3Dlabs Further Boosts GLINT OpenGL Performance Announces Design Wins for GLINT MX Professional 3D Graphics Processor; Board and system vendors announce plans to ship GLINT MX-based products; NeTpower to ship SYMETRA2 systems incorporating GLINT MX; Dell to feature a Pentium II / GLINT MX technology demonstration at Intel Pentium II launch event.NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 7 1997--3Dlabs(R) Inc. (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 : TDDDF) today announced a number of graphics board and system OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and design wins for the GLINT(R) MX, the new high-end member of 3Dlabs' professional 3D graphics processor family for the PC. The GLINT MX graphics processor was announced today in a separate release, in conjunction with Intel's announcement of the Pentium(R) II microprocessor. GLINT MX-based boards and systems are expected to start shipping in the second half of 1997, from these and other OEM customers of 3Dlabs. Board manufacturers who plan to announce GLINT MX-based graphics cards include AccelGraphics, Canopus Corporation Canopus Corporation is a manufacturer of video editing cards and video editing software. Their competitors include Matrox and Pinnacle Systems. When 3dfx's Voodoo series of PC-gaming-oriented 3D graphics cards became popular in the mid-1990s, Canopus was well-known for , Diamond Multimedia, ELSA, Omnicomp Graphics Corporation, Radius and Symmetric (a subsidiary of STB See set-top box. STB - set-top box ). System manufacturers who plan to introduce GLINT MX-based personal workstations include NeTpower and TriStar Corporation. Digital Equipment Corporation has also selected GLINT MX graphics systems for incorporation in its personal workstation reference selling program. In addition, Dell Computer Corporation (company) Dell Computer Corporation - One of the biggest US manufacturers of IBM PC compatibles. "From notebooks to networks", their slogan says. http://us.dell.com. (DELL.O) will present a technology demonstration of their new workstation product line, comprised of a 300Mhz Pentium II The successor to the Pentium Pro from Intel. Pentium II refers to the CPU chip or the PC that uses it. Code named "Klamath," the Pentium II was a Pentium Pro with MMX multimedia instructions. system with a GLINT MX based graphics subsystem at the Intel(R) (INTC INTC Intel (NASDAQ symbol) INTC Intercept INTC Interrupt Controller .O) Pentium II OEM Showcase today in New York Today in New York is WNBC-TV's pre-Today newscast, also post-Today on weekends, airing from 5 AM to 7 AM weekdays with the local news cut ins being branded as such. . GLINT MX Endorsements "Dell selected 3Dlabs' GLINT MX for its Pentium II workstation technology demonstration based on GLINT MX's outstanding OpenGL performance," said Jeff Clarke Jeff Clarke may refer to:
"As 3Dlabs' only Definition Partner, NeTpower is pleased to be working closely with 3Dlabs to bring to market the significant performance and functionality gains of the GLINT MX," said Mike Dove, vice president of engineering for NeTpower. "This new high-end graphics processor technology will enable SYMETRA2, NeTpower's new Pentium II-based system, to deliver market-leading price/performance solutions for today's sophisticated marketplace." "Digital (DEC.N) has selected GLINT MX-based graphics systems for our personal workstation graphics reference selling program. The GLINT MX graphics processor provides better visuals and faster graphics than current generation 3D graphics accelerators," said Lynn Thorsen-Jensen, Digital's director of graphics and multimedia product lines. "This is in keeping with our strategy to provide customers with the most comprehensive suite of Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. graphics available today." "ELSA's successful relationship with tier one OEM customers proves that our boards meet the level of expertise demanded of graphics professionals in the 3D market," said Thomas Neubert, vice president and general manager of ELSA Inc. "3Dlabs provides the most reliable and sophisticated chips for this market and ELSA will definitely follow 3Dlabs' roadmap." "The GLINT MX will be key to delivering higher performance in Diamond's future professional products in the Fire GL line," said Ed Huang, director of professional graphics at Diamond Multimedia (DIMD DIMD Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary .O). "We look forward to introducing GLINT MX-based products in the second half of the year." "GLINT MX combined with the previously announced GLINT Gamma geometry engine are the first graphics solution that address all elements of 3D rendering and geometry for the PC," said Perry Copus, president of Symmetric, Inc., a subsidiary of STB (STBI.O). "Our new GLyder(TM) boards will take full advantage of both of these technologies with our own engineering value-add. Through our new relationship with STB, we also have full access to the manufacturing and OEM strengths of a leading graphics hardware vendor. We are very excited by the performance and features of the GLINT MX and we are fully committed (Law) committed to prison for trial, in distinction from being detained for examination. See also: Fully to supporting the 3Dlabs solution." "We are excited about the GLINT MX technology from 3Dlabs and look forward to including it in our popular AccelPro family of professional 3D accelerators," said Niraj Swarup, vice president of marketing at AccelGraphics, Inc. (ACCL ACCL American Canadian Caribbean Line ACCL Acceleration ACCL American College of Construction Lawyers ACCL Accreditation Council for Clinical Lipidology (Allied Health Certification Program) ACCL Amway China Co Limited .O). "Our AccelPro customers in the Mechanical Design and Animation markets will be pleased with the higher performance and new functionality of the GLINT MX." "Radius selected 3Dlabs as a strategic partner for its graphics products