There was general consensus that Amati's Cremona was a wealthy town in a wealthy country.

ECONOMIST: Celebrating a mighty era of violin-making

The occasion was seized with this year's anniversary, more or less, of Amati's birth.

ECONOMIST: Celebrating a mighty era of violin-making

It was agreed that Amati's workmanship, materials and attention to geometry exceeded anything to date.

ECONOMIST: Celebrating a mighty era of violin-making

In the same two-year period, TI has bought more than a half-dozen DSP-related businesses, including SSi, Amati, Tartan and Go DSP.

FORBES: Beyond the sunset

The pioneering work we began twenty years ago at a company I founded, Amati Communications, now accounts for approximately 98 percent of the nearly 400 million DSL connections in the world today.

FORBES: Written by John Cioffi

South Africa's Desire Wilson was the next woman to enter a race in 1980, and it has been almost 20 years since Giovanna Amati drove for Brabham in 1992, but recently there have been reports claiming that Renault will sign Maria de Villota as the team's third driver.

CNN: Pit-lane pioneers: Women in Formula One