Bulletin Autumn‧Winter 1999

IXTech Ltd. Year founded: 1998 Technology: Using The Chinese University innovative broadband network technologies and multimedia applications in the operation of Internet Exchange Services: Provide free local Internet exchange service to Internet service providers, and router port leasing and routing management services at a fee. Inventor: Prof. Joseph Y.N. Hui of the Department of Information Engineering Montimedia Co. Ltd. Year Founded: 1999 Technology: Montage image bank and search engine Services: Set up image bank and search engine for textile, publication, and graphic design industries. Images can be stored/retrieved by colour, shape, pattern, and texture. Inventors: Profs. Irwin King, Ada W.C. Fu, Chan Lai-wan, and Xu Lei of the Department of Computer Science and Engineering Technology Transfer