To: Harold Feller who wrote (802 ) 10/27/1998 8:10:00 AM From: Harold Feller Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 952
And More news: (BSNS WIRE) All American Semiconductor Announces All-Location Agreement All American Semiconductor Announces All-Location Agreement With Silicon Image Corporation Business Editors MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 27, 1998--All American Semiconductor, Inc., (Nasdaq:SEMI) a leading national distributor of semiconductors and electronic components, today announced the all-location authorization for Silicon Image Corporation. Silicon Image (www.siimage.com), a Cupertino, California based leading manufacturer of high performance digital interface circuits for flat panel displays, recently announced that it is working together with Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Microsoft and NEC to foster rapid adoption of digital displays. According to George Papajohn, Vice President of Marketing at All American, "Silicon Image is a key piece in our flat panel display strategy, and their PanelLink(tm) chips will allow All American to provide a low cost, high quality, all digital interface to the flat panel display market. Companies including Intel (Nasdaq:INTC), Microsoft (Nasdaq:MSFT), and Compaq (NYSE:CPQ) are working to adopt PanelLink technology as the digital interface standard. This standard will simplify flat panel product design, reducing our customer's cost and time to market." According to Parviz Khodi, Vice President of Sales at Silicon Image, "We are excited by the many opportunities that All American provides in their broad account base. All American's experience in providing display solutions will help drive the PanelLink standard digital display interface into markets throughout the industry. We believe that All American is an excellent distribution partner to enhance our position in the North American market." All American (www.allamerican.com) is ranked as the nation's 7th largest distributor of semiconductors and the 14th largest electronic components distributor overall. All American has offices in 32 strategic locations throughout North America including its newest office in Guadalajara, Mexico. --30--lhs/mi* CONTACT: All American Semiconductor, Inc., Miami Bruce M. Goldberg, CEO Howard L. Flanders, CFO 305/621-8282 x1417