Appian Graphics Announces Participation in Compaq's Graphics Excellence Program; Companies to Deliver High-End, Multi-Monitor Graphics Workstation Options to Users Worldwide.REDMOND, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 2, 1999-- Appian Graphics Since its inception in 1994, Appian Graphics was one of the leading suppliers of multi-monitor graphics accelerators. The company was famous for its Jeronimo and Gemini product lines, and for the HydraVision display management software. (R) Corporation today announced Compaq has chosen the Jeronimo(TM) multi-monitor graphics card family to be included in the Compaq Graphics Excellence Program. As a result of the Graphics Excellence Program, the Appian products have been rigorously tested in Compaq's graphics testing and qualification lab and are now being sold and supported by Appian and are available for integration on Compaq Workstations. Compaq selected Appian Jeronimo graphics cards to deliver a variety of multi-monitor graphics workstation options in response to consumers' rising graphics performance expectations and growing interest in the productivity benefits of a multi-display system. Showcasing an Appian-driven multiple monitor solution at its Graphics Summit yesterday, Compaq will demonstrate the Jeronimo 2000 on its Professional Workstation AP500 running Media 100 video editing See nonlinear video editing and video editor. applications. "The Compaq Graphics Excellence Program is designed to deliver a wide variety of high-performance graphics workstation options," John Thompson John Thompson is the name of: Academics
Business figures"The Graphics Excellence Program allows Compaq's to offer a variety of best-of-breed graphics card options," said Jim Greenup, vice president of sales at Appian. "Now Compaq customers can purchase the world's leading multi-monitor solution with the confidence that it has passed Compaq's specialty qualification requirements." The Jeronimo 2000 uses two 3Dlabs Permedia 3 graphics accelerators 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. on either the 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. or PCI bus PCI bus - Peripheral Component Interconnect . The Jeronimo 2000 is Appian's highest performing card to date with optimum 2D/3D rendering and support for Open GL and DirectX. The Jeronimo Pro, introduced last year, is the best selling multi-monitor card ever, becoming a standard for large corporations worldwide. Each Appian multiple monitor card comes bundled with HydraVision(TM), Appian's patented display management software. HydraVision enables users to position window and dialog boxes A movable window that is displayed on screen in response to the user selecting a menu option. It provides the current status and available options for a particular feature in the program. across multiple monitors, direct and manipulate information in a multi-display environment and set independent resolution and refresh rates for each monitor. About Appian Market leader Appian Graphics Corporation designs, manufactures and markets award-winning, high-performance multiple monitor display cards for information intensive markets such as finance, 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 (CAD), process control and digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. . Dominating the multiple monitor industry with nearly half the market share, as reported by Dr. Jon Peddie in his April 1999 multi-monitor study, Appian's solutions have been recognized by world-renowned technology leaders such as Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Dell and Microsoft(R). Additional information about the Redmond, Wash., based company can be found on the World Wide Web at www.appian.com. Appian Graphics is a registered trademark of Appian Graphics Corp. Appian Jeronimo and HydraVision are trademarks of Appian Graphics Corp. Appian software programs and Appian hardware devices are covered by one or more of the following U.S. patents: 5,835,090; 5,848,294; 5,949,437. Additional patents are pending. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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