing these boards? They must be the standard board in many Asian or European brands, because you don't see that many over here in the States. Obewon