It could also mean significant profits for key suppliers like LSI Logic (nyse: LSI - news - people), which may manufacture microJava chips for the Corona.

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Valentine was among the original investors in Apple Computer, Oracle, LSI Logic, Electronic Arts and Cisco Systems.

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The Stanford-trained engineer cofounded Nvidia just as he turned 30 in 1993, after stints at amd and lsi Logic.

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His father was an early backer of Quantum, Apollo Computer and LSI Logic.

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