Cyberathlete Professional League's Extreme Summer Championship 2005 to Be Sponsored by Intel.LOS ANGELES Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. -- Leading Technology Companies Backing Massive Game Tournament Include Intel, NVIDIA, Hitachi, CompUSA and Razer The world's leading technology companies will sponsor and exhibit their new products and services at the Cyberathlete(R) Extreme Summer Championships, July 6 - 10 at the Gaylord Texan Resort, in Grapevine, Texas Grapevine is a city in Tarrant County, Texas, United States. As of the 2000 census the city population was 42,059, though the 2006 U.S. Census Bureau estimate puts the city's population at 48,583. . Title sponsor Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking is joined by NVIDIA, Hitachi and CompUSA to provide support to the longest running professional-gaming tournament and LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. event. Intel Corp, the Extreme Summer Championships title sponsor, is the world's largest chip maker, and also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. The Extreme Summer Championship will use PCs based on the Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 processor Extreme Edition supporting Hyper-Threading (HT) technology, providing a high performance platform for a cutting-edge gaming experience. NVIDIA(TM), the worldwide leader in graphics processors and communications devices, will make significant contributions to the Extreme Summer Championships. NVIDIA develops products for desktop PCs, game consoles, workstations, Internet-enabled appliances and mobile PCs. Additional sponsors for the Extreme Summer Championships include Hitachi, CompUSA, Razer, L-Com, D-Link, MSI MSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (MicroSoft Installer) See Windows Installer. (2) (Medium Scale Integration) Between 100 and 3,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. , and Insomnia 365, a satellite of The Planet. "This summer players have the opportunity to compete for $200,000 in cash prizes," said Angel Munoz, president and founder, CPL. "I'd like to thank Intel, NVIDIA and all our great sponsors who contributed to this competition making this the ultimate USA event for computer gamers." The Bohle Company has been brought on board to handle strategy and press relations for the CPL's hottest events this year; the respected PR firm will manage communications for both the Cyberathlete(R) Extreme Summer Championships and the $1,000,000 CPL(R) World Tour. About the CPL Launched June 26, 1997, the Cyberathlete Professional League The Cyberathlete Professional League (CPL) is a professional sports tournament organization specializing in computer and console video games. Headquartered in Dallas, The CPL holds tournaments throughout the U.S. (R) (CPL) is the world's first video game sports league A sports league is an organization that exists to provide a regulated competition for a number of people to compete in a specific sport. At its simplest, it may be a local group of amateur athletes who form teams among themselves and compete on weekends; at its most complex, it can . The global leader in professional computer game competitions, the CPL has hosted final tournaments on five continents and official qualifying tournaments in more than 50 countries. Over the past eight years, the CPL has hosted 35 international main events with a total attendance of 45,000 gamers and has awarded more than $2,000,000 in prizes. |
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