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Microcap & Penny Stocks : Focus Enhancement (FCSE) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: curmudg111 who wrote (558)	12/24/1999 12:01:00 AM
From: greenspirit	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 633

curmudg, focus is a semiconductor design company which has been working on improving the clarity and reliability of converting the image of any desktop or laptop monitor into a television monitor. On the other side of the coin, the same chip can be used by television manufactures to hook a T.V. into a computer. The last figures I saw, these chips sell for about $18.00. It looks like Intel and Nat'l semi intend to use these chip designs and integrate them with their graphics chips. If this happens, every computer sold will be capable of being hooked directly into a television. This capability has been around for a number of years but has mostly been sold to the public through devices costing 90.00-300.00 dollars. I bought one such device a few years ago. WebTV uses a separate device to basically accomplish the same thing, except you don't have the full capability of a computer system at your disposal. Even if the price is well below 18.00, which I suspect it is, the potential market size of having your chip in every computer, coupled with a certain percentage of every television set sold is rather huge. I believe the market will move in this direction. It remains to be seen whether Focus or someone else dominates it though. I doubt whether the graphics chip industry will sit idly by and watch an entire new opportunity for profits slip away. I see the licensing by Intel and NSM as them simply saying to the industry. "We like this technology and think it has a future, so get hot and give us some quality products to use". Hope this helps... Michael

To: curmudg111 who wrote (558)	12/24/1999 12:37:00 AM
From: Joe Lyddon	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 633

Hi! FCSE in a nutshell: Get to the profile: Enter symbol for a quote & <enter> Then click 'profile'. (small print toward right side) siliconinvestor.com Click 'News' (same line as 'profile' toward left side) Click to see all headlines... The NEWS that turns me on: 09-28-99 10-05-99 10-20-99 11-12-99 11-29-99 11-30-99 12-01-99 12-03-99 (I'm not worried about the class action stuff) Home Page: focusinfo.com Hope this helps... When HDTV becomes standard & the current TV's become obsolete, their technology will be used to extend the life of the old (current TV's) enabling them to co-exist with HDTV! THAT is a gold mine! (plus everything else = Super!) Have fun & Seasons Greetings! Welcome to SI... Hope you enjoy it! Joe