Diamond Multimedia Offers "Fire Inside" Reseller Promotion for its Stealth and Fire Products; Resellers Can Fire-Up Desktop PCs With Hot Multimedia Accelerators From Diamond.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 1997--Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., (Nasdaq: DIMD DIMD Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary ), a leader in the Internet multimedia market, announced a nationwide Fire Inside reseller promotion for its Stealth 3D 3000XL (4MB) and Fire GL 1000XL (8MB) multimedia accelerators. The Buy Five, Get One Free Fire Inside promotion runs from March 17 through May 2 and is available to any U.S. reseller who purchases direct or through an authorized Diamond Multimedia distributor. Participating distributors include American Software & Hardware, Comstor, Micro United, Infotel, Globelle, Ingram Micro Ingram Micro, Inc. NYSE: IM a Fortune 100 company founded in 1979 and based in Santa Ana, California. It is the world’s largest technology distributor and a leading technology sales, marketing and logistics company. , D&H, International Computer Graphics, Inc., Synnex, SED (1) (Stream EDitor) A Unix text editor that processes an entire file. It is the stream-oriented version of ed, an earlier text editor. Sed executes ed commands, but instead of editing one line at a time, sed applies the commands to the whole file. , Gates Arrow, Luiski, MicroAge and Tech Data, and is limited to five Buy Five, Get One free offers per reseller location. Additional details of the promotion are available on Diamond Multimedia's VAR website at www.VAR.diamondmm.com . "The program is designed to allow our resellers to integrate a high-performance multimedia accelerator for business or professional applications into a desktop system and immediately realize the benefits of enhanced graphics and video performance like fast 2D graphics, MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). video playback as well as support for Direct 3D and OpenGL," said Debby Feeney, director of channel sales for Diamond Multimedia. Stealth 3D 3000XL Diamond's Multimedia's Stealth 3D 3000XL is a versatile VRAM See video RAM. VRAM - video random-access memory add-in subsystem based on the S3 Virge VX chipset, that delivers extremely fast 2D acceleration, high-quality digital video playback and advanced 3D rendering to meet the needs of today's general business, professional graphics, Internet 3D VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language) A 3D graphics language used on the Web. After downloading a VRML page, its contents can be viewed, rotated and manipulated. Simulated rooms can be "walked into." The VRML viewer is launched from within the Web browser. and computer entertainment markets. The dual-ported VRAM accelerator features new Diamond-enhanced drivers for Microsoft Windows 95, Windows NT 3.51 and 4.0, and DOS operating systems and supports a number of popular video and 3D graphics APIs, including Direct 3D and RenderWare and is compatible with OpenGL. (Competitive performance benchmarks can be obtained on the company's website: www.diamondmm.com). Estimated retail pricing for the Stealth 3D 3000XL (4 MB configuration) is $249.95 and includes an exciting business productivity and entertainment software bundle with Asymetrix 3D F/X F/X Effects , Asymetrix Digital Video Producer, Compton's International Encyclopedia 96, Microsoft's Internet Explorer 3.0, Interplay's Descent II: Destination Quartzon 3D, and Diamond's InControl Tools 95 desktop utilities. FireGL 1000XL The Fire GL 1000XL accelerator is optimized for Windows NT and Open GL acceleration which Diamond believes offers the best combined 2D and 3D graphics performance available in the market today. The Fire GL 1000XL features the PERMEDIA NT chipset, comprised of the PERMEDIA rendering and GLINT Delta geometry processors, from 3Dlabs, Inc. With support for OpenGL, Heidi and Direct 3D, the Fire GL 1000XL includes high-performance drivers for both the Windows NT and Windows 95 operating systems to provide state-of-the-art accelerated 3D for animation, authoring and CAD applications. Estimated retail pricing for the Fire GL 1000XL (8 MB configuration) is $499.95 and comes bundled with two popular 3D applications: Extreme 3D from Macromedia, Inc., and V Realm Builder from Integrated Data Services, Inc. Diamond Multimedia Diamond Multimedia is driving the Internet multimedia market by providing interactivity and connectivity solutions for home, business and professional desktop computer users, enabling them to create, access and experience compelling new media content from their desktops and through the Internet. Diamond accelerates multimedia from the Internet to the hard drive with products that include the Stealth series of media accelerators, the Monster series of entertainment 3D and sound accelerators, the Fire series of professional 3D and SCSI SCSI in full Small Computer System Interface Once common