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DVD Chip Sales May Hit Pause Button Amid Glut.(INTERNET & TECHNOLOGY)

Investor's Business Daily

| September 16, 2002 | COPYRIGHT 2003 Investor's Business Daily, Inc. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Byline: JAMES DETAR

A couple of former highflying DVD chip companies fell to earth Friday.

Despite brisk sales of digital video disc players, investors who feared a glut of DVD chips could swamp the market sent shares of ESS Technology Inc. and Zoran Corp. tumbling.

News late Thursday from ESS triggered the sell-off. The company cut its sales forecast for the quarter to between $60 million and $64 million. That's down from an earlier estimate of $86 million to $90 million.

Until now, DVD chips were seen as a rare bright spot in the dismal chip field. "This has been the last unadulterated growth market in the electronics industry. As a …

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