3Dlabs Wildcat Technology Powers Sun XVR-1200 Graphics Accelerators; Wildcat Technology Delivers Up to 5 Times the Visual Processing Performance of its Predecessor.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 16, 2003 3Dlabs(R) Inc., Ltd., a leading innovator in professional visual processing Visual processing is the sequence of steps that information takes as it flows from visual sensors to cognitive processing. The sensors may be zoological eyes or they may be cameras or sensor arrays that sense various portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. , today announced that its Wildcat(R) technology is powering the Sun(R) XVR-1200 graphics accelerator A display adapter that performs a specialized set of graphics functions to render an image on screen. Today, all display adapters provide basic rendering functions in hardware, but many have graphics processing units (GPUs) that are sophisticated computers. . The Sun XVR-1200 card is available for Sun Blade(TM) 2000 workstations and Sun Fire(TM) 6800 servers from Sun Microsystems(R), Inc. 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:CREAF CREAF Creative Technology Ltd (stock symbol) CREAF Centre de Recerca Ecològica i Aplicacions Forestals ). "3Dlabs and Sun have successfully combined their core competencies on a number of collaborations that have brought extremely high-quality workstation products to professional graphics users," said Dr. Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Research, the leading market research firm in graphics. "The Sun Blade 2000 workstation with Sun XVR-1200 graphics exemplifies the most outstanding technological innovation we've seen from this dynamic duo to date which is in a segment we are forecasting to be worth $500 million in 2003 and growing to $700 million by 2005." With 416 MB of total onboard memory and its unique dual pipeline architecture, the Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator achieves up to five times the geometric performance and over four times the texture mapping performance of its predecessor, the Sun(R) Expert3D graphics accelerator. "With a compelling 5x increase in visual processing performance, the Sun XVR-1200 graphics card within Sun Blade 2000 workstations is a tremendous time saver," said Jerry Peterson, executive vice president and general manager of 3Dlabs workstation division. "By leveraging 3Dlabs' world-class graphics technology and industry leading 416 MB of total onboard memory, the Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator can easily tackle the toughest, most memory intensive MCAD MCAD Microsoft Certified Application Developer MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design MCAD Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (inherited metabolic disease) MCAD Minneapolis College of Art and Design , 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. , or GIS projects." The Sun Blade 2000 workstation with Sun XVR-1200 graphics includes optimized interfaces and drivers for maximum performance in the Sun Solaris(R) Operating System. As a Wildcat graphics-based solution equipped with multiview and genlock support, the Sun XVR-1200 graphics accelerator, is ideally suited for geographic information systems (GIS), mechanical computer-aided design computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided design and drafting (CADD), form of automation that helps designers prepare drawings, specifications, parts lists, and other design-related elements using special graphics- and calculations-intensive (MCAD), digital content creators (DCC), and visual simulation professionals. "The performance boost we've already seen with this graphics card, and the initial feedback we're hearing from beta sites, demonstrates that the solid relationship we have with 3Dlabs has yielded yet another great result," said Shahin Khan, vice president high performance and technical computing business unit at Sun Microsystems, Inc. About 3Dlabs 3Dlabs, a leading innovator in 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), and visual simulation professionals. Its award-winning Wildcat graphics solutions are available in industry-leading 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 workstations, in the channel through an international distributor/reseller network, and directly to end-users at 3Dlabs' online store. For more information on 3Dlabs products, visit www.3Dlabs.com. 3Dlabs is a wholly owned subsidiary of Creative Technology Ltd. This announcement relates to products launched in the United States. 3Dlabs and Wildcat are trademarks or registered trademarks of 3Dlabs Inc., Ltd. in the United States and/or other countries. Sun, Sun Microsystems, Sun Blade, Sun Fire and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and in other countries. All other brand and product names mentioned herein are trademarks of their respective owners and are hereby recognized as such. |
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