ATI set to announce agreement to supply cable-TV box chips

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ATI Technologies Inc. is expected to be awarded a five-year graphics and video chip supply contract. ATI will be contracted to supply the chips to General Instrument Corp.'s digital set-top cable-TV boxes. The deal assures that ATI's Rage Pro graphics chips will see steady revenues. General Instrument is planning to manufacture up to 15 million set-top boxes for Tele-Communications Inc. ATI will provide the chips for $25 each.

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ATI Technologies Inc. to be awarded a five-year graphics and video chip supply contract with General Instrument

Semiconductor Devices, New orders received, Communications Eqp ex Tel, Communications Equipment Manufacturing, Use of materials & supplies, Telecommunications equipment, General Instrument Corp., ATI Technologies Inc.

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Motorola and Lucent planning to develop technology for chips

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Motorola Inc. and Lucent Technologies Inc. are planning to cooperate on the development of digital signal processor technology. Both companies said they would continue to produce and market DSP chips separately. DSP chips are used in a wide range of devices such as cellular phones and automotive electronics. DSP chips are an essential component in advanced semiconductors.

Alliances, partnerships, Digital ICs NEC, Lucent Technologies Inc., Motorola Inc., Digital integrated circuits

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VLSI plans to unveil technology to speed work on chip design

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VLSI Technology Inc. is planning to introduce a new prototyping technology that can reduce by 50% the amount of time used in the design of custom semiconductor chips. The new VLSI Velocity technology represents a change in the design process. The technology enables hardware and software engineers to work at the same time, instead of in a painstaking interative process.

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To introduce new prototyping tech that can reduce by 50% amount of time used in the design of custom semiconductor chips

Manufacturing processes, New Products/Services, Integrated & Hybrid Circuits, VLSI Technology Inc.

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