Attached Link: http://www.foveon.com/press_national.html

Nice! [So, when do we see all the Babes?] Foveon is one of those technologies you just WANT to succeed because it seems so elegant. Foveon needed a huge influx of cash to implement the sensor technology. Sigma provided that, and gained exclusive right for some amount of time in order to break into the camera market. There was a press release in March about National Semiconductor signing manufacturing and distrabution agreements with Foveon, so maybe Sigma's exclusive time is running out? The only way prices are driven down, and improvements made, are when the volumes grow. So far, limiting only to Sigma has kept the volumes from growing. We can hope for some good things going forward.