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To: John Finley who wrote (8888)	11/9/1998 3:26:00 PM
From: Waldeen	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 16960

John, first-off this shouldn't come as a surprise Check out: #8674 Part of my reason for posting the above was so all the 3Dfx shareholders wouldn't panic when Broadcom came out with the announcement. Rumors have had this in the works for some time... Basically, Broadcom is an enabler for 3D acceleration on the set-top, they don't plan to have the best 3D. So, this is 3Dfx's clue to add a retail part for Glide games :-) Most of all, (IMO!!!) I view this as direct competition for ATI, as this puts the default 2D/3d acceleration into the set-top; which GI went to ATI to get. Now Broadcom essentially offers a complete chip set for GI to do the graphics and connectivity (via cable modem) for your set-top. Gives them a price advantage, one-stop solution for GI. But keep in mind, it is not Broadcoms core market to develop graphics chips: they have higher margin business elsewhere. Of course my opinion is biased since I've been trading Broadcom since the IPO. Waldeen O.T. Could some one clue me in on how to paste in previous "Reply #8674" message links on SI?