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To: BillyG who wrote (37741)	12/10/1998 2:37:00 PM
From: J Fieb	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

Nice to see the sector emerging from the funk. Been doing some homework. ATI IS using a standalone HW decoder..... They also bought Chromatic...... techweb.com ATI agrees to buy Chromatic Mark Hachman Silicon Valley- As part of its ongoing push into the set-top-box market, PC graphics chip leader ATI Technologies Inc. last week agreed to acquire multimedia-IC vendor Chromatic Research Inc. for $67 million in stock. ATI, however, will leave behind Chromatic's Mpact line, which combines various multimedia processing functions in a single chip, and is negotiating the sale of the business to Multimedia Convergence Corp. (MCC), Chicago, a start-up manufacturer of set-top-box PCs. Chromatic will become a wholly owned subsidiary of ATI, Thornhill, Ontario, but will probably retain its identity and current headquarters, according to John Monti, vice-president of marketing at the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company. "Chromatic's development to date adds significantly to our technology portfolio and allows us to extend our competencies into fast-growing markets," said Adrian Hartog, ATI's vice president of engineering, in a statement. "This higher level of integration allows us to address fast-growing segments in the sub-$500 computer, set-top-box, and consumer-electronics industries," he said......... Chromatic, which is based in Sunnyvale, Calif., will serve as ATI's Silicon Valley research facility. Chromatic comes with no HW solution, till they make another. But now that Chromatic is in Sunnyvale and is ATIs research arm I think that Linux/Set top project filled with ambition is ATIs Message 6753161 Good way to keep your costs down, but it could be someone else too.