AOpen America Introduces High Performance, Low Cost Video Adapter for Home/Business Users.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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)--March 6, 2001 The AOpen PA305 delivers low cost 2D/3D graphics with up to 2048x1536 resolution making it a perfect choice for cost-conscious users AOpen America, Inc. today announced a new member of its growing family of video graphic adapter (VGA (Video Graphics Array) The display standard for the PC. All PC display adapters support VGA, and Windows machines boot up in "VGA mode" before switching to higher resolutions. ) cards with the AOpen PA305 multimedia solution. The AOpen PA305 utilizes Silicon Integrated Systems' SiS305 chipset to achieve a new level on the price/performance matrix. The product is ideally suited for office/home users running Windows applications who demand high performance graphics when browsing the Internet. Specifications on the AOpen PA305 include 16 Mbytes synchronous memory, Direct3D acceleration, video acceleration for DirectDraw MPEG-1 and MPEG-2, plus AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) A high-speed 32-bit port from Intel for attaching a display adapter to a PC. It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard. 2X with full side band function. The product is bundled with Windows 95/98/ME/NT/2000 Utilities and multi-lingual installation and Quick Manual support for more than 30 countries. "This will be one of our highest volume graphics adapters ever," says Paul Su, President of AOpen America, Inc. "It will be the workhorse for the next generation of home and office computing environments. Users want to browse the Net with ease and exchange photo-quality graphic images both for work and personal enjoyment at an affordable price. The AOpen PA305 is aimed directly at this worldwide market." Additional features of the AOpen PA305 are its fully advanced 3D hardware features, high performance 128-bit 2D/GUI/DirectDraw Acceleration, MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 2/1 video decoder, and support for Microsoft Direct 5, 6, & 7, drivers for Windows 95/98/ME/2000/NT, and regulatory standards such as FCC Class An FCC certification of radiation limits on digital devices. Class A certification is for business use. Class B, for residential use, is more stringent in order to avoid interference with TV and other home reception. See Part 15, Subpart B, of the Federal Register (CFR 47, Parts 0-19). B, CE, and C-Tick. Pricing and availability The product is available now through AOpen's channel partners. The AOpen PA305 product is retail priced at $36.00 USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. and includes an impressive three-year warranty. For more information on the AOpen PA305 and AOpen's complete family of VGA products please visit AOpen's website at: http://english.aopen.com/products/vga/default.htm About AOpen America Headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , AOpen America is the world's largest total component solutions manufacturer and a member of an $8.5 billion technology group. Leveraging more than 23 years of technology manufacturing experience and more than 1,000 Group patents, AOpen designs, develops and markets advanced PC motherboards Following is a list of motherboard types and form factors that have been used in PCs since the first IBM PC in 1981: Maximum Size Year Width-Length Intr. Type In Inches BTX (Balanced Technology Extended) 2004 BTX 12.8 - 10.5 2004 microBTX 10.4 - 10. , optical drives, PC housings, peripherals, multimedia and networking solutions for resellers, system integrators and those who value reliability and performance. Editor's Note Editor's Note (foaled in 1993 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred Stallion racehorse. He was sired by 1992 U.S. Champion 2 YO Colt Forty Niner, who in turn was a son of Champion sire Mr. Prospector and out of the mare, Beware Of The Cat. Trained by D. : More information about AOpen, AOpen Products, services, and business partners is available on the World Wide Web at: www.AOpenUSA.com. AOpen is a registered trademark of AOpen Inc. All other products, brand names or companies are trademarks or registered marks of their respective companies. |
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