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To: BZOOKA who wrote (12312)	9/22/1998 11:45:00 AM
From: BZOOKA	Respond to of 13925

Dow Jones Online News, Tuesday, September 22, 1998 at 10:45 SAN JOSE -(Dow Jones)- Singapore-based computer peripherals maker Creative Technology Ltd. Tuesday said it will use a computer chip made by 3Dfx Interactive Inc. in its new three-dimensional Blaster Banshee graphics software. Creative Technology (CREAF), which supplies sound cards and multimedia upgrade kits for computers, is best known for its Sound Blaster Live! audio product, which seeks to create sound as it is heard in certain environments. The product is targeted at video-game enthusiasts and musicians. 3Dfx (TDFX) develops chips and software for rendering 3-D graphics on personal computers and arcade games. Its Voodoo line of graphics chips still is used mainly in boards bought by hard-core PC game players. To move into a larger market of casual players, the company has developed less-expensive chips, dubbed Voodoo Banshee, that combine conventional two-dimensional PC graphics with video and high-end, 3-D graphics -- all for about $200. Separately, 3Dfx late Monday said it filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against privately-held Nvidia Inc., alleging its rival violated 3Dfx's patent on a graphics technology known as "singlepass multitexturing" in Nvidia's new Riva TNT graphics chips. Nvidia's Riva 128 chips helped it vault from zero to an 8% share of the 3-D graphics-chip market, according to recent market research figures. San Jose, Calif.-based 3Dfx said the technology, which affects how quickly images can be displayed, first appeared in its arcade-game chips launched in 1996. Nvidia officials couldn't be reached for comment. Earlier this year, Silicon Graphics Inc. sued Nvidia, also accusing it of patent infringement. Copyright (c) 1998 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved.