Bitboys Introduces Xtreme Bandwidth Architecture -TM- to 3D-graphics Processors; 3D Acceleration Without Bandwidth Restrictions.Business Editors/Technology Writers HELSINKI, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 24, 2000 Bitboys has developed a completely new way of meeting the demanding requirements of 3D graphics processing See graphics pipeline and DeBabelizer. . The revolutionary Xtreme Bandwidth Architecture(TM) (XBA XBA The ISO 4217 currency code for the European Composite Unit (EURCO). (TM)) utilizes Infineon Technologies For the raceway, see . Infineon Technologies AG (ISIN: DE0006231004, FWB: IFX, NYSE: IFX) was founded in April 1999 when the semiconductor operations of parent company, Siemens AG, were spun off to form a separate legal entity. AG's leading embedded memory technology (eDRAM) with 9 MB of extremely high speed memory integrated with the graphics engine and additional external memory to deliver unprecedented bandwidth to 3D graphics. The XBA(TM) technology has been created as part of company's Glaze3D project. The first chips utilizing XBA(TM) provide two to three times the memory bandwidth Memory bandwidth is the rate at which data can be read from or stored into a semiconductor memory by a processor. Memory bandwidth is usually expressed in units of bytes/second, though this can vary for systems with natural data sizes that are not a multiple of the commonly used with over the nearest competitors, totalling 12 Gigabytes/sec with a single processor and over 20 Gigabytes/sec in the dual processor configurations. This natural evolution of the traditional 3D graphics chip architecture will provide unseen performance gains for the 3D market. The current high performance generation and also the recently announced graphics controllers for 2000 by today's leaders such as NVIDIA, 3dfx, and ATI (ATI Technologies Inc., Markham Ontario, http://ati.amd.com) A leading manufacturer of graphics chips and display adapters. Founded in 1985 by K. Y. Ho, Benny Lau and Lee Lau, ATI chips and boards are widely used by OEMs. are memory bandwidth limited by even the fastest DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory memory devices. This is the true bottleneck for gaming performance in the higher resolutions, scene complexities and color depths. XBA(TM) is the only true solution offered to this problem and will bring a completely new visual virtual environment with stunningly realistic image and color quality to the enthusiasts game market. XBA(TM) enables the coming generations of Bitboys 3D processors to run 32-bit color, 32-bit textures and 32-bit Z-buffers with extreme detail at very high resolutions without the significant performance losses that current architectures experience. &uot;In the past the gaming community A gaming community is usually a group of like minded individuals working towards a goal (such as promoting fair play and team work) or supporting each other within games (usually online video games such as MMORPG's or FPS's) RTS(real time strategy) games are developing larger has always had to make the trade-off in terms of visual quality or fill rate derived performance&uot;, said Shane Long, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Bitboys. &uot;XBA(TM) will finally allow the gamer to set all visual qualities to the max and still derive amazing frame rates that will supersede To obliterate, replace, make void, or useless. Supersede means to take the place of, as by reason of superior worth or right. A recently enacted statute that repeals an older law is said to supersede the prior legislation. anything they have been able to experience.&uot; Bitboys plans to introduce the final product specifications, product names and target prices of the first XBA(TM) enabled products March 2000. Bitboys is scheduled to begin demonstrating the technology in Q2/2000 and ramping up full volume production of XBA enabled parts during Q3/2000. About Bitboys Bitboys Oy is a Finnish-based 3D graphics processor development company. The company was recently awarded the prestigious Golden Key award for technology innovation in Finland. The company has received a substantial private investment and established production agreements for their products. Bitboys is now positioned to finalize its Glaze3D project and to continue future graphics hardware research and development. Bitboys has offices in Noormarkku and Espoo in Finland and Dallas, Texas in the USA. For more information, please visit http://www.bitboys.com. |
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