3DLABS INTRODUCES OPENGL SHADING LANGUAGE.3Dlabs Inc., Ltd., a provider of professional visual processing, has introduced OpenGL Shading Language running on a Wildcat VP990 Pro graphics accelerator and integrated with the RenderMonkey shader development tool suite. 3Dlabs is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Creative Technology Ltd. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CREAF CREAF Creative Technology Ltd (stock symbol) CREAF Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals ). 3Dlabs is the first company to ship a preliminary implementation of the OpenGL Shading Language, which was ratified by the OpenGL Architecture Review Board The OpenGL Architecture Review Board (ARB) is an industry consortium that currently governs the OpenGL specification. It was formed in 1992, and defines the conformance tests, approves the OpenGL specification and advances the standard. as an official extension to OpenGL 1.5 and is expected to form the foundation of the upcoming OpenGL 2.0 standard. 3Dlabs will demo the RenderMonkey shader development tool suite with integrated support for OpenGL Shading Language shader development and powered by its Wildcat VP family of graphics accelerators. In collaboration with ATI Technologies, Inc., both companies plan to release RenderMonkey with OpenGL Shading Language support within three months. "The standardized, cross-platform and forward-looking OpenGL Shading Language is exactly what we need to bring the power of the LightWorks rendering toolkit to graphics hardware and we're happy to support 3Dlabs while they drive the OpenGL initiative," said Slawomir Kilanowski, chief technology manager at LightWork Design. "The powerful LightWorks shading infrastructure integrated with OpenGL Shading Language will give users higher-quality images interactively." "Experience Maya 5 and its flawless execution when combined with the 3Dlabs Wildcat VP990 Pro graphics accelerator," said Rob Hoffmann, senior product marketing manager, Maya product development group at Alias. "This dynamic duo provides Maya artists and creators a powerful solution to get excited about!" "We are pleased to be able to teach the award-winning Discreet combustion 2.1 software running on 3Dlabs Wildcat VP990 Pro graphics accelerators at SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics, www.siggraph.org) The arm of the ACM that specializes in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Providing publications, workshops and conferences, it has served technicians and researchers as well as the artist and business community ," said John Worthington, director of product management and marketing for the Discreet Desktop Video Group. "The difference 512 MB of onboard memory makes when creating animation and compositing projects with combustion will blow the artists away." For more information about the OpenGL Shading Language and the 3Dlabs Wildcat VP product family visit http://www.3dlabs.com. About 3Dlabs 3Dlabs, is a provider of professional visual processing, supplies a broad range of graphics accelerators to Computer Aided Design (application) Computer Aided Design - (CAD) The part of CAE concerning the drawing or physical layout steps of engineering design. Often found in the phrase "CAD/CAM" for ".. manufacturing". (CAD), Digital Content Creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. (DCC (1) (Direct Cable Connection) A Windows 95/98 feature that allows PCs to be cabled together for data transfer. DCC actually sets up a network connection between the two machines. ), and visual simulation professionals. Its Wildcat graphics solutions are available in OEM workstations, in the channel through an international distributor/reseller network, and directly to end-users at 3Dlabs' online store. 3Dlabs can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.3dlabs.com/. For more information, call 408/546-6407. |
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