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To: Patrick Grinsell who wrote (7464)	9/21/1998 4:54:00 PM
From: Sun Tzu	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

This should be interesting. biz.yahoo.com I guess "different cultures" was one way of putting it ;) Sun Tzu

To: Patrick Grinsell who wrote (7464)	9/21/1998 4:54:00 PM
From: Marc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16960

Why do I have to post the news??????? 9/21/98 - 3DFX FILES SUIT AGAINST NVIDIA FOR PATENT INFRINGEMENT Company Claims NVIDIA TNT Product Uses 3Dfx Patented Technology For Multi-Texturing SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- 3Dfx Interactive(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: TDFX) announced today that it has filed suit against NVIDIA Corporation in the Northern California District Federal Court asserting patent infringement. 3Dfx Interactive claims that NVIDIA is using 3Dfx Interactive's unique patented multi-texturing technology in NVIDIA's newest product called Riva TNT. The suit follows repeated attempts by 3dfx to reach a mutually acceptable solution with NVIDIA. "We see litigation as an unfortunate last resort," said Greg Ballard, president and chief executive officer of 3Dfx Interactive. "We regret having to pursue this matter legally, but it is imperative that we protect our intellectual property on behalf of our employees, shareholders and industry partners. Our goal is to resolve this without disrupting the industry." 3Dfx developed its multi-texturing technology over the last several years with it first appearing as advanced technology for coin-operated arcade games in 1996. Multi-texturing was first supported in 3Dfx's own Glide(R) software environment. 3Dfx Interactive, develops high performance, cost-effective 3D media processors, software and related technology that are designed to enable a highly immersive, interactive and realistic 3D experience across interactive electronic entertainment systems -- personal computers, coin-operated arcade game machines and location-based entertainment installations, such as racing car simulators. Current 3Dfx Interactive products include the Voodoo(TM) family of accelerator chipsets, Voodoo2, Voodoo Graphics(R) and Voodoo Banshee(TM). Visit the company on the web at 3dfx.com. NOTE: 3Dfx Interactive, Glide and Voodoo Graphics are registered trademarks and Voodoo, Voodoo2 and Voodoo Banshee are trademarks of 3Dfx Interactive. All other names trademarks of their respective holders. SOURCE 3Dfx Interactive, Inc.

To: Patrick Grinsell who wrote (7464)	9/21/1998 5:28:00 PM
From: Frank Sheridan	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 16960

RE: Yugo vs. Porsche You may have inadvertently made my point for me. True, a Yugo for $3 will not take away from the Porsche marketplace, but a $3 Yugo would totally wipe out any market for other cars that were aimed at the consumer marketplace. Remember, most cars are priced a lot closer to a Yugo than they are to a Porsche. Regards. P.S. If the marketplace thought that this stock had a future do you think that the price would have fallen over %65? Maybe it is oversold, maybe not.