E4 ships integrated 2D/3D/DVD solution to the PC market; OEM/VAR solution combines high-quality 2D/3D graphics and DVD.PASADENA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 19, 1997--E4 today announced plans to ship an integrated, 2D/3D/DVD solution to the PC market. The combination of E4's Cool3D and CoolDVD boards offer PC users the most advanced digital video and graphics solution available today. Cool3D Plus CoolDVD will ship to 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 and VAR customers in June with an SRP SRP - A data link layer protocol. of $489, and with an optional DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. drive for $799. Featuring high-performance 2D and 3D graphics acceleration, 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). 2 digital video and digital AC-3 audio, Cool3D Plus CoolDVD provides a highly integrated solution for the delivery of games which feature interactive video and high-performance 3D graphics, better-than- laserdisc-quality movies, and a host of other 2D/3D/DVD applications. "In the world of multimedia entertainment, the name of the game is 'convergence'," said Joe Monastiero, E4 vice president of sales and marketing. "Cool3D Plus CoolDVD represents the leading edge of convergence products by offering a solution that combines high-quality 2D/3D graphics and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. on a single, low-cost add-in card." Cool3D uses the latest high-performance chip from S3, the Virge GX, to provide high-quality 2D/3D graphics acceleration. The board fully supports Microsoft's DirectX drivers, including Direct3D. Hundreds of new 3D titles have shipped and are under development incorporating Microsoft's new 3D API. CoolDVD uses the Chromatic Research Mpact chip and Mediaware software to support the full DVD specification, which includes MPEG2 video and Dolby(TM) AC-3 audio. It also features multiple language capability (8-track multilingual support), 32-track subtitle support, support for Pan & Scan and wide screen formats, multiple angle support, built-in encryption, and support for full VGA/DVD integration, including high-quality, scalable DVD video in a window. CoolDVD comes complete with a fully integrated movie player/control interface. Cool3D Plus CoolDVD minimum system requirements for PC users are a Pentium 166MHz (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. 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 the Windows 95 operating system. About E4 E4 is a developer of state-of-the-art video and graphics products for the PC and Macintosh markets. The company is 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 Dooin Electronics, Korea's leading manufacturer of PC cards. For more information, please contact E4 at: 1731 Technology Drive, Suite 800, San Jose, CA 95110. Telephone: 408/441-6060 Fax: 408/441-6070 E-mail: info@e4.com Internet: www.e4.com CONTACT: E4 Joe Monastiero, 408/441-6060 x202 joemon@e4.com or Pacifico Inc. Matthew Bell, 408/293-8600 mbell@pacifico.com |
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