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To: Patriarch who wrote (488)	12/12/1998 10:57:00 AM
From: Jack Jackson	Respond to of 6531

A new generation of semiconductors on the market now will make it easier than ever to use your TV to channel surf and surf the Web simultaneously. Chips such as those recently introduced by Broadcom Corp. (Nasdaq:BRCM - news) (http://www.broadcom.com), a semiconductor company in Irvine, Calif., could eliminate the need for special set-boxes by integrating Internet programming technology directly into TVs. The chips also clean up Web graphics, improving text fonts and eliminating fuzzies to make them look better on TV screens, according to a Broadcom representative demonstrating a prototype Net-integrated TV set at a recent cable TV convention in Anaheim, Calif. ''Just as today there are cable-ready VCRs, these (chips) will be the same thing, a broadband conduit into the home,'' Broadcom President Henry Nicholas said in an interview at the convention. (Michelle V. Rafter writes about cyberspace and technology from Los Angeles. Reach her at mvrafter+deltanet.com. Opinions expressed in this column are her own.) (Reuters/Wired)