PNY Technologies(R) Showcases New NVIDIA(R) Quadro Plex Visual Computing System And NVIDIA Quadro(R) FX 5500 SDI By PNY At HD World 2006.PARSIPPANY, N.J. -- PNY Technologies PNY Technologies, Inc. is an American computer hardware company established in 1985. PNY is headquartered in Parsippany, New Jersey and maintains offices and manufacturing facilities in the United States, United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Taiwan. ([R] )Inc, announced today that it will showcase the new NVIDIA Quadro Plex The NVIDIA Quadro Plex is an external graphics processing unit (VCS) designed for large-scale 3D visualizations. The system consists of a box containing a pair of high-end NVIDIA graphics cards featuring a variety of external video connectors. 1000 Model III, a breakthrough multi-GPU visual computing system, at HD World 2006, November 29-30 (Booth # 1021). PNY PNY Piedmont Natural Gas (stock symbol) will demonstrate how the NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 Model III and Brainstorm eStudio virtual studio and 3D broadcast graphics software enhance HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates broadcast programming. HD-SDI graphics-to-air solutions shown will include character generation and real-time HD virtual sets for news, sports, and weather. Designed to power multiple HD-SDI graphic channels or 4K high-definition video, the NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 Model III is configured with two NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 GPUs and two NVIDIA Quadro SDI (1) (Serial Digital Interface) A physical interface widely used for transmitting digital video in various formats. For electrical transmission, it uses a high grade of coaxial cable and a single BNC connector with Teflon insulation. boards, providing 2GB of frame buffer and delivering uncompressed HD-SDI output. The NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 Model III and the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI by PNY both enable broadcasters, film production, post-production, and finishing professionals to preview the results of 3D compositing, HD on-air graphics and color grading in real-time on high definition (HD) broadcast monitors. "At HD World 2006, our goal is to demonstrate why the NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 model III is the perfect system for creating real-time 3D graphics for live HD broadcasts," said Jeff Medeiros, business development manager, PNY Technologies Inc. "The power, performance and reliability of this system, combined with its ability to generate and output HD-SDI content in real-time, make it the ideal solution for a live broadcast environment." Brainstorm, a pioneer in real-time 3D graphics broadcast solutions, has an impressive list of customers worldwide including BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. , NBC NBC in full National Broadcasting Co. Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network. , ESPN ESPN Entertainment and Sports Programming Network , RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; and TVE TVE Televisión Española (Spanish national broadcasting television) TVE Television Trust for the Environment TVE Technical Validation Experiment TVE Time-Varying Encoder TVE transvaginal echography TVE Tid Verify . According to Paul Lacombe, president of Brainstorm America: "The NVIDIA Quadro Plex 1000 model III coupled with Brainstorm's eStudio software, provides our customers with the ability to create real-time HD, broadcast-quality 3D graphics, allowing them to enhance their live-to-air programming with dynamic content and visuals. The speed of the system allows reflections, complex textures, and shadows to be generated during live data streaming." Also, PNY Technologies will display Google Earth[TM], Google's satellite imagery-based mapping product, to demonstrate the stunning image quality and speed of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI by PNY. Google Earth's 3D visually simulated, photo-realistic images will be displayed on an ultra-high resolution HD monitor using the HD-SDI output of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 5500 SDI by PNY. For more details about PNY Technologies at HD World 2006 visit http://www.pny.com/hdworld2006 All products in the NVIDIA Quadro by PNY Technologies series come with a three-year warranty (one year standard plus two additional years upon completion of a registration form on PNY Technologies' Web site). For additional information, visit PNY Technologies, Inc Web site at www.pny.com/quadro. For more information on NVIDIA Quadro professional specialty graphic products contact: Jeff Medeiros, business development manager, PNY Technologies email: jmedeiros@pny.com About PNY Technologies, Inc. Established in 1985, PNY Technologies([R]), Inc. is a leading supplier and marketer of NVIDIA([R]) Quadro([R]) by PNY Technologies professional graphics boards and XLR XLR X-linked lymphocyte regulated XLR X-Linked Recessive (genetics) XLR Accelar (Nortel/Bay network switch) XLR Ground Left Right (digital audio) 8[TM] and Verto([R]) brand consumer graphics cards. The company also offers a full line of high-end memory upgrade modules, flash media, USB flash drives, portable hard drives and flash peripherals. Headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., PNY maintains facilities in North America (Santa Clara and Orange County, Calif., Miami, Fla. and Parsippany, N.J.), Europe (Benelux, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, Spain, United Kingdom,) and Asia (Taiwan and China). For more information, please visit http://www.pny.com. The PNY logo is a registered trademark of PNY Technologies, Inc. NVIDIA and NVIDIA QUADRO are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation in the Unites States and other countries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. Copyright [c] 2006 PNY Technologies, Inc. All rights reserved |
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