Montgomery & Co. LLC Announces Investment Opinion: Publishes Industry Report on Digital Media Technology and Initiates Coverage on Genesis Microchip Inc. , Microtune, Inc. , Pixelworks, Inc. and Trident Microsystems, Inc

Business Wire, Nov 29, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO -- Montgomery & Co., LLC, a leading investment bank for growth companies in the information technology, communications, healthcare and media sectors, announced today that Senior Research Analyst Robert C. Adams, CFA, published an industry report on Digital Media Technology and initiated coverage on Genesis Microchip Inc. (GNSS - $22.11), Microtune, Inc. (TUNE - $4.55), Pixelworks, Inc. (PXLW - $5.26) and Trident Microsystems, Inc. (TRID - $17.32). E[acute accent]The Digital Media Technology industry report, "The Digital Video Value Chain: Defining Value-Added Semiconductor Opportunity," explores the digital video value chain as it relates to digital television (DTV) markets, which are believed to offer value-added technologies. Tuners, demodulators, decoders, and display processors are said to be value-added components within the DTV signal chain. E[acute accent]Concurrently, Montgomery expands its coverage of the DTV component suppliers to include Genesis Microchip, Microtune, Pixelworks, and Trident Microsystems. E[acute accent]Genesis Microchip is a display processor supplier that recently launched a discrete decoder device, the PurView, and plans to launch an integrated decoder solution. E[acute accent]Microtune is a company in the radio frequency (RF) tuning subsector of the digital media space with products used in applications such as set-top boxes, cable modems, PCs, automotive, and handsets. E[acute accent]Pixelworks is a display processor supplier targeting the digital projector, LCD monitor, DTV, and the IPTV markets. E[acute accent]Trident Microsystems is a DTV components company that was the first to integrate analog video decode technology into its display processor devices. The SVP-EX garnered market share through a customer base that included Sharp, Sony, and Samsung.

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