TRIDENT MICRO AND ACER INTRODUCE FIRST DDRBASED INTEGRATED 3D GRAPHICS/CORE LOGIC NOTEBOOK SOLUTIONS.

Trident Microsystems, Inc. and Acer Laboratories Inc. have announced the launch of CyberAladdin and CyberMAGiK, the world's first fully integrated 3D graphics/core logic DDR solutions for the notebook market, supporting Intel and AMD CPU families, respectively. By combining Trident's proven cutting-edge 3D graphics engines and ALi's superior performance core logic with DDR/SDR memory support, CyberAladdin and CyberMAGiK are setting new industry standards in quality, performance, power and cost in the value and mainstream notebook market segments.

"ALi led the industry in delivering DDR-enabling chipset technology for the desktop and mobile platforms and we're leading the industry once again with the announcement of CyberAladdin and CyberMAGiK," said Dr. Chin Wu, President of ALi. "We are offering our notebook customers unparalleled products by bringing the strength of Trident's 3D graphics engine together with our unsurpassed DDR power-saving capabilities."

CyberAladdin and CyberMAGiK are results of the continued partnership between Trident and Ali for the integrated 3D graphics/core logic chipset. "We are pleased to announce the industry's most advanced 3D graphics integrated chipsets," said Frank Lin, President and CEO of Trident Microsystems. "These products solidify Trident and ALi's leadership in integrated notebook chipset market and expand our growth into mainstream notebook segment. The CyberAladdin and CyberMAGiK have been well received by major notebook OEM and ODM manufactures worldwide."

ALi was first to enable low-power DDR technology to the volume PC marketplace with its ALiMAGiK1 and Aladdin Pro 5 Northbridges. CyberAladdin and CyberMAGiK, the only notebook integrated graphics DDR solutions currently available, represent ALi's second generation DDR technology. This groundbreaking technology combines ALiMAGiK1 and Aladdin Pro 5 with Trident's low-power, 128-bit Blade XP graphics core. ALi's DDR solutions provide the necessary bandwidth to fully unleash the potential of Trident's 128-bit Blade XP graphics core incorporating Dual-Pixel rendering with full hardware support for Microsoft DirectX 7.0.

"The integrated 3D graphics / core logic chipsets is the fastest-growing segment of the 3D graphics processor market and currently represents more than 25% of that market. This is fueled by products such as CyberAladdin and CyberMAGiK that allow PC manufacturers to reduce their system cost, board space and power consumption, yet deliver solutions with advanced graphics features, bringing enthusiast level capabilities and performance to the value and mainstream notebook market," said Dr. Jon Peddie, President, The Peddie Report.