Genoa Systems to Integrate Trident's 3DImage 975 for First-to-Ship AGP Solution; New AGP Board Reaches Market Combining Trident Chip with Genoa Technologies.MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 25, 1997--Trident Microsystems, Inc. (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 :TRID TRID Training Requirement Identification Display TRID Transaction Identifier TRID Trident Display ) today announced that the first board to meet the AGP-1x standard using the 3DImage 975(TM) is now available from Genoa Systems. Genoa's Phantom 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. Blitz board will provide baseline AGP compatibility with powerful 3D graphics, TV-Out, 4MB of RAM and S-video. AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port See AGP. (hardware, graphics) Accelerated Graphics Port - (AGP) A bus specification by Intel which gives low-cost 3D graphics cards faster access to main memory on personal computers than the usual PCI bus. ) is a new graphics accelerator bus interface that offers higher bandwidth than the PCI bus. Trident, one of the first companies to become an AGP validation partner with Intel for frame-based AGP (1x) and sideband sideband, any frequency component of a modulated carrier wave other than the frequency of the carrier wave itself, i.e., any frequency added to the carrier as a result of modulation; sidebands carry the actual information while the carrier contributes none at all. AGP (2x), is the leading company bringing AGP graphics technology to the marketplace with the 3Dimage 975 and 3Dimage 985(TM). The Genoa Phantom AGP Blitz will take advantage of the 3Dimage 975's on-chip setup engine, which will assist in delivering powerful and high-resolution throughput while liberating the 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. of up to 50% of the graphics processing. The 3D setup engine provides the key features required in today's games-intensive PC environment. With a 3D rendering rate of 1.2M polygon per second, the chip can provide fog effects, alpha blending for transparency effects, Gouraud shading and Z-buffering at an arcade-level of speed and definition. "Through our work with Trident, Genoa will be the first company to deliver a 3Dimage 975 AGP board to market," said Tom Wang, president of Genoa Systems Corporation. "The company's powerful chip architecture will assist those interested in AGP to quickly take advantage of this new multimedia board design." "Genoa is one of Silicon Valley's oldest graphics companies. We are quite proud that the first AGP board with Trident's 3Dimage 975 is a Genoa board," said Frank Lin, 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. of Trident. "The fact that the company is already going ahead to meet the full-blown AGP standard is very impressive. Genoa obviously intends to gain a serious market share in the new AGP environment." Genoa Systems Corporation markets a full line of high quality products, including graphics cards, video capture and other multimedia devices for the personal computer. Since 1984, their products have been sold through distributors, retailers and VARs worldwide. Trident Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:TRID), with headquarters in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. , designs, develops and markets graphics controllers and multimedia integrated circuits for PCs. Trident's products are sold through a network of OEMs, original design manufacturers and system integrators worldwide. For further information about Trident and its products please consult our web site: http://www.tridentmicro.com -0- Note to Editors: Trident is a registered trademark of Trident Microsystems, Inc. 3Dimage 975 and 3Dimage 985 are trademarks of Trident Microsystems, Inc. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Trident Microsystems, Inc. Peter Brown, 650/943-3761 pbrown@tridmicr.com WEB: tridentmicro.com or McGrath Power 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 (for Genoa Systems) Jo Ann Peach, 408/727-0351 Wendy Bulawa, 315/675-8828 |
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