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                    [Title] => Hail to the Chip Master
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One of a few recognized modern-day Filipino inventors, Diosdado Banatao treaded the rags-to-riches pathway before becoming one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the country.  


During his younger days in the humble town of Iguig, Cagayan, he would walk the dirty streets barefoot just to attend school.

Now, a personal jet and a Porsche are among his options for travel.
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If your personal computer can handle high-tech graphics today, you have a Filipino electrical engineer to thank.

Diosdado "Dado" Banatao invented in the late 1980s the world's first ever single-chip graphics accelerator, which is now found in nine out of 10 motherboards.

The Filipino computer genius - who conquered California's Silicon Valley with a slew of pioneering inventions that revolutionized personal computing - is today's guest speaker in the year 2000 commencement exercises at the state-run University of the Philippines (UP).

A very successful entrepreneur, Bana [DatePublished] => 2000-04-16 00:00:00 [ColumnID] => 133272 [Focus] => 0 [AuthorID] => 1708612 [AuthorName] => Romel Bagares [SectionName] => Headlines [SectionUrl] => headlines [URL] => ) ) )

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