Wave Issue 9710 5/8/97 Article 4-01

***3Dfx Prospectus - Interesting Information
by John Latta

Income data
(Thousands)

1995 1996 Q1 1997

Sales $6.39 $5.247
Net Loss ($5.039) ($14.751) ($1.161)

In 1996 revenues from Orchid, Diamond and Williams amounted to 44%, 33%
and 11% of sales. In Q1 1997 Diamond was 59%, Williams 15% and Sega
14.3%. TMSC does its fab with .5 micron technology and will transition to
.35 micron during H2 1997. Intel owns 7.3% of the company (before the
offering).

3Dfx granted exclusive rights to its architecture for 3 years for use by
Sega in home game consoles. Sega was also granted a royalty free license
to 3Dfx's Arcade Tool Box including source code. Sega granted 3Dfx the
license to port Sega coin-op and home video game software to Glide for
bundling with 3Dfx products.

The prospectus on file at the SEC is 1.4MB.

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