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  • STMicroelectronics To Withdraw From PC Graphics Market

    GENEVA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 8, 2002–-STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM) has announced that it is withdrawing from the PC Graphics Accelerator IC market and is currently seeking a buyer for the related assets and activities of its PC Graphics business, which accounted for approximately $15 million of ST’s $6.36 billion revenues in 2001.
    The potential sale is in line with ST’s objective of focusing its R&D efforts on market areas that are strategically important to the Company, notably: communications, automotive, computer peripherals, smart cards and digital consumer. In the digital consumer market, ST will continue to emphasize set-top box, DVD and digital TV applications, in which the Company holds worldwide leadership positions.

    About STMicroelectronics

    STMicroelectronics, the world’s third largest independent semiconductor company, is a global leader in developing and delivering semiconductor solutions across the spectrum of microelectronics applications. An unrivalled combination of silicon and system expertise, manufacturing strength, IP portfolio and strategic partners positions the Company at the forefront of System-on-Chip (SoC) technology and its products play a key role in enabling today's convergence markets. The Company shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange, on Euronext Paris and on the Milan Stock Exchange. In 2001, the Company’s net revenues were $6.36 billion and net earnings were $257.1 million. Further information on ST can be found at www.st.com.


    <small>Edit: Edited the link because it wasn't working</small>
    Last edited by Tempest; 9 February 2002, 13:40.

  • #2
    Maybe nvidia will take over powervr too. Who knows.

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    • #3
      Apparently the patents belong to IMG technolgies. So whoever buys the company they will "only" get the engineers and a licence for PowerVR4-5.

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      • #4
        lets hope the future owners will aim for the high-end.
        This sig is a shameless atempt to make my post look bigger.

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        • #5
          What would be nice is if STMicro sold our their KryoI&II systems to Matrox, and we could get a half decent gaming card from the big M.
          Athlon XP-64/3200, 1gb PC3200, 512mb Radeon X1950Pro AGP, Dell 2005fwp, Logitech G5, IBM model M.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by RichL
            What would be nice is if STMicro sold our their KryoI&II systems to Matrox, and we could get a half decent gaming card from the big M.
            no that wouldn´t be nice, a nice thing would be if matrox used the kyro3/kyro4 tecnology in a next gen matrox-card.

            just imagine: a high speed tiler with edram...
            This sig is a shameless atempt to make my post look bigger.

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            • #7
              The patents are not for sale.

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              • #8
                i thought the stg5000 and stg6000(kyro3/kyro4) tech license was part of the deal, as thats what STM graphic-divisions currently has.
                This sig is a shameless atempt to make my post look bigger.

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                • #9
                  That's probably true but any company that accquires the graphics-division can't use the technology in any other chip, it seems.

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                  • #10
                    so the only thing we would see in that case is an ordinary kyro3/4 card with a matrox brand?

                    like the old m3d??
                    This sig is a shameless atempt to make my post look bigger.

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                    • #11
                      PowerVR + Matrox........

                      It had been nice to see Matrox use the Hidden Surface Removal from the PowerVR chips. Thats a good system!

                      Then you have used the 19,2Gb/s memorybus to something else... for example Anti A Tech....

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                      • #12
                        Thx guys...

                        ...for this little kind of support...

                        Indeed, again it would be a great combination - PowerVR and Matrox .
                        As a former G400DH owner I had to switch to a KYRO II a year ago to be able to play new games - unfortunately "the big M" doesn`t compete in this market anymore...
                        Maybe the future will bring interesting stuff for all of us
                        btw Matrox is still listed on PowerVR`s "Partner`s Site"

                        Good luck to all of u !

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