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To: j g cordes who wrote (31558)	3/28/1998 8:46:00 AM
From: John Rieman	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

IBM has been in the MPEG market. When IBM announced it's encoders, March, 1996, C-Cube's stock dropped about 15 points in one day. They have some customers............................... chips.ibm.com IBM announces new MPEG-2 digital video products Fishkill, N.Y., March 17, 1997 IBM today announced new digital video chips and code, including MPEG-2 decoders, encoders and firmware, which are designed to support OEMs as they deliver new products to an expanding digital video industry. IBM is announcing the following: MPEGCD1M and MPEGCD1V digital video decoder chips for economical, high-quality solutions for DVD playback. MPEGMM30 single-module encoder for full-function, studio- quality MPEG-2 MP@ML encoding. MPEGME31 three-chip encoder set for full-function, broadcast- quality 4:2:2 Profile encoding. MPEGME30 encoder chip set enhanced firmware offering variability in compression data rates. Application software........ .........Customer acceptance IBM's MPEG-2 chip technology has gained rapid acceptance in the marketplace. Customers using IBM's MPEG-2 products include: AGT, Inc. of Redwood City, Cal. ATI Technologies Inc., of Toronto ECI Telecom of Israel Leitch Technology International Inc. of North York, Canada Lucent Technology of Murray Hill, N.J. Newbridge Networks Corp., Kanata, Ontario Nortel (Northern Telecom) of Toronto Optibase Inc. of Dallas Pathway Engineering Inc., of Mayfield Village, Ohio RE Technology of Denmark Sigma Designs Inc. of Fremont, Cal. Seachange International of Maynard, Mass. Sonic Solutions of Novato, Cal. Tektronix Inc. of Wilsonville, Ore. Tiernan Communications of San Diego, Cal. Vela Research Inc. of St. Petersburg, Fla. Wired Incorporated of Mountain View, Cal. and the IBM PC Company.