Fathammer Delivers Customized X-Forge Game Solution to Tapwave.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers 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)--May 6, 2003 Fathammer today announced that Tapwave(TM), Inc. has licensed a customized version of the X-Forge(TM) 3D Game Engine for use in their upcoming mobile entertainment gear. X-Forge will be promoted and offered to the professional game development community through Tapwave's developer program. "The Tapwave-optimized version of the X-Forge engine will enable professional game developers to take the mobile gaming experience to an exciting new level. The tools and engine are easy-to-use, flexible, and enable rapid prototyping Building a part one layer at a time using a method of additive fabrication such as 3D printing. Such parts are used for concept modeling to determine if the product design meets the customer's expectations. and development of high performance 3D games," said Byron Connell, Sr. VP Marketing and Founder of Tapwave. The X-Forge 3D Game Engine is a complete cross-platform SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). and suite of development tools. X-Forge Powered games deliver high frame rate, console-quality 3D games with low memory footprint Memory footprint refers to the amount of main memory that a program uses or references while running. This includes all sorts of active memory regions like code, static data sections (both initialized and uninitialized), heap, as well as all the stacks, plus memory required to hold on a wide variety of wireless PDAs, Smartphones and handheld game devices. In addition to Tapwave's enhanced version of PalmOS, X-Forge supports Symbian OS An open standard operating system for data-enabled mobile phones (smartphones) from Symbian Ltd., London (www.symbian.com). It supports Java, PC synchronization, Bluetooth local wireless access and GPRS packet-switched data. , Microsoft Pocket PC and Smartphone 2002, Mobile Linux and other popular mobile operating systems. "Fathammer is tremendously impressed with the Tapwave hardware and their positioning with the mobile gaming industry," said Brian Bruning, 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. of Fathammer. "X-Forge is the ideal game development tool to quickly create original content as well as bring existing titles and brands to this exciting new platform." About Fathammer Fathammer is the leading provider of advanced 3D graphics and game technologies for mobile devices. Fathammer provides its industry acclaimed X-Forge(TM) 3D Game Engine and custom solutions to game publishers and developers, device manufacturers and mobile technology providers. X-Forge Powered games bring console quality 3D games to a wide range of mobile devices, including Smartphones, PDAs and mobile game devices. More information can be found at http://www.fathammer.com. About Tapwave, Inc. Headquartered in Mountain View, CA, Tapwave was founded in October, 2001, and creates mobile entertainment gear for technology enthusiasts. The company's partners include PalmSource(TM), Sony, Motorola, Digital Eclipse, ATI (ATI Technologies Inc., Markham Ontario, http://ati.amd.com) A leading manufacturer of graphics chips and display adapters. Founded in 1985 by K. Y. Ho, Benny Lau and Lee Lau, ATI chips and boards are widely used by OEMs. , Fathammer, Midway, Activision, Panasonic, Yamaha, and MDM (Modular Digital Multitrack) An audio recorder that mixes and records multiple tracks of digital audio. The two major MDM technologies are ADAT and DTRS. See ADAT and DTRS. . More information about the company can be found on the internet at www.tapwave.com. Note to Editors: Additional information including screenshots, video footage, logos and interviews are available by contacting pr@fathammer.com Other names and brands may be claimed as property of others. |
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