NeoMagic, the US notebook graphics accelerator vendor, is spreading its multimedia wings. The company has scooped up the business and engineering teams of Israel-based ACL, from Robomatics and the Manchester, UK based optical drive development group of Mitel Semiconductor. Terms were undisclosed. NeoMagic will incorporate Mitel Semi's DVD technology and ACL's image processing algorithms into its embedded DRAM technology. The acquisitions will help NeoMagic extend its embedded DRAM products beyond notebooks and into "a great variety of of small, highly portable digital multimedia devices and internet appliances", such as digital still and video cameras. ®