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To: Don Earl who wrote (12818)	3/9/1999 8:08:00 AM
From: Randy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 14577

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 1999--S3 announced today that it has secured 36 customers for its new Savage4 chip. Estimated at more than $150 million in revenue, this new business comes from major PC OEM, motherboard and add-in-card customers in North America, Europe, Asia Pacific and Japan (breakdown below.) In addition to this $150 million revenue stream, the company anticipates revenue from older S3 products and from additional Savage4 design wins expected throughout the year. -- Three of the Top Five Worldwide PC OEMs Adopt Savage4. According to data from IDC, the top five PC OEMs are Compaq, IBM, Dell, Hewlett-Packard and Packard Bell/NEC. S3 has secured three of these five high-volume PC suppliers -- but will not reveal specific company names until the PC OEMs make their official systems launches in mid-1999. -- Five of the Top Ten Branded Add-in-Card Suppliers Worldwide. According to data from Jon Peddie & Associates, S3 has secured Savage4 design wins with five of the top ten AIC suppliers, which include Diamond Multimedia, Creative Labs, ELSA, Number Nine and Hercules. -- 25 Additional AIC and Motherboard Suppliers Incorporate Savage4 in Asia Pacific and Europe, which include Samsung, Palit, Gainward, Leadtek, AcerOpen, High-tech, Karma, Atrend, AsusTek, Protac International Corp. and Sparkle, among others. "We've had such wild success with Savage4, that it's not a question of who is designing in our new part -- it's a question of who isn't designing it in," said Ken Potashner, president and CEO of S3 Inc. "This is an exciting time to be at S3 and we all look forward to the financial gains associated with that success -- and then leveraging what we've learned to make forthcoming products just as successful." About the Savage4 Solution Targeted at the commercial and consumer PC markets, Savage4 is designed to deliver 3D rendering capabilities equivalent to high-end, niche gaming solutions, as well as leading 2D graphics and video acceleration. Built around a new 128-bit super-pipelined 3D engine, the Savage4 provides AGP 4X technology, true 32-bit 3D rendering, S3TC, trilinear filtered single-pass multi-texturing, hardware accelerated DVD, 32MB memory support and complete digital flat panel support. Spanning all volume mainstream PC price segments, Savage4 comes in two configurations: the Savage4 PRO and the Savage4 GT. Targeted for mid-range volume PC markets, the Savage4 PRO offers industry-first AGP 4X technology, 143MHz memory support and up to a 32MB local frame buffer, while the Savage4 GT offers AGP 2X technology, 125MHz memory support and up to a 16MB local frame buffer for low-end PC markets.