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To: Paul Engel who wrote (85974)	7/31/1999 7:28:00 AM
From: Mary Cluney	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Paul,Burt,>>>"Seriously, what happened with Raza?<<< Atiq Raza Joins iCompression Board of Directors marketwatch.newsalert.com PR Newswire - July 30, 1999 13:33 SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 30 /PRNewswire/ -- iCompression today announced that Atiq Raza, 50, has been elected to its Board of Directors. Mr. Raza was formerly the President and Chief Operating Officer of Advanced Microdevices (AMD). "Atiq brings a broad range of invaluable business, technology, and marketing insights to icompression," commented Govind Kizhepat, Chairman of iCompression. "We are excited to have him on-board." Mr. Raza's notable career has been concentrated in advanced technology products. As President and COO at AMD, he developed AMD's processor roadmap, brought the AMD-K6 family of processor products to the market, and laid the foundation for the development and manufacturing ramp of the new Athlon processor. Atiq led a transformation of AMD's communications product roadmap and initiated a focus on broadband communications. He also led AMD in bringing out ADSL and HomeLAN products. Mr. Raza served AMD in succession as Sr. Vice President and Chief Technical Officer, as a member of the Board of Directors, and as Executive Vice President and Co-Chief Operating Officer. Atiq became a part of AMD's management team after the merger in January 1996 with NexGen, where Atiq served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Raza obtained his Bachelors with honors from the University of London and his Masters from Stanford University. "iCompression has embarked upon a highly focused plan to bring compression and communications technology to a wide range of new consumer, computer, and internet appliances," commented Mr. Raza. "I'm extremely pleased to have the opportunity to become a part of the company leading these advances." About iCompression Founded in 1996, iCompression, Inc. provides real-time video and audio compression and communications technology to the consumer, computer, and internet markets. iCompression's current products include system-on-a-chip solutions for products such as digital video recorders, set-top boxes, PC TV peripherals, and video over IP. iCompression is funded by leading venture capital firms and corporate partners, including Benchmark Capital, Integral Capital Partners, Lucent, and Seagate.