Second Hand Smoke - PO not PR

The Internet has destroyed any intelligence that the PR industry may have possessed, and replaced it with the kind of inane chatter, slogan-slinging, and hype you'd expect from politicians.

(BUSINESS WIRE) - May 25, 1999 - NVIDIA Corporation announced today that Dell Computer Corporation has chosen the RIVA TNT2)-based Diamond Viper V770D AGP video card as an option for their new Dimension XPS T550 desktops and their Precision WorkStations.

And further on in the same release:

``Being fast has helped NVIDIA gain market share,'' said Dr. Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Associates (Tiburon, CA), the leading market research firm tracking digital media. ``By our figures, NVIDIA took first place in the Performance sector of 3D controllers in 1998 with 44% market share. NVIDIA has delivered top performing products the past two years, and their top tier design wins solidify their position as one of the dominate players in the graphics market.''

(BUSINESS WIRE) - May 25, 1999 - NVIDIA Corporation announced today that in the May 1999 edition of VisionQuest 2000's survey of top-selling 3D graphics boards, the Creative Labs Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT, based on NVIDIA's RIVA TNT 3D processor, was reported as the highest selling product for March 1999.

According to VisionQuest 2000, an industry-leading market tracking service, the RIVA TNT chipset was also the top selling graphic chipset available through retail stores, outselling its nearest competitor by almost 60%.

May 24 /PRNewswire/ - 3dfx Interactive Inc. today announced that Gateway will offer an OEM version of 3dfx Interactive's acclaimed new Voodoo3 3000 graphics accelerator technology with its signature desktop line of PCs. Gateway will offer the 166MHz Voodoo3 card in select Gateway Performance desktop PCs available today from Gateway.

According to research firm PC Data, the 3dfx Voodoo3 3000 and 2000 are the hottest selling video cards in retail stores throughout North America. Three versions of the Voodoo3 3000 and 2000 have captured the top three spots in research firm PC Data's tally of best-selling video cards. Through its PC-OEM partners and though retail channels, 3dfx has shipped more than 10 million products to date.

May 17 /CNW-PRN/ - ATI Technologies announced today that it has been selected to the Red Herring 50, Red Herring magazine's annual list of the top public companies in the technology industry. Featured in the June 1999 Digital Universe issue, the Red Herring 50 honors those companies that have defined new standards, forged the most influential new business models, and developed products and services that will change the way business gets done.

``We hold technology companies to an entirely different set of standards. Standards that prove to us that they are innovators, agents of change, and leaders truly affecting the construction of the digital economy,'' said Jason Pontin, editor of Red Herring. ``We see that the emerging networked economy is one that requires vision, innovation, and proven expertise, and we think our list encapsulates the companies that have put these qualities to work.''