development based upon the superior performance and technology represented in the GLINT family of products and upon their roadmap for the future," said Lawrence E. Bakst, vice president of engineering at Radius Inc. "The GLINT MX chip delivers against the promise of that roadmap and strengthens 3Dlabs leadership position for 3D solutions. Radius looks forward to working with 3Dlabs on delivering the highest levels of performance and price/performance for graphics acceleration to the marketplace." GLINT Background Information GLINT graphics processors provide workstation-class 3D functionality and performance, fully integrated with fast 2D Windows acceleration. GLINT-based boards support OpenGL(R), Direct3D(R), Heidi and QuickDraw(R) 3D. 3Dlabs merchant silicon products ship with an OpenGL Installable Client Driver, providing highly-optimized and fully-compliant OpenGL performance, seamlessly integrated with Microsoft(R) Windows(R) NT and Windows 95. GLINT MX is the new high-end, scalable member of the GLINT family that supports high-resolution displays up to 2Kx2K at true color (1) Specifically, refers to 16,777,216 colors (24-bit color). See high color. (2) Generically, refers to photo-realistic color (typically requires 24-bit color as a minimum). , seamless HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates display, large texture memories up to 48 Mbytes and deep 32 bit color & Z buffers. GLINT MX also accelerates 100% of OpenGL 1.1 rendering operations in silicon - including advanced texture-mapping, per-pixel mip-mapping, tri-linear texture filtering In computer graphics, texture filtering is the method used to determine the texture color for a texture mapped pixel, using the colors of nearby texels (pixels of the texture). In short, it blends the texture pixels together by breaking them up into tinier pixels. , anti-aliasing, multi-plane stenciling and alpha blending In computer graphics, the combining of the alpha channel with other layers in an image in order to show translucency. The alpha channel is an additional eight bits used with each pixel in a 32-bit graphics system that can represent 256 levels of translucency. with destination alpha support. GLINT-based boards are typically used for accelerating professional applications such as mechanical CAD, multimedia authoring, geographic information systems and digital video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. . Company Information Founded in 1994, 3Dlabs is a leading innovator and a fabless supplier of high-performance graphics semiconductors, software and related technologies designed to bring cost-effective 3D graphics to the personal computer. The Company has introduced six 3D graphics processors over the last two years with price, performance and functionality designed to meet the needs of different 3D market segments on the PC. The Company markets and sells its award-winning merchant 3D graphics processors to PC and graphics board OEM customers and selectively licenses its embeddable graphics processor cores on a royalty-bearing basis to strategic technology partners such as Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. . Companies using 3Dlabs' graphics processors in their computers include Compaq, Digital Equipment Corporation, Hewlett-Packard, MaxVision, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Micron, NeTpower, Siemens and TriStar. Leading board vendors using 3Dlabs' graphics processors include AccelGraphics, Creative Labs, Diamond Multimedia, Elsa and Symmetric (a subsidiary of STB). Various matters set forth in this press release, such as statements (i) relating to relating to relate prep → concernant relating to relate prep → bezüglich +gen, mit Bezug auf +acc the Company's ability to drive technological developments; (ii) the Company's growth and expansion into markets; (iii) the ability of the Company to successfully develop, integrate and market new technologies and products such as GLINT MX and GLINT Gammaon any specific timescales, if at all; (iv) the proposed features and uses of new products; and (v) the proposed timing of the introduction of new products are forward looking statements. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, the Company's ability to complete development of new products and technologies in a commercially viable manner; the ability of the Company to continue to obtain and keep design wins for its current and future products; the ability of Company's current and future products to adequately meet the price/performance requirements of its customers; the success of the Company's customers in achieving sustained demand for systems incorporating the company's current and future products if at all; the impact and pricing of competitive products, including those from Company's licensees; the introduction of alternative technological advances and other risks detailed from time to time in 3Dlabs' SEC reports. -0- Note to Editors: Please note that 3Dlabs is written as one word, without a space and with a capital D. The recommended way of writing GLINT is all capitals and for Permedia we recommend small caps See Small capital or all caps depending on the medium. 3Dlabs, GLINT and Permedia are registered trademarks and GLINT MX, GLINT Delta, GLINT Gamma and Permedia NT are trademarks of 3Dlabs Inc. Ltd. Microsoft, Windows and Direct3D are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corp. in the United States and/or other countries. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Dell is a registered trademark of Dell Computer Corporation. OpenGL is a registered trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc. All other trademarks are acknowledged and recognized. CONTACT: 3Dlabs Inc. James Carrington, 408/467-3434 james.carrington@3dlabs.com http://www.3dlabs.com OR Horizon Communications Jonathan Hirshon, 408/969-4888 x101 jh@horizonpr.com http://www.horizonpr.com |
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