S3 to Launch Its Fastest 2D Graphics and Video Accelerator at the Computex Tradeshow in Taiwan; New Trio64V2 Accelerator Delivers 30 Percent Faster Graphics Performance than Competitive 2D Products.TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 5, 1996--Continuing its expansion into the Taiwanese market, 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) will launch its fastest 2D graphics and video accelerator A hardware component on a display adapter that speeds up full-motion video. The primary video accelerator functions are color space conversion, which converts YUV to RGB, hardware scaling, which is used to enlarge the image to full screen and double buffering which moves the frames into -- the Trio64V2 -- at the Computex tradeshow this week in Taipei, Taiwan. In addition, the company will be demonstrating its award winning ViRGE(TM) 3D accelerator, its Aurora64V+(TM) chip for the mobile market, and the Trio family of accelerators -- the industry's largest selling 2D accelerators. "S3 is committed to bringing its leading edge 2D and 3D technology to the Taiwanese market," said Gary Johnson Gary Johnson may refer to:
FIC Fogarty International Center (John E. Fogarty International Center for Advanced Study in the Health Sciences; National Institutes of Health) FIC Fellowship for Intentional Community , Leadtek, Acer are significant S3 customers and will be demonstrating S3-based products at the show. We're pleased to have such a strong showing at Computex with demos across all our product lines." The S3 advantage As a leader in the graphics and multimedia accelerator industry, S3 maintains strong relationships with industry leaders such as Intel and Microsoft. This enables S3 to provide the right mix of CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. processing and 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 , and enables S3, Intel and Microsoft to collaboratively define the evolving PC architecture. As the hardware accelerators powering eight of the top ten PC motherboards Following is a list of motherboard types and form factors that have been used in PCs since the first IBM PC in 1981: Maximum Size Year Width-Length Intr. Type In Inches BTX (Balanced Technology Extended) 2004 BTX 12.8 - 10.5 2004 microBTX 10.4 - 10. , S3's 2D and 3D products have been adopted by the world's largest computer manufacturers. Companies include Compaq, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, 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) , Digital Equipment Corporation, Gateway 2000 and 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. . Major motherboard manufacturers and add-in-card manufacturers have also incorporated S3 accelerators, including Acer, Diamond, ELSA, V-TECH, Leadtek, Number Nine, STB See set-top box. STB - set-top box Systems and Orchid Technology Orchid Technology was a privately held company founded by Le Nhon Bui in 1982. In August 1994, it was acquired by Micronics Computers, Inc. Orchid was known for its Righteous 3D, Fahrenheit Video3D and Kelvin 64 graphics accelerators. , among others. S3 provides customers with extensive hardware and software support as well as solid migration paths. Its Trio and ViRGE families are pin for pin compatible, which enables PC and add-in board manufacturers to easily upgrade from a Trio64V+ 2D platform to a ViRGE 3D platform with minimal design-in cost and effort. In addition, S3 provides its customers with a solid base of software drivers and tools that support the four major OS platforms: Windows '95, Win 3.1, Windows NT, and OS/2. Following is a preview of the 2D and 3D accelerators being demonstrated at the Computex tradeshow. Trio64V2 The Trio64V2 graphics and multimedia accelerator provides a hardware and software compatible upgrade path for the industry's most widely implemented desktop graphics and multimedia solution -- S3's Trio64V+ accelerator. Combining compatibility and increased performance with support for traditional EDO DRAM or recently available SDRAM/SGRAM memory, the Trio64V2 accelerator is intended to further extend S3's leadership in the business desktop market. ViRGE Technology Provides Single-Chip 3D, 2D Solution S3's product demonstrations will include its ViRGE family of video and graphics accelerators -- the only single-chip 3D and 2D solution available today for the mainstream PC market. ViRGE offers pin-compatibility with its popular Trio64V+ multimedia accelerator, making it easy for PC and add-in board manufacturers to add full-featured 3D capabilities to existing Trio 64V+ products. Aurora64V+ Provides Mobile Market Solutions The Aurora64V+ dual display multimedia accelerator empowers notebook computer users with desktop-equivalent performance, resolution, color depth and functionality and supports a wide variety of flat panel displays. By providing separate timing and refresh rates, S3's "DuoView"(TM) technology allows for important new presentation and video conferencing capabilities and effectively expands the desktop work area. DuoView(TM) enables users to display different images simultaneously on separate displays or the same image on any LCD and NTSC/PAL TV monitor or CRT (1) (C RunTime) See runtime library. (2) (Cathode Ray Tube) A vacuum tube used as a display screen in a computer monitor or TV. The viewing end of the tube is coated with phosphors, which emit light when struck by electrons. monitor. Trio Family Products: Trio64UV+ and Trio64V+ Targeted at the entry-level segment of the home PC market, the 64-bit, video-enabled Trio64UV+ graphics accelerator eliminates the need for a separate graphics memory. This UMA-based solution allows for enhanced multimedia functionality and performance in entry-level systems at significant cost-savings compared to current architectures. With the advent of S3's UMA-based Trio64UV+ solution, home PC users now have the option of spending less for a higher-performing entry-level PC. By simply eliminating the need for a separate graphics frame buffer, the Trio64UV+ accelerator can reduce the graphics subsystem cost by up to 60 percent and yet provide up to 90 percent of the performance. The Trio64V+ multimedia accelerator delivers high-end video and graphics capabilities to the commercial and home desktop PC markets. It is a 64-bit, DRAM-based, integrated graphics and video accelerator with the capability to interface to live video and MPEG-1 peripherals such as S3's Scenic/MX2 MPEG decoder. S3 Incorporated, headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. , is a leading supplier of multimedia acceleration solutions for leading personal computer (PC) platforms and operating systems. S3 is committed to applying its expertise in audio, video, graphics acceleration hardware and software to create innovative and affordable products for the home, desktop and mobile markets. CONTACT: S3 Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Kelly Morris, 408/748-3023 email: kmorris@s3.com http:\\www.s3.com or S3 Public Relations Paul Crossley, 408/980-5401 X3664 email: pcross@s3.com |
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