Cell Computing and Advanced Visual Systems Inc. Launch High-Performance Data Visualization Applications on Credit-Card-Sized PCs.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 1999-- See Advanced Visual Systems Inc. with Cell Computing Cell Computing is a distributed computing project operated by NTT Data to perform biomedical research. It currently uses the Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing (BOINC) platform, however it was initially launched using the United Devices Grid MP platform in at Embedded Systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. Spring Conference, Booth 106 Advanced Visual Systems Inc. (AVS (Audio Video Coding Standard) A video compression technique developed by Chinese companies and supported by the Chinese government. Expected to provide better compression than MPEG-2, AVS was created to avoid paying royalties to the MPEG licensors, which are outside ) and Cell Computing, Inc. (Cell) today announced the availability of AVS' leading-edge data visualization technology on the Cell Computing CardPC - the industry's smallest Pentium PC. AVS software is supported on CardPC-based systems running the Microsoft Windows NT operating system. AVS/Express is AVS' premier solution to data visualization, which traditionally has required high-performance workstations, but is now available as an embedded application. When installed on micro-motherboard-based products like the Cell Computing CardPC -- data visualization can be implemented in test and measurement equipment, military display systems, medical devices, network monitors, or any other systems that collect and display visual data to support decision-making and analysis. The combination of data visualization and CardPCs brings quick data driven decisions to the location where the decisions need to be made, whether it is on the road or in the field, rather than limited to where workstations traditionally are. Henri Uehara, Cell Computing President, said, "By teaming with AVS we are able to offer our customers the ability to perform complex rendering and mapping applications with very large data sets -- in real time, and at the source of the data. No longer is it necessary for applications like medical imaging or ground-penetrating radar to upload data from instrumentation to a workstation-type host -- the information can be displayed at the point of collection for immediate action." "By having AVS/Express running on CardPC, our customers have yet another platform on which our products are supported," said Russ Barbour, President and Chief Executive officer of AVS. "By no longer requiring information to be uploaded, this joint effort by Cell Computing and AVS allows customers to make better decisions, more quickly, giving them a unique competitive advantage." AVS product overview AVS is the premier global provider of visualization technology with users in the technical, scientific, and commercial data mining markets, including geospatial, defense, telecommunications, medical imaging, engineering, oil and gas, aerospace, government research, embedded systems, and financial services. AVS products and services deliver insight and competitive advantage to these customers and run on Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, all major 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 and Linux and are supported on the Internet/intranet. The Cell Computing CardPC The CardPC family is a series of ultra-compact AT-compatible ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. motherboards that support 166-233 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Intel Pentium processors with MMX technology. The complete CardPC system consists of an Intel 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. and chipset, Trident PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). graphics controller with 1 MByte VRAM See video RAM. VRAM - video random-access memory , National Semiconductor Super I/O chip, two serial ports, one parallel port, one USB port, up to 128 MBytes of DRAM, industry-standard Phoenix BIOS, and interfaces for LCD and CRT (1) (C RunTime) See runtime library. (2) (Cathode Ray Tube) A vacuum tube used as a display screen in a computer monitor or TV. The viewing end of the tube is coated with phosphors, which emit light when struck by electrons. . The entire micro-motherboard measures just 85.6 x 54 x 12.7 mm (3.4 x 2.1 x 0.5 inches). About Advanced Visual Systems Inc. Advanced Visual Systems Inc. is the premiere global provider of data visualization technology and has been at the forefront of the visualization technology market since its 3D visualization tools were developed. Advanced Visual Systems Inc. was incorporated as an independent, privately held software company in 1992. AVS distributes its products in more than 25 countries around the world. For more information, visit the AVS web site at www.avs.com. AVS/Express is a registered trademark of Advanced Visual Systems Inc. About Cell Computing Cell Computing, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets the CardPC and other micro-motherboard 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 products for the embedded computing market. Cell Computing is owned by PFU PFU plaque-forming unit; in virology, areas of cell lysis (CPE) in monolayer cell culture, under overlay conditions, initiated by infection with a single virus particle. Limited, a billion-dollar joint venture of Panasonic and Fujitsu Limited. The company is dedicated to delivering the industry's smallest Pentium and X86 motherboards for mobile and embedded applications. For photographs of the Pentium CardPC, please contact Howard Green, marketing manager, at (408) 967-8882, or send email to howard@cellcomputing.com. Cell Computing, Mighty Mite, and CardPC are trademarks of Cell Computing, Inc. Pentium is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders. For additional information visit the Cell Computing Web site at http://www.cellcomputing.com. |
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