E&S Announces simFUSION 4500; Newest Model in PC-IG Family Provides Additional Features and Performance.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 12, 2001 Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. (E&S(R)) (Nasdaq: ESCC ESCC Eastern Shore Community College ESCC East Sussex County Council ESCC Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma ESCC Enhanced Serial Communication(s) Controller ESCC Electrically Self-Calibrating Cavity ) introduced the company's newest PC-based image generator (IG) product, the simFUSION(TM) 4500, today. Based on the highly successful simFUSION family of products, the 4500 represents the next evolutionary step in features and performance, incorporating the latest in E&S PC-IG technology. With its new architecture, the 4500 offers customers a simple, low-cost upgrade path to the next-generation simFUSION product. Shipments of the new systems began earlier this month. The simFUSION 4500 is available with OpenSim 4500d, 4500q, and gigapixel graphics accelerator A display adapter that performs a specialized set of graphics functions to render an image on screen. Today, all display adapters provide basic rendering functions in hardware, but many have graphics processing units (GPUs) that are sophisticated computers. configurations. E&S is currently shipping the 4500 with 1.7 GHz Pentium processors, expandable up to 2.4 GHz. The 4500 features a new motherboard Also called the "system board," it is the main printed circuit board in an electronic device, which contains sockets that accept additional boards. In a desktop computer, the motherboard contains the CPU, chipset, PCI bus slots, AGP slot, memory sockets and controller circuits for the with a 400 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. quad-pumped front side bus. Evans & Sutherland also offers a lower-cost 1.5 GHz Athlon option. "We are seeing a 35-percent improvement in geometry geometry [Gr.,=earth measuring], branch of mathematics concerned with the properties of and relationships between points, lines, planes, and figures and with generalizations of these concepts. performance with the simFUSION 4500," said Jeff Kirk, vice president and general manager, Evans & Sutherland PC Simulation. "In addition to boosting performance for our customers, simFUSION 4500 provides an upgrade path to our next-generation simFUSION 5000 product family. Our 4500 customers will be able to upgrade to the 5000 by simply replacing their graphics board sets and drivers." About simFUSION simFUSION 4500 is the newest of PC-based image generator from E&S. Key features include gigapixel-range fill rates, 1280x1024 and higher screen resolution, geometry correction to optimize optimize - optimisation displays on curved screens and domes, OpenGL compliance, hardware-based simulation functions such as order-independent, full-scene, subpixel antialiasing See anti-aliasing. , pixel rate fog and lighting effects, and sensor capability. In addition, simFUSION provides true-color rendering and ChanLock(R) channel synchronization (1) See synchronous and synchronous transmission. (2) Ensuring that two sets of data are always the same. See data synchronization. (3) Keeping time-of-day clocks in two devices set to the same time. See NTP. . A scalable open system solution, simFUSION allows users to work with their existing OpenGL applications on Windows 2000 or Linux. About Evans & Sutherland Evans & Sutherland produces professional hardware and software to create highly realistic visual images for simulation, training, engineering, and other applications throughout the world. E&S visual systems are used in both military and commercial systems, as well as planetariums and interactive theaters. Visit the E&S Web site at http://www.es.com. E&S, simFUSION, and ChanLock are trademarks or registered trademarks of Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp., Salt Lake City. All other trade names or marks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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