Jazz Multimedia Announces Its Full Support for Microsoft's New Windows 95 Direct 3D API's.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 18, 1996--Jazz Multimedia today announced full support of the Windows 95 Direct 3D Application Programming Interface (API) for the shipping version of its Jazz 3D Magic Windows 95 Multimedia Accelerator. 3D Magic provides photo-realistic 3D graphics, vibrant 2D graphics, 3D SRS SRS, SRS-A see slow-reacting substance. sound, wavetable A group of sampled sound waves used in MIDI. See wavetable synthesis and MIDI. (hardware, music) wavetable - A type of sound generator often built in a sound card. A wavetable contains digitised samples of real instrument sounds or effect (FX) sounds. music synthesis and software MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). playback, all on one card. "3D Magic will provide the industry standard required for adoption of 3D by consumers," said Michael Yang Michael Yang (Korean: 양민정, Hanja: 梁民正, born August 31 1961) is a Korean-American Entrepreneur in Silicon Valley, California. , Jazz Multimedia COO. "Our Direct 3D implementation, complemented by concurrent hardware acceleration In computing, hardware acceleration is the use of hardware to perform some function faster than is possible in software running on the normal (general purpose) CPU. Examples of hardware acceleration include blitting acceleration functionality in graphics processing units (GPUs) and of DirectDraw, DirectSound and DirectInput, allows 3D Magic to deliver results that immediately upgrade every level of multimedia capability under Windows 95." Jazz 3D is a fully integrated board that provides hardware acceleration for every one of the industry-standard DirectX APIs. 3D Magic's level of integration enables high performance acceleration of Windows 95 DirectX content for mainstream consumers. 3D Magic combines real-time, fully-textured 3D graphics, 2D graphics acceleration, advanced audio, full-motion video Video transmission that changes the image 30 frames per second (30 fps). Motion pictures are run at 24 fps, which is the minimum frequency required to eliminate the perception of moving frames and make the images appear visually fluid to the eye. acceleration, and a digital input joystick engine. 3D Magic's concurrent hardware acceleration of DirectDraw, DirectVideo, DirectSound, DirectInput and Direct3D, results in an immediate enhancement of Windows 95 content. 3D Magic is a PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). product line based on the highly acclaimed chip technologies from NVIDIA Corp. and SGS-Thomson. "We are very pleased with Jazz Multimedia's support for Direct3D," said Brad Chase Brad Chase is a fictional lawyer, portrayed by Mark Valley, on the ABC television series Boston Legal. David E. Kelley, the creator of Boston Legal, Chase went to Dartmouth College for his Undergraduate studies, according to a diploma on the set of his office. , General Manager, Internet platform and tools division, Microsoft Corp. "The 3D Magic Multimedia Accelerator is innovative in its ability to support all of our DirectX technologies -- including Direct3D, DirectDraw, DirectSound, and DirectInput -- on a single chip. This is the type of innovation and quality that heightens the Windows 95 multimedia experience at a very affordable price." "Direct 3D is the industry standard required for mass market adoption of 3D by consumers," said NVIDIA President Jen-Hsun Huang Jen-Hsun Huang (黃仁勳; pinyin: Huáng Rénxūn) (born February 17, 1963) is an American entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded NVIDIA Corporation in 1993 and is currently the CEO and President. . "The unique ability of Jazz' 3D Magic to accelerate Direct3D in only 1 MB of frame buffer memory enables a powerful enhancement of Windows 95 content, at a mainstream consumer cost point. Our Direct 3D implementation, complemented by Nvidia's concurrent hardware acceleration of DirectSound and DirectInput, enables 3D Magic to immediately enhance every level of the multimedia experience under Windows 95." Sega has ported game titles that take advantage of 3D Magic's advanced 3D graphics and sound capabilities. These titles include Sega Virtua Fighter Remix and Panzer Dragoon. 3D Magic sports a digital gameport for precise control as well as two Sega Saturn gameports that allow specialized, multi-player versions of these Sega titles, to be played on Windows 95 PCs. Jazz Multimedia corporate headquarters are located at 1040 Richard Avenue, Santa Clara, Calif. 95050, telephone: 408/727-8900; fax: 408/727-9092. Corporate contact is Larry Herman, 408/727-8900, Ext. 15. Media contact is Al Abrams, Abrams Creative Services, Tarzana, Calif., 818/343-6365, fax 818/343-6366, e-mail: aabrams222@aol.com. -0- Note to Editors: SEGA, Sega Saturn, Virua Fighter Remix, and Panzer Dragoon are trademarks of SEGA Enterprises, Ltd. DirectX, DirectDraw, DirectVideo, DirectSound, DirectInput and Direct3D are trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. All other trademarks are property of their respective holders. CONTACT: Abrams Creative Services Al Abrams, 818/343-6365 |
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