Intense3D's Wildcat 3D Graphics To Be Offered in Siemens' CELSIUS Workstation Product Line.HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 21, 1999-- Continuing Design Wins Reinforce Wildcat as Leading Professional 3D Graphics Accelerator A display adapter that performs a specialized set of graphics functions to render an image on screen. Today, all display adapters provide basic rendering functions in hardware, but many have graphics processing units (GPUs) that are sophisticated computers. Intense3D(TM) announced today that Siemens AG Siemens AG German electrical-equipment manufacturer. The first Siemens company, Siemens & Halske, was founded in Berlin in 1847 to build telegraph installations. , a global powerhouse in electronics and electrical engineering electrical engineering: see engineering. electrical engineering Branch of engineering concerned with the practical applications of electricity in all its forms, including those of electronics. solutions, has selected Intense3D's Wildcat(TM) 3D Graphics Technology for its line of CELSIUS Workstations. Siemens is a leading Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. (R) workstation provider in Germany and Western Europe Western Europe The countries of western Europe, especially those that are allied with the United States and Canada in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (established 1949 and usually known as NATO). and offers solutions for a range of markets. The addition of Siemens AG to Intense3D's impressive 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 customer base, which includes Compaq Corporation, Dell Computer Systems, Fujitsu, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , and Intergraph Computer Systems, continues to reinforce Wildcat as the graphics performance leader in the industry. In the first quarter of 1999, Wildcat 3D graphics accelerators became available from more workstation vendors than any other professional 3D graphics card. "Today's announcement of a new relationship with Siemens AG builds on our success to date, which has already exceeded our expectations in the first quarter of operation as a separate entity," said Jerry Peterson, president, Intense3D. "We're pleased Intense3D is well on track with our business plan." "With the performance levels delivered in Wildcat graphics, Siemens is now able to expand its appeal to professionals needing the ultimate 3D performance," said Heribert Goeggerle, managing director, Siemens PC systems. "With the experience of the whole Siemens group in the Electrical/Electronics industrial segment and our well-established presence in Europe, we are delighted to serve our customers with graphics power that matches the leading system performance of our CELSIUS workstations." Intense3D continues to focus on developing and delivering new high-performance graphics accelerators based on Wildcat 3D Graphics Technology, the first truly scalable architecture on Windows NT, and aggressively building market share through the addition of new workstation vendors. Intense3D Background Intense3D is the market leader in affordable, high-performance 3D graphics accelerator products for Windows NT and is extending its product offerings to the full range of computing platforms. Intense3D, as the former 3D graphics division of Intergraph Computer Systems, developed the industry's first OpenGL 3D graphics accelerators for Windows NT. Intense3D leads the professional 3D graphics add-in-board market in technology, brand name recognition, end-user demand, and ISV (Independent Software Vendor) A person or company that develops software. It implies an organization that specializes in software only and is not part of a computer systems or hardware manufacturer. recommendation and support. Intense3D's Wildcat 3D Graphics Technology is highly scalable on the design and manufacturing level, enabling Intense3D to deliver the latest innovations quickly to market at affordable price points. Its record-breaking performance quickly led to awards such as NewMedia's 1999 Hyper Award, Computer Graphics World's 1999 Innovation Award, Digital Producer's Best of 1998, Video Systems' Vanguard Award, CADALYST's ALL STAR Award, and Game Developer Magazine's Frontline Award. For more information about Intense3D, visit our Web site at www.intense3d.com or call 877-286-1185 (toll-free). Intergraph Computer Systems 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 Intergraph Corporation (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 :INGR). For more information about Intergraph Computer Systems, call 800-763-0242, or visit the company's Web site at www.intergraph.com/ics/. NOTE TO EDITORS: Intense3D's Virtual Press Room contains today's announcement and the latest product news, press kits, and digital images for downloading (www.intense3d.com/vpr.) Please contact Dana Staples, 978-369-3394 or dbstaple@intense3d.com for additional product information, current pricing, or image slides. 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