ELSA's GLoria-XXL Graphics Accelerator to Deliver High Performance 3D OpenGL for Tri-Star Workstations; High Performance Solutions for MCAD and Creative Professionals.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 24, 1998--ELSA Inc. today announced that Tri-Star will incorporate ELSA's OpenGL performance leader -- the ELSA GLoria(tm)-XXL, in its high-performance workstations. A leading manufacturer of Windows NT workstations and servers, Tri-Star will offer the ELSA GLoria-XXL AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) A high-speed 32-bit port from Intel for attaching a display adapter to a PC. It provides a direct connection between the card and memory, and only one AGP slot is on the motherboard. professional graphics accelerator to users with demanding geometry-intensive graphics requirements for CAD/CAM/CAE, 3D animation, and digital media markets. The ELSA GLoria-XXL is the OpenGL performance leader in the ELSA GLoria family, delivering superior AGP performance with on-board geometry. Tri-Star customers will be able to take advantage of high resolution OpenGL up to 1920 x 1200 in high color, full geometry acceleration in hardware, and ELSA's Software Advantage in OpenGL, 3D Studio MAX, and Autodesk Mechanical Desktop drivers. "Tri-Star Computer remains committed to delivering leading-edge technology to its customers, and the ELSA GLoria-XXL accelerator is an example of high-performance selections our customers have come to expect," said Thomas W. Larkin, Tri-Star president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. . "Tri-Star continues to be an important partner for ELSA in delivering high performance solutions for the workstation market," said Thomas Neubert, vice president of sales and marketing at ELSA Inc. "Tri-Star's workstation with the ELSA GLoria-XXL will deliver unsurpassed 3D performance and functionality to MCAD MCAD Microsoft Certified Application Developer MCAD Mechanical Computer Aided Design MCAD Medium-Chain Acyl-CoA Dehydrogenase (inherited metabolic disease) MCAD Minneapolis College of Art and Design and creative professionals." "3Dlabs is pleased that Tri-Star is again partnering with ELSA and has adopted the GLINT GMX-based GLoria-XXL in their latest workstation offering," said Neil Trevett, vice president of marketing at 3Dlabs. "We are confident that the combination of the high-performance GLINT GMX GMX Global Message Exchange chipset and the engineering expertise of ELSA's customized software drivers will comprehensively meet the needs of even the most demanding graphics professionals." The ELSA GLoria-XXL provides 16MB of VRAM See video RAM. VRAM - video random-access memory and up to 40MB of local texture memory EDO RAM, proving to be an excellent choice for customers in the MCAD and digital content creation The development of newsworthy, educational and entertainment material for distribution over the Internet or other electronic media. See DAMS. market running media-rich, geometry intensive 3D applications such as SOFTIMAGE(R) 3D, 3D Studio MAX(R) and Pro/ENGINEER(R). This accelerator features ELSA optimized drivers for high-performance 3D standards: OpenGL, HEIDI, and Direct 3D; and ELSA Software Advantage in drivers and utilities including GLoria settings, MAXtreme for 3D Studio MAX r2, POWERdraft for AutoCAD R14, R13 and ELSAview 3D for AutoCAD R13, R14 and Mechanical Desktop. Incorporating the 3Dlabs(R) (San Jose, CA) (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 :TDDDF) GLINT(R) GMX processor, GLoria-XXL is capable of accelerating up to 3.3 million polygons-per-second, with full geometry transformation, lighting calculations, texture coordinate generation and high quality fog calculation. GLoria-XXL uses a 48-bit local buffer interface to enable simultaneous use of 3D features such as front and back buffer, Z buffer, stencil stencil, cutout device of oiled or shellacked tough and resistant paper, thin metal, or other material used in applying paint, dye, or ink to reproduce its design or lettering upon a surface. , fast clear planes and graphics ID. ELSA Inc. is a subsidiary of ELSA AG, a stock company based in Aachen, Germany. Founded in 1980, ELSA has built a world-class reputation in high-performance 2D and 3D graphics solutions in addition to a wide-ranging ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. and videoconferencing product family. Note to Editors: The ELSA logo is a registered trademark of ELSA AG. All trademarks are registered trademarks of their respective owners.
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