HP OFFERS MEDIA 100 FINISH/WINDOWS NT-BASED WORKSTATION.

Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, Calif., has introduced the first Windows NT-based personal-workstation solution that can support high-end 3-D animation, video editing and compositing -- all on one system.

The combination of HP VISUALIZE Personal Workstations with HP VISUALIZE fx+ graphics and Media 100's Finish digital-video platform enables digital-content creators involved in 3-D modeling, animation, film and video to use one system, instead of multiple systems, to perform all their critical functions. With its HP VISUALIZE fx+ graphics subsystems, HP currently provides the only high-end OpenGL graphics solution that supports the Direct Draw API, enabling HP to provide this single-system solution.

"By partnering with a leader such as Media 100 to deliver an all-in-one solution, HP is helping customers get the most out of their DCC applications," said Jim Zafarana, worldwide marketing manager for HP's Workstation Systems Division. "Our common goal is to provide a solution that gives digital-content professionals the opportunity to do their work faster and easier than ever before by helping remove the constraints on their creativity."

"Our Finish digital video systems are already used extensively by graphics and media professionals," said Mike Savello, director of marketing for Media 100. "Within this community there has been a real need for an NT workstation that can support high-performance 3-D animation and video production in the same system. We're happy to be working with HP, the market leader in workstations, to deliver such a system."

"The integrated HP and Media 100 solution is a breakthrough for us," said Adrian Dimond, animation director for H-Gun West. "By reducing the number of systems I currently use from three to one, H-Gun will be able to lower operating costs, and at the same time increase productivity, ultimately helping H-Gun deliver a better finished product faster."

The HP VISUALIZE P-Class and X-Class Personal Workstations

The HP VISUALIZE Personal Workstations meet the demanding needs of professionals running sophisticated 3-D DCC applications. Introduced in April, these systems are targeted at the growing segment of technical and creative customers who require a value-added, build-to-order sales model; the most advanced graphics technologies; and leadership 3-D application performance in a Windows NT environment. By combining these solutions with the powerful UNIX(R) system HP VISUALIZE workstation line and the high-performance, volume-leading HP Kayak PC Workstation family, HP offers customers a breadth of leading workstation solutions that is unmatched in the industry.

HP 3-D Graphics-Industry Leadership

For those DCC customers who demand the fastest desktop-graphics performance, HP VISUALIZE fx+ graphics subsystems deliver. These subsystems, originally designed for UNIX system HP VISUALIZE workstations, incorporate advanced graphics technology, are redesigned to optimize for the NT platform and are aimed specifically at the toughest visualization problems. HP VISUALIZE fx+ graphics lead several OpenGL benchmarks and provide the extreme graphics performance digital-content professionals need to work faster and achieve more.

No. 1 Workstation Vendor in 1998

In 1998, for the second year in a row, HP shipped more systems than any other vendor in the combined worldwide UNIX system and Windows NT-based workstation market, according to International Data Corp. HP also is No. 1 in branded Windows NT-based workstation shipments.

More information about HP VISUALIZE workstations is available on the Web at http://www.hp.com/go/visualize.

HP has 123,000 employees worldwide and had total revenue of $47.1 billion in its 1998 fiscal year. Information about HP, its products and the company's Year 2000 program can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com.

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