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To: CAtechTrader who wrote (1291)	9/14/2000 2:14:08 PM
From: Boplicity	Respond to of 65232

I bought TVIA to go with my WIND. WIND was lonely. <gg> Friday September 8, 8:01 am Eastern Time Press Release Wind River Announces Strategic Investment in Tvia Inc. to Increase Demand for Set-Top Box Technology ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 8, 2000--Wind River Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:WIND - news), a leading provider of software and services for smart devices in the Internet age, through its Wind River Ventures unit announced today that it has made a strategic investment in Tvia, Inc. (Nasdaq:TVIA - news), a developer of semiconductors for the Internet appliance, broadband set-top box and digital television markets. As part of the strategic investment, Tvia and Wind River will jointly develop and market technology relating to streaming media libraries, Internet appliances, and set-top boxes. In addition, Tvia will distribute an evaluation copy of Wind River's Tornado® integrated development environment along with Tvia's software development kits to Tvia's customers in the digital television and set top box markets. Forrester Research, Inc. estimates that in the United States from 2000 to 2003, the percentage of households with digital set-top box access to the internet will grow from over 15.3% to over 33.9%, representing a compound annual growth rate of 30.4%. Dataquest estimates that in 2003, the market for digital set-top boxes will be $7.2 billion, and the market for digital televisions will be $5 billion. ``Through investments like this one in Tvia, Wind River Ventures is helping Wind River accomplish strategic initiatives,'' commented Curt Schacker, vice president of marketing and corporate development at Wind River. ``By investing in companies that are effectively positioned in key markets and tying strategic agreements to those investments, Wind River can extend the reach of its software into high growth markets that are strategically aligned with Wind River.'' ``By integrating Wind River's Tornado development environment with our Streaming Media Gateway Integrated Circuits and Software Development Kits, we provide our customers with a complete hardware/software reference platform,'' commented Jack Guedj, president of Tvia Inc. ``This integrated development kit enables our OEMs to start writing immediately their application software and dramatically accelerate their time to market.'' ``By partnering with hardware companies such as Tvia, Wind River is helping expand the next generation set-top box and the broadband Internet Appliance market,'' said Jim Ritchie, director of business development and corporate strategy at Wind River. ``Through strategic relationships and investments in broadband chip companies, we are able to provide our customers with new options for developing their applications. The world of smart devices is changing dramatically, and Wind River is committed to fostering innovation and expanding the value we provide to our customers and the industry.'' Tvia has agreed to sell common stock to Wind River subject to customary closing conditions and will not be registered under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from registration requirements. About Tvia Tvia, Inc. (www.tvia.com) designs, develops and markets semiconductors for the Internet appliance, broadband set-top box and digital television markets. Tvia's semiconductor solutions, which consist of integrated circuits and proprietary software, process rich content streams available from the Internet and television. About Wind River Ventures Wind River Ventures is the strategic investment arm of Wind River. The fund is intended to expand opportunities with startups, who already represent a significant portion of Wind River's business, and will provide a forum for collaboration on leading edge technologies that will help shape the future of embedded computing. Wind River Ventures will target investments in early-stage companies focusing on wireless communications, data and optical networking, semiconductors, and communications software as well as Internet appliance and other high-growth markets that are strategically aligned with Wind River. For more information, go to www.windriver.com/ventures/index.html.

To: CAtechTrader who wrote (1291)	9/14/2000 2:22:53 PM
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From SI Buy Range..... FTSE Global 100 Index Rejig Sees Unilever, GM Exit Dow Jones Newswires LONDON -- A quarterly review of the FTSE Global 100 index has resulted in the exit from the index of heavyweights including Unilever NV (UN), Seagram Co. (VO) and General Motors Corp. (GM), the FTSE said Thursday. Changes to the index will be effective after the close of trade Friday. A full breakdown of changes to the index is given below, together with companies' country of origin. Stock Country For Inclusion: Cisco Systems Inc. U.S. Nortel Networks Corp. Canada Tyco International Ltd. U.S. PepsiCo Inc. U.S. Matsushita Elecric Industrial Co. Japan STMicroelectronics NV France Banco Santander Central Hispano SA Spain Qualcomm Inc. U.S. Murata Manufacturing Co. Japan Rohm Co. Ltd. Japan AES Corp. U.S. For Exclusion: Unilever NV Netherlands Repsol SA Spain BASF AG Germany Tokyo Electron Ltd. Japan Tellabs Inc. U.S. Computer Assoc. International Inc. U.S. Seagram Co. Canada Vivendi SA France Muenchener Rueckversicherungs Germany Anheuser-Busch Cos. U.S. General Motors Corp. U.S. A reserve list, including Unilever, Emerson Electric Co. (EMR) and Agilent Technologies Inc. (A), will be used in the event of the deletion of one or more constituents before the next quarterly review, said FTSE. -By Susannah Rodgers, Dow Jones Newswires; 44-20-7842-9277; susannah.rodgers@dowjones.com Briefing Book for: A \| AES \| BF \| BUD \| CA \| CSCO \| EMR \| F.VVN \| G.MUV \| GM \| J.MUR \| J.RHC \| J.TKE \| MC \| NT \| PEP \| QCOM \| REP \| STD \| STM \| TLAB \| TYC \| UN \| VO \| BCE \| E.REP \| E.SHS \| F.STM \| G.BAS \| HWP \| J.MET \| N.UN \| T.BCE \| T.NT \| T.VO \| U.ULV \| UL \| V Message 14384861