Debut of NEC's 3D Graphics Accelerator Technology a Success at SIGGRAPH 2001.Business/Technology Editors BOXBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 29, 2001 Fifth Generation of the NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. TE Graphics Accelerator Series is the Fastest Ever Produced by the Company The fastest graphics accelerator technology ever made by NEC was the showcase of the company's technology demonstration at SIGGRAPH (Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics, www.siggraph.org) The arm of the ACM that specializes in computer graphics and interactive techniques. Providing publications, workshops and conferences, it has served technicians and researchers as well as the artist and business community 2001 last week in Los Angeles. The technology preview demonstrations, which showed NEC's line of graphics accelerator boards working on high-end, 32-bit systems using CAD, digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. , and broadcast postproduction applications, were a precursor to anticipated shipment of NEC's TE 5 graphics accelerator line in the fourth quarter of 2001. "This was a look into the future of high-end graphics design technology," said Les Silvern sil·vern adj. 1. Composed of silver. 2. Resembling silver; silvery. [Middle English, alteration (influenced by silver, silver) of Old English silfren , Business Development Manager for Workstation Graphics. "The demonstrations definitely made people think about their creative design possibilities in 2002." A highlight among the technology demonstrations was NEC's TE 5 HD (High Definition) board, which, when available, will be aimed at the post-production market in preparation for HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates broadcast. The TE 5 HD and a companion board demonstrated the functionality necessary to synchronize and edit various data streams and create a single output set. The task was performed with one workstation rather than a variety of independent hardware units. Graphics Accelerator Technology Summary The NEC TE graphics accelerator series utilizes a unique architecture that implements onboard local memory to store OpenGL display lists and instructions. This technique avoids bus bottlenecks within the workstation and makes display processing independent of other I/O traffic. Recent Viewperf CDRS-03 tests indicate a projected performance of 65+, which exceeds the closest competitive products. Conservative preliminary estimates of other Viewperf 6.1.2 benchmark scores will be published after I/O driver tuning has been accomplished. NEC TE 5 technology highlights: -- Two custom-designed ASICs with 0.18u technology. 1. GRAPE LSI geometry engine - a highly-tuned 33Mvertex geometry engine with local memory for accelerating vertex data access. 2. PEAR LSI rendering engine - four pixel pipelines and a wide DDR SDRAM interface for unified video memory. -- Up to 512MB local memory. -- Up to 256 MB unified video memory for texture and frame buffer. -- Full-scene anti-aliasing. The TE 5B and HD are expected to be announced To be announced (TBA) A contract for the purchase or sale of an MBS to be delivered at an agreed-upon future date but does not include a specified pool number and number of pools or precise amount to be delivered. in the US and Europe this fall and to appear in workstations from industry-leading vendors early next year. Further details about NEC's TE 5 technology are available on the Web at: www.neccomp.com/graphics. About NEC Computers Inc. NEC Computers Inc. (www.neccomp.com), a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of NEC Technologies Inc., delivers mobile, desktop and server computing solutions to the commercial market in North America. NEC Computers taps into the technological resources of NEC Corporation's (NEC) (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : NIPNY) (FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. : 6701q.1) extensive research and development facilities in Japan, where products are developed for the global marketplace. NEC Computers sells systems through reseller and distributor channels. For more information about NEC Computers resellers, contact 888-632-8701 in the U.S., 800-839-2847 in Canada. |
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