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Technology Stocks : ATI Technologies in 1997 (T.ATY) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: NTT who wrote (3289)	4/30/1999 5:39:00 PM
From: Carnac	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5927

Let's define what the low-cost PC really should have. Forget what ATI and Intel marketing says. They as likely to get it wrong as we are, maybe more. Who will buy the low cost PC in the time frame that Whitless and Murky are aimed at ? What will they use it for ? My take: 1. surfing the web 2. playing games 3. watching DVD and soon we will also have 4. digital VCR/TV a low-cost CPU with separate powerful 3D/graphics/video hardware engine is the right solution, not low-power CPU with moderate media performance. Skimp on system memory, CPU speed, hard disk, etc. Cut costs there. So I don't nec. believe SOC is the best approach. Unless its just for surfn' web without media. PC and media processor business really bites. reason for brining up byte muxer: just because Intel or AMD or ATI patents it now, doesn't mean there isn't prior art or already public domain. I wait with great anticipation of the big teeth gnashing when TiVO and Replay discover that hard disk/cache and TV was thought of a LONG time ago.