Faroudja Awarded Third Emmy by National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

SUNNYVALE, CA, Oct. 16, 2001—Faroudja, a division of Sage,Inc. (Nasdaq:SAGI) announced it has been awarded its third Emmy by theNational Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. The award for“Pioneering Development of an HDTV Upconverter” recognizesFaroudja's technologies, which convert ordinary standard-definitioncontent into sparkling high-definition video. This includes DCDideinterlacing, IntelliComb video decoding and TrueLife enhancement.

“We are extremely pleased to receive this prestigiousrecognition by the Academy,” commented Chandra Reddy, CEO ofSage, Inc. “The innovative technology we developed to create theHDTV up-conversion process in our Digital Format Translator (DFT) hasnow been implemented in our other Faroudja processors—such as theDVP5000, DVP3000 and new Native Rate Series—and into our customIC solutions with the Sage FLI2200 video deinterlacer and FLI2220 videoenhancer, so we can deliver unparalleled image quality to the TVstation, home theater, DVD player and even within the TVitself.”

This is the third Emmy awarded to the company. Earlier awardsinclude a 1991 Emmy for engineering development and a 1998 Charles F.Jenkins Lifetime Achievement Emmy to Faroudja’s founder YvesFaroudja.