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To: Peter who wrote (2575)	12/18/1997 5:32:00 PM
From: Robert Floyd	Respond to of 2740

Company Press Release Toshiba Selects Chips and Technologies HiQVideo Processors for New Satellite Pro and Libretto Notebook Computers -- Highly Versatile HiQVideo Flat Panel Graphics Accelerators Provide Fast Windows Performance and Full-Screen, Full-Motion Video Playback -- SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 18, 1997-- Chips and Technologies, Inc., the world's leading supplier of video graphics controllers and accelerators for flat panel displays, today announced its HiQVideo(TM) multimedia accelerators will be used in two new notebooks from the Computer Systems Division of Toshiba America Information Systems, Inc. The new Toshiba notebooks include the Satellite Pro 480CDT and Libretto 70CT. The Satellite Pro 480CDT is Toshiba's first value-priced notebook computer to feature a 233MHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) Processor. The ultra-lightweight Libretto 70CT offers mini-notebook portability and functionality that goes far beyond any of today's handheld PCs. Both of the recently announced Toshiba notebooks utilize high-performance Chips and Technologies HiQVideo accelerators as the core of their powerful video graphics display subsystems. These complete multimedia display solutions include one or two megabytes of video RAM, hardware-accelerated MPEG for full-screen, full-motion video display, and built-in support for ZV (Zoomed Video) port technology. ''This announcement highlights the breadth of the HiQVideo product line,'' said Tim Erjavec, senior director of marketing, Chips and Technologies. ''The 64-bit performance of the HiQVideo core provides the raw power needed to accelerate graphics and run full-motion video on the active-matrix TFT color displays of both the Satellite Pro 480CDT and Libretto 70CT. The benefit to major notebook computer OEMs like Toshiba is the ability to develop highly differentiated products from a single graphics core.'' The new products expand Toshiba's entire range of popular, award-winning portables for more customer choice than ever before: -- Libretto 70CT: Toshiba offers the smallest and lightest full-function PC available with a new 120MHz Pentium(R) processor with MMX(TM) technology and a 1.6 billion byte (=1.51GB) hard drive in an astounding 1.87-pound package. Perfect for field sales force and high-travel executives, the ultra slim and lightweight Libretto 70CT offers complete Windows 95 capabilities to increase productivity on the road. Measuring just 8.3 x 4.5 x 1.4-inches, the Libretto provides a bright 6.1-inch TFT active-matrix display with support for 16 million colors at 640 x 480, 64k colors at 800 x 600, and 256 colors at 1024 x 768. The Libretto features Chips and Technologies' HiQV32 (65550) processor with 1MB of EDO RAM and a 32-bit VL-bus architecture. -- Satellite Pro 480CDT: Toshiba's Satellite Pro family incorporates the industry's fastest mobile processor available, the 233MHz Intel Pentium processor with MMX technology, giving customers a mobile computing powerhouse at an attractive price. Offering exceptional price-performance for demanding business users, the Satellite Pro 480CDT offers a stunning 12.1-inch active-matrix TFT display with support for 16 million colors at 800 x 600, 64k colors at 1024 x 768, and 256 colors at 1280 x 1024. The Satellite features Chips and Technologies' HiQVPro (65555) processor with 2MB of EDO RAM and a 64-bit PCI-bus architecture. Full-Motion Video Driven by HiQVideo Accelerators Chips and Technologies' HiQVideo processor cores combine video acceleration with a high-performance graphics engine to deliver full-screen video at 30 frames/sec (fps). Hardware-assisted MPEG is optimized to accelerate software titles to allow smooth video playback. Separate video and graphics pipelines further reduce system processor overhead and minimize memory requirements for video and graphics color depth. The HiQVideo accelerator delivers all the fundamental capabilities needed to run Windows-based multimedia applications. The video capture system accepts video data from either the systems bus or the video capture port that supports the Zoomed Video (ZV) Port technology option. This allows users to simultaneously display video streams from multiple sources and to open multiple video windows. These features are critical for advanced multimedia applications such as current MPEG-1 and future MPEG-2 video playback, video teleconferencing, and on-screen television through industry standard PC Cards. About Chips and Technologies Chips and Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHPS - news) develops semiconductor and software solutions for leading manufacturers of personal computers. These unique, highly integrated solutions provide enhanced graphics, full-motion video, and other advanced display capabilities for both notebook and desktop computers. Chips and Technologies is widely recognized as the world's number one supplier of flat panel video graphics controllers and accelerators to the portable computer market. Chips and Technologies can be reached on the World Wide Web at chips.com . This press release contains forward looking statements, which are generally preceded by words such as ''expects,'' ''anticipates,'' or ''intends.'' Such statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including competitive conditions, the timing of product development, conditions in the personal computer marketplace, and other risks described in detail in the Company's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Note to Editors: HiQVideo and HiQV32 are trademarks of Chips and Technologies, Inc. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks and brand names are the property of their respective owners. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: Chips and Technologies Lisa Lawrence, 408/434-0600 or MQPR Matthew Quint, 510/548-8985