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To: Don Earl who wrote (11900)	9/2/1998 3:18:00 PM
From: stockroach	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14577

Don, Its not that simple. For example many of the OEM's use ATI boards in the past year. For a OEM to switch boards it is not the board that is the problem but changing the software drivers. For ATI to get the next round of business, they introduce a product that works of small changes in software. That way the OEM does not have to go through a full compatability test. Second, the footprint of the chip. The chip manufacture usally uses the same footprint as the previous chip, so for the motherboard applications there is no major redesign just for a graphics chip change. stockroach