Intense3D Announces Wildcat 3D Graphics Technology Chosen by Compaq.HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 1999-- New Compaq PowerStorm 600 Graphics Based The display of text and pictures as graphics images; typically bitmapped images. Contrast with text based. on Wildcat wildcat, common name of two Old World cats, the European wildcat, Felis sylvestris, of Europe and W Asia, and the African wildcat, or kaffir cat, F. lybica, of Africa and Asia. 3D Graphics Intense3D(TM) and Compaq Computer Corporation (company) Compaq Computer Corporation - The largest US manufacturer and vendor of IBM PC compatible personal computers and servers. Compaq was started in 1982 by three ex-Texas Instruments employees. Quarterly sales $2499M, profits $210M (Aug 1994). http://compaq.com/. today announced that Intense3D's Wildcat(TM) 3D Graphics Technology is the enabling technology in Compaq's powerful new PowerStorm 600 graphics. The new PowerStorm 600 graphics solution is offered in Compaq's Professional Workstation SP700, delivering unprecedented 3D graphics performance and affordability to Compaq's wide range of professional customers. PowerStorm 600 combines the industry-leading performance of Wildcat graphics with key Compaq software technologies for optimizing graphics performance. Compaq's Professional Workstation SP700 with PowerStorm 600 graphics is available immediately. "With Compaq's top-of-the-line PowerStorm 600 graphics using Wildcat 3D Graphics Technology, we are further empowering the industry with the highest performing 3D graphics available today," said Bill Rick, vice president of sales and marketing, Intense3D. "The new graphics, combined with the industry-leading performance and scalability features of Compaq's Professional Workstation SP700, provides professionals with the graphics horsepower they require for the most visually demanding 3D applications." "Compaq's PowerStorm 600 graphics delivers a highly accelerated, application-tuned graphics solution that meets the stringent demands of graphics professionals at a very affordable price," said Anne Moore, Director of Product Marketing, Workstation Division, Compaq Computer Corp. "We believe that our ongoing relationship with Intense3D will help us to deliver a performance powerhouse for a broad range of technical and creative professionals." Wildcat 3D Graphics Technology is the basis of Intense3D's undisputed leadership in 3D graphics performance and technology innovation on 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). Wildcat graphics is the clear choice among leading workstation vendors serving graphics-intensive markets such as 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 , traditional CAD, animation, content creation, visual simulation, graphics arts, and digital media. Intense3D Background Intense3D is the market leader in affordable, high-performance 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. products for Windows NT and is extending its product offerings to the full range of computing platforms See platform. . 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 A Greek work meaning "above" or "more than." It is used as a prefix to technical concepts and products to convey a more advanced or more automatic capability. Award, Computer Graphics World's 1999 Innovation Award, Digital Producer's Best of 1998, Video Systems' Vanguard Award, and CADALYST's ALL STAR Award. For more information about Intense3D, visit our Web site at www.intense3d.com or call 877/286-1185. 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). ---------- 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. For reader inquiries about Intense3D, please list 877/286-1185 or our World Wide Web address, www.intense3d.com Intergraph is a registered trademarks and Intense3D and Wildcat are trademarks of Intergraph Corporation. Microsoft and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp. Intel is a registered trademark. Other brands and product names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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