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To: Mani1 who wrote (2713)	3/10/1999 7:36:00 AM
From: jgideon	Respond to of 3645

Trident's chip is not at all competitive with NMGC. Trident's chip ties the graphics processor to main memory, while NMGC keeps the graphics memory separate from main memory and puts both graphics memory and graphics logic on the same chip. You don't want your graphics memory accesses interfering with main processor memory accesses. The Trident solution can cause all sorts of bus conflict and battery life problems that the consumer who knows what he is buying will not want. They are competing in the low end, where price is the major determinant and where margins are thin. No worries to NMGC, who are sticking with good margins in the mid-range category and dominating the field.