Viking Components GPA Cards Enhance Internal Graphics Performance; Viking to Support New GPA Cards for Intel 815 and 815E Chipsets.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers RANCHO SANTA MARGARITA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 27, 2000 Viking Components, one of the world's largest and fastest-growing manufacturers of component technology, Tuesday announced its support for Graphics Performance Accelerated (GPA) cards (formerly known as AIMM (AGP Inline Memory Module) A memory card that plugs into the AGP port. It augments the display memory on motherboards that already have AGP circuits built in. See AGP. modules), for PC133 platforms utilizing the new integrated graphics corelogic Intel(R) 815 and 815E chipsets. GPA cards contain local memory for the integrated graphics Intel chipsets, which enhances its internal graphics device. Viking GPA cards are inserted into the Accelerated Graphics Port See AGP. (hardware, graphics) Accelerated Graphics Port - (AGP) A bus specification by Intel which gives low-cost 3D graphics cards faster access to main memory on personal computers than the usual PCI bus. (AGP) of next-generation motherboards and control 4 MB of addressable SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. , specifically for graphics, video and texturing, resulting in higher graphics performance. "The advanced capabilities of Intel's 815 and 815E chipsets combined with the Viking GPA card will significantly enhance internal graphics performance, for faster, more realistic graphics," said Shannon Biggs, executive vice president, engineering and manufacturing, Viking Components. "Because Viking's GPA cards support more frame buffers, users of sophisticated video, graphics and multimedia can now enjoy the ability to run larger graphics at a higher resolution." The Viking 4 MB GPA card will be available in July. The Viking 8 MB GPA card is now in development and will be available in the near future. Viking memory is 100 percent at-speed tested and guaranteed to be 100-percent compatible. All Viking memory ships with a lifetime warranty, and is supported by free 24/7 support.
Viking GPA card part number:
Part Number Capacity
GPA1321U4GS3 4 MB (1X32 configuration)
About Viking Components Viking Components Inc. is best known for its leadership position in the computer memory, flash and communication product marketplaces. Viking offers more than 2,000 products to leading OEM, VAR and retail businesses and markets its products through a broad network of worldwide distributors and reseller chains. Viking products include SDRAM, SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory , DDR, Rambus and EDO memory modules; CompactFlash(TM), SmartMedia(TM) and ATA (1) (AT Attachment) The specification for IDE drives. See IDE. (2) See analog telephone adapter. ATA - Advanced Technology Attachment PC Cards; IntelliFlash(TM) USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. flash memory reader/writer; internal and external modems including USB, PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). and ISA; and PC Card modems. Viking, one of three CMTL(SM) Gold Certified Memory Manufacturers, has ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. registered facilities in its Rancho Santa Margarita headquarters (ISO 9001) and its European facility based in Dublin, Ireland (ISO 9002). For more information about Viking Components, call 800/338-2361 in the United States, +353-1466-0090 in Europe or visit the Viking Web site at www.vikingcomponents.com. |
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