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To: James Sinclair who wrote (7662)	10/6/1999 7:18:00 AM
From: Mike Buckley	Respond to of 54805

James, Thanks for the update on flat panel displays. --Mike Buckley

To: James Sinclair who wrote (7662)	10/6/1999 10:33:00 AM
From: James Sinclair	Respond to of 54805

Here's a link to the Silicon Image (SIMG) S-1 filing: freeedgar.com The following excerpt is particularly relevant: OUR PARTICIPATION IN THE DIGITAL DISPLAY WORKING GROUP REQUIRES US TO LICENSE SOME OF OUR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY FOR FREE. We are a member of the DDWG which published and promotes the DVI specification. We have based our strategy on promoting and enhancing the DVI specification and developing and marketing products based on the specification and future enhancements. As a result: - we must license for free specific elements of our intellectual property to others for use in implementing the DVI specification; and - we may license additional intellectual property for free as the DDWG promotes enhancements to the DVI specification. Accordingly, companies that implement the DVI specification in their products can use specific elements of our intellectual property for free to compete with us. Looks like the price these guys had to pay to sit down at the table with the big boys and help write the Digital Video Interface (DVI) standard was to give up the chance to capture licensing fees from other companies trying to supply chips. May have been their only choice, but it makes you wonder if the guys running the company ever read the FM.