LG Electronics Selects Sage's Jaguar 200 Display Processor for Top-of-Line Flat Panel TV/Monitor.

Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)

Oct. 2, 2000-

The Jaguar 200 Provides Superior Picture Quality Best

Suited for Large Screen Monitors

Sage Inc. (Nasdaq:SAGI), a leading provider of digital display processors, announced today that LG Electronics, one of the world's largest monitor manufacturers, selected the Sage Jaguar 200 display processor for use in the world's first production-quality 22-inch Wide SXGA (WSXGA) flat panel monitor for the Korean market.

The wide-screen flat panel monitor from LG Electronics (model: FLATRON LCD 285LT) uses the Sage Jaguar 200 display processor at a very high resolution of 1600 x 1024 pixels (16:10 aspect ratio). The Jaguar 200 is an extremely integrated solution that provides high-quality scaling and high-bandwidth processing required for large panels, advanced video features and multiple input capabilities.

LG Electronics has been in the forefront of introducing the highest quality products to the monitor market. With the incorporation of Sage's Jaguar 200 display processor, LG Electronics' first large-screen monitor is enhanced with superior scaling and provides advanced features best suited to a large-screen monitor.

"The selection of the Jaguar 200 by an important industry leader such as LG Electronics for their best flat panel monitor sets a new benchmark in the area of high-resolution flat panel displays," said Chandra Reddy, president and CEO of Sage. "This is great news for Sage since the Jaguar family of display processors were introduced in April this year. It has since gained great traction in the market and has been cherry-picked by major flat panel monitor manufacturers for inclusion in their monitors."

Sage's Jaguar 200, the world's fastest (200 MHz) display processor, is optimized for high-resolution flat panels such as those manufactured by LG Electronics. The Jaguar 200 display processor uses Sage's third-generation scaling algorithms and supports analog, digital and video input for resolutions up to WSXGA. Its advanced features include a highly flexible OSD, de-interlacing and Picture-in-Picture (PIP), allowing the viewer to use the display as a simultaneous two-in-one PC monitor and TV for maximum flexibility.

About LG Electronics:

LG Electronics is a leading manufacturer of high-resolution flat panels and monitors. LGE has been introducing many new LCD products to expand its presence in the fast-growing and high value added monitor industry. Thanks to a stable supply of raw materials through a close partnership with LG Philips LCD -- the world no. 1 in TFT-LCD monitors (18.1%) -- LGE has secured a strong position in the LCD market, which is expected to grow as a full-fledged industry after 2002.

About Sage

Headquartered in San Jose, Sage Inc. (Nasdaq:SAGI) is a leading provider of digital display processors, enabling superior picture quality for a variety of consumer technology products ranging from web appliances to TVs and flat panel displays. The Company's systems-on-a-chip technology provides highly integrated mixed signal and system functionality with higher picture quality at a similar component cost as lower-quality processors. Sage recently acquired Faroudja Laboratories, one of the world's leading providers of video processing technology and products satisfying the demands of broadcast and home theater applications. Leveraging Faroudja technology, Sage is developing products that bring the home theater experience to the mass consumer market through digitally enhanced television, LCD and plasma flat panel displays, DVD players, internet appliances and projection displays. Sage's display processors including Faroudja video processors are used by world-renowned consumer electronics manufacturers such as Compaq, Fujitsu, NEC, Sanyo, Sony and Toshiba. More information about Sage can be found on its web site at www.sageinc.com; the Company may be contacted directly at 408/383-5300.

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