NEC Selects S3's Savage4 For its New Mate NX and VALUESTAR NX Series of PCs; S3 Wins Business in Both the Consumer and Commercial Lines at NEC.SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 24, 1999-- S3 Incorporated (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 : SIII) announced today that NEC's highly-acclaimed Mate NX and VALUESTAR NX PCs are all shipping with S3's Savage4 3D accelerators. The Mate NX and VALUESTAR lines are currently shipping in mass production and are designed specifically to meet the needs of the high-volume commercial and consumer desktop markets respectively. "We are extremely pleased to be partnering with NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. as this brings substantial volumes to S3 and represents opportunities for future design wins," said Ken Potashner, 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 S3 Incorporated. "Savage4 is clearly the 1999 mainstream 3D solution as evidenced by design wins with NEC, IBM, Packard Bell, Compaq and others and our goal is to solidify these customer relationships for long-term successes." About the Savage4 Solution As the only chip to support 2Kx2K textures, true 32-bit color and S3 texture compression S3 Texture Compression (S3TC) (sometimes also called DXTn or DXTC) is a group of related image compression algorithms originally developed by Iourcha et al of S3 Graphics, Ltd. (S3TC S3TC S3 Texture Compression ), the Savage4 accelerator has already been adopted by more than 40 customers worldwide. Major OEM customers include Compaq, IBM, Packard Bell, NEC, and Micron Electronics among others. Built around a new 128-bit super pipelined 3D engine, Savage4 provides AGP 4X technology, true 32-bit 3D rendering, S3TC, trilinear tri·lin·e·ar adj. Relating to, having, or bounded by three lines. filtered single-pass multi-texturing, hardware accelerated DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. , 32MB memory support and complete digital flat panel Digital Flat Panel (DFP) is a video connector for flat panel displays. It features 20 pins and uses the PanelLink protocol. Unlike DVI, DFP never achieved widespread implementation. The connector was used by displays such as the Compaq Presario FP400, FP500 and 5204. support. About S3 Incorporated One of the largest suppliers of graphics and video accelerators in the world, S3 Incorporated has established itself as a market leader in technology excellence, core business strengths, strategic partnerships and worldwide reach. Building on these strengths, S3 is committed to delivering targeted products for the Personal Computer, Computing Integration and Consumer Appliance Markets. Except for historical information contained herein, the matters set forth in this press release, such as statements as to the expected volume of shipments and expected growth of S3, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risk and uncertainties, including the impact of competitive products and pricing and of alternative technological advances, the ability of the company's foundries to manufacture Savage4 products in a timely manner, market acceptance of the company's and its customers' new products, customers' product marketing timelines, design, competitive product and other factors that may affect current and potential customers' decisions to use Savage4 product, and other risks detailed from time to time in S3's SEC reports, including its Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 1999. S3 is a registered trademark of S3 Incorporated. The S3 corporate logo and Savage4 are trademarks of S3 Incorporated. Other marks referenced herein are the property of their respective owners. |
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