3Dlabs Appoints James Carrington Marketing Director for GLINT Products; Former Autodesk executive to manage GLINT vendor relationships and promotional efforts.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 1996--3Dlabs(R) Inc. today announced the appointment of James Carrington as director of marketing for GLINT A legacy family of 2D and 3D processors from 3D Labs, Inc., a division of Creative Technology Ltd., Milpitas, CA (www.3dlabs.com) that were widely used in high-end display adapters. (R) products, a new position within the company. Mr. Carrington was previously with Autodesk(R) as the company's AutoCAD(R) API product manager, with broad-ranging responsibilities including marketing and evangelism of the Heidi(TM) 3D graphics API and for strategic developer relations. At 3Dlabs, Mr. Carrington will be responsible for managing the company's independent software vendor (ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. ) program and promoting its GLINT and PERMEDIA(TM) NT products for CAD, multimedia authoring, GIS and for other professional 3D markets. "I am very excited to join the company that I believe defines both the professional and pervasive 3D markets," said James Carrington, director of marketing for GLINT products at 3Dlabs. "I look forward to assisting our partners in leveraging the technology and market-leading position of the GLINT architecture in their products and systems." "James' experience in the CAD and multimedia software markets is very important to our commitment in delivering the best 3D hardware acceleration In computing, hardware acceleration is the use of hardware to perform some function faster than is possible in software running on the normal (general purpose) CPU. Examples of hardware acceleration include blitting acceleration functionality in graphics processing units (GPUs) and ," said Neil Trevett Neil Trevett is currently Vice President of Embedded Content at NVIDIA. He is responsible for enabling and encouraging compelling applications on non-PC platforms, including cell phones and automobiles. Prior to joining NVIDIA, Mr. , vice president of marketing for 3Dlabs. "Our customers expect us to deliver the best in high-end 3D products and support for Microsoft(R) Windows(R) NT, Macintosh(R) and UNIX UNIX Operating system for digital computers, developed by Ken Thompson of Bell Laboratories in 1969. It was initially designed for a single user (the name was a pun on the earlier operating system Multics). (R) platforms -- the addition of a GLINT-dedicated marketing director is an important milestone for them and our company." Company Information 3Dlabs is a worldwide supplier of merchant chips, software and core technology for 3D graphics. With over 10 years' experience in 3D graphics, the company's products enable chip, board and system manufacturers to integrate advanced 3D capabilities into their products for such applications as multimedia authoring, CAD, simulation, virtual reality, interactive TV and video games See video game console. . 3Dlabs has consistently led the industry in being first to deliver successive generations of 3D devices that precisely meet the emerging needs of the 3D market. In a recent article the company was positioned as the "First member of the next generation of chip companies," by the influential Red Herring Red Herring A preliminary registration statement that must be filed with the SEC describing a new issue of stock (IPO) and the prospects of the issuing company. Notes: magazine. In January 1996, 3Dlabs' GLINT and PERMEDIA silicon were honored with a "First Place Computer Graphics World Editor's Choice Award for Outstanding Innovation." 3Dlabs, Inc. is headquartered in San Jose, CA., was founded in April 1994, and is privately owned. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: 3Dlabs and GLINT are registered trademarks and Delta and PERMEDIA are trademarks of 3Dlabs Inc. Ltd. Autodesk and AutoCAD are registered trademarks of Autodesk, Inc., and Heidi is a trademark of Autodesk, Inc. All other trademarks are acknowledged and recognized. CONTACT: 3Dlabs, Inc. Neil Trevett, 408/436-3456 neil.trevett@3dlabs.com http://www.3dlabs.com or Horizon Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Jonathan Hirshon, 408/982-2555 jh@horizonpr.com http://www.horizonpr.com |
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