ActionGraphics 300 3D graphics accelerator is certified by Parametric Technology Corp. for Pro JR. and Pro ENGINEER; AccelGraphics begins shipping the AG300 Graphics Accelerator targeting PC-based, 3D mechanical computer aided design applications.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 16, 1995-- AccelGraphics Inc. Monday announced that the AG300 three-dimensional (3D) 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. has been certified by Parametric Technology Corp. The AG300 is certified for Pro/JR. and Pro/ENGINEER for use on the AT&T Globalyst 600 running 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. with OpenGL. Within the next several weeks, the AG300 will also be certified on a number of other Intel Pentium/PCI-based systems for Pro/JR. and Pro/ENGINEER running under Windows NT 3.5 with OpenGL. The AG300 is the first product in the ActionGraphics family of products that provides true workstation-class 3D graphics performance on PCs supporting the standard high-bandwidth Peripheral Component Interconnect See PCI. (hardware) Peripheral Component Interconnect - (PCI) A standard for connecting peripherals to a personal computer, designed by Intel and released around Autumn 1993. PCI is supported by most major manufacturers including Apple Computer. (PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). ) bus. "Building upon the phenomenal success of Pro/ENGINEER as the leading 3D mechanical design application, we feel that the powerful combination of features and affordability offered by Pro/JR., opens the door to a significantly larger market for 3D design solutions on the PC computing platform See platform. ," said Greg Milliken, vice president of marketing for AccelGraphics Inc. "And by providing high-performance 3D graphics, we have eliminated the last barrier to using a standard PC for 3D applications like Pro/JR. and Pro/ENGINEER in a production environment. The AG300 offers 3D graphics performance previously available only from expensive, high-end 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). workstations. "By specifically targeting the leading 3D mechanical software applications and tuning our own driver software to get the best performance possible with these applications, AccelGraphics delivers a powerful and unique hardware and software solution to the large and growing 3D 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 market." "The availability of increasingly more powerful Windows NT systems with OpenGL graphics accelerators, like the AG300, delivers a compelling price-performance platform for Pro/JR.," said Olimpio DeMarco, manager of strategic relations at Parametric Technology Corp. The AG300's powerful graphics processor is capable of up to 205K Gouraud shaded triangles per second and up to 1 million 3D vectors per second. Furthermore, the AG300's innovative architecture allows performance to scale with the power of the main CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. . Faster processors deliver proportionately faster graphics, lengthening the useful life of the AG300 and providing investment protection in the fast changing computer industry. The AG300 is designed to take advantage of new high-speed processors and maturing PC operating systems, such as Windows and Windows NT, as well as standard graphics Applications Programming Interface (API), such as OpenGL, 3DR and HOOPS. In addition to providing optimized support for powerful 3D mechanical design applications like Pro/JR. and Pro/ENGINEER, the AG300's accelerated drivers for Windows 3.1 and Windows NT provide support for thousands of popular applications like word-processors and spreadsheets. The AG300 from AccelGraphics paves the way for a family of graphics accelerators targeted at professional 3D markets. Its highly optimized 3D pipeline provides affordable, high-performance graphics using the growing OpenGL standard supported by Microsoft Corp., initially with Windows NT, but growing with the support of OpenGL in Windows '95 (Chicago) later this year. About the company AccelGraphics Inc. develops, manufactures and markets high-performance three-dimensional (3D) graphics and image processing accelerators for 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 and engineering and other technical markets. Sales distribution is managed through select VARs, OEMS OEMS Office of Emergency Medical Services (Massachusetts government) OEMS Oracle Enterprise Messaging Service OEMS Order Entry Management System and technical distributors with expertise in these target markets. AccelGraphics' 3D graphics accelerators enable technical professionals to visualize 3D data such as designs and models of mechanical parts and assemblies quickly and interactively, thereby dramatically enhancing user productivity when using 3D applications. The ActionGraphics line of higher-performance 3D graphics accelerators deliver high-end workstation graphics performance on PCs supporting the standard, high-bandwidth PCI bus. Supported systems include those based on Intel Corp.'s Pentium processors and other high-performance processors including the Alpha, MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. and PowerPC. AccelGraphics Inc. is headquartered in Santa Clara and can be reached at 800/444-5699. -0- Note to Editors: AccelGraphics, ActionGraphics and AG300 are trademarks of AccelGraphics Inc. All other trademarks, service marks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective companies. CONTACT: AccelGraphics Inc., Santa Clara Greg Milliken, 800/444-5699 ProComm Marketing Communications Sam Cece, 408/274-3517 |
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