standard for connecting peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, etc.) to small and medium-sized computers. SCSI has given way to faster standards, such as Firewire and USB. accelerators, and the Supra A relational DBMS from Cincom Systems, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (www.cincom.com) that runs on IBM mainframes and VAXs. It includes a query language and a program that automates the database design process. series of modems and ISDN adapters. Diamond also markets multimedia and video phone upgrade kits. Headquartered in San Jose, CA, Diamond has sales, marketing and technical support facilities in Vancouver (Wash.), Singapore, Hong Kong, Seoul, Tokyo, Paris, Starnberg (Germany) and Winnersh (U.K.). Diamond's products are sold through local and international distributors as well as directly to major retailers, VARs and OEMs worldwide. Diamond's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbol DIMD. How to Contact Diamond Multimedia There are many ways to reach Diamond for sales support, technical assistance, driver updates and general information: Internet Web Site: http://www.diamondmm.com Diamond Multimedia's Headquarters and Visual Systems Division: 408/325-7000; Fax: 408/325-7070 Communications Division (Supra brand modems) Main Phone Number: 360/604-1400; Fax: 360/604-1401 European Division (Germany): +49-8151-266-0; (UK): +44- 1189-444400; (France) +33-1-47561157 Korean Office (Seoul): +82-2-551-2700; Fax: +82-2-551-2710 Japanese Office (Tokyo): +81-3-5695-8401; Fax: +81-3-5695-8403 ASEAN ASEAN: see Association of Southeast Asian Nations. ASEAN in full Association of Southeast Asian Nations International organization established by the governments of Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand in Office (Singapore): +65-353-9511; Fax: +65-353-9510 Hong Kong Office: +852-2375-9023; Fax: +852-2375-9021 Support Information Line for Communications: 1-800/774-4965 Product Support (Voice), Visual Systems: 408/325-7100; Communications: 541/967-2450; Europe (Germany) +49-8151-266-330; Europe (UK) +44-1189-444444; ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. Support Center 408/325-7110; Fire GL Support Center 408/325-7120; TDD/TTY Support 541/967-2451 Product Support (Fax), Visual Systems: 408/325-7171; Communications: 541/967-2401; Europe (Germany) +49-8151-266-331; Europe (UK): +44-1189-444445; (France) +33-1- 47561139 Pre-sales Information, Visual Systems: 1-800/468-5846; Communications: 1-800/727-8772 Investor Relations Investor relations The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors. : 408/325-7476; Fax-On-Demand: 1-800/346-3329; International Fax-On-Demand: 201/433-1778 24-Hour Fax-On-Demand Service, Visual Systems: 1-800/380-0030; Communications: 541/967-0072 FTP sites: ftp FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to .diamondmm.com; or Supra: ftp.supra.com BBS (1) (Bulletin Board System) A computer system used as an information source and forum for a particular interest group. They were widely used in the U.S. for Visual Systems 408-325-7080 (to 14.4 Kbps) or 408/325-7175 (to 28.8 Kbps) or 408-383-0551 (ISDN); Communications BBS: 541-967-2444; Europe (Germany) BBS at +49-8151-266333 (to 28.8 Kbps) or +49-8151-266334 (ISDN); Europe (UK) at +44-1189-444415 -0- Note to Editors: Monster 3D and Supra are either trademarks or registered trademarks of Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. All other trademarks referenced are the service mark, trademark or registered trademark of their respective manufacturers. This announcement relates to products whose launch are in the United States of America UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. The name of this country. The United States, now thirty-one in number, are Alabama, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Missouri, New Hampshire, . The product names contents, prices and availability may differ elsewhere in the world according to local factors and requirements. Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, such as statements relating to the Company's ability to successfully exploit technological and market developments, the timing and success of new product introductions by the Company and its competitors, and the Company's ability to invest in new technologies and to enhance its existing systems are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the impact of competitive products and pricing and alternative technological advances, the timely and successful development and market acceptance of new products and upgrades to existing products, and other risks as detailed from time to time in Diamond Multimedia's SEC filings, including its most recent Forms 10-K and 10-Q. CONTACT: Diamond Multimedia Lorraine Jenkins, 408/325-7346 lorraine@diamondmm.com or Faiola Davis Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Sara Faiola, 213/933-4959 fdpr1@aol.com |
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