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Below is an Evans & Sutherland news release:
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Monday August 4 5:38 PM EDT
Company Press Release
REALimage Technology Performance Soars 50 Percent - E&S Also Introduces Next Generation Design
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 4, 1997--
3D Graphics Technology Family for Windows NT Platform Breaks New Ground on Benchmarks
At SIGGRAPH '97, Evans & Sutherland Computer Corp. (E&S(R)) (NASDAQ:ESCC - news) will demonstrate a dramatic 50 percent increase in CDRS-benchmark performance on a prototype of an enhanced version of REALimage(TM) 1000 graphics technology.
Further solidifying its leadership in Unix-class graphics on Windows NT, E&S will also demonstrate first silicon of its faster, next-generation REALimage 2000 design.
Both members of the REALimage family will run head-to-head against competitors' products with popular graphics-intensive applications to demonstrate E&S' superior graphics-acceleration performance. The enhanced REALimage 1000 and REALimage 2000 designs are compatible with
PCI and the Intel Accelerated Graphics Port (AGP), and offer a full graphics feature set and OpenGL compatibilities.
``We are demonstrating not just our commitment, but our ability to deliver powerful graphics performance on any 3D application with no compromises,'' said Rick Maule, vice president and general manager of the E&S Desktop Graphics Division.
``We already deliver the fastest, most powerful graphics technology on the NT platform. We are now strengthening our leadership position by extending the product family, and enabling REALimage users to capitalize on rapid advancements in microprocessor technology.''
REALimage 1000 - Enhanced Performance
Already on a par with Unix-class graphics performance, the enhanced REALimage 1000 technology running on PCI under Windows NT will produce scores exceeding 45 in ViewPerf CDRS benchmark tests on a 300MHz Pentium(R) II system. Recent upgrades to the DMA engine and refinements to the software pipeline account for the performance improvement.
This means that, as end users upgrade their CPUs, REALimage technology will deliver faster graphics performance commensurate with processor upgrades.
The upgraded PCI DMA engine for the REALimage 1000 will be available by year-end. In addition, a new AGP DMA engine will also be available year-end, allowing REALimage 1000-based boards to be produced for AGP-enabled systems as they become available. Benchmark performance on
AGP-enabled workstations will be higher.
REALimage 1000-based graphics operate at speeds of 60 million filtered MIP-mapped pixels/second and up to 2 million polygons per second.
Most top NT workstation vendors, including Compaq Computer Corp., Digital Equipment Corp., Hewlett Packard Co., Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems and Micron Electronics Inc., along with graphics subsystem vendors, AccelGraphics Inc. and Diamond Multimedia Systems Inc., have already selected E&S REALimage technology for their top-of-the-line NT graphics systems.
``E&S' REALimage technology allows professionals to use a single, powerful workstation to serve both their high-performance 3D design and business application needs,'' said Jeffrey Dunn, president and chief executive officer of AccelGraphics Inc. ``Late this year, REALimage technology with AGP will make migration from Unix to the more cost effective NT platforms even more compelling.''
REALimage 2000 - the Next Performance Standard
The next-generation REALimage 2000 design will incorporate significant enhancements -- such as greater on-chip integration, larger texture and frame buffer memories, and higher clock rates -- to deliver more speed and power to the PC workstation for faster 2D and 3D rendering. REALimage 2000 is expected to perform at least 30 percent faster in CDRS benchmark tests than the enhanced REALimage 1000.
In 3D applications, the REALimage 2000 will process 4 million primitives/second and deliver a fill rate of 90 million pixels/second.
``The most powerful PC-based solution ever offered for workstation graphics just got better,'' said David Watkins, vice president and general manager of Diamond Multimedia's visual systems division. ``We expect REALimage 2000 technology will contribute enormously to accelerating the penetration of Windows NT into the professional graphics marketplace.''
REALimage 2000 technology will be available by early 1998.
About REALimage Technology
The REALimage product family offers professional workstation- class graphics performance on very cost-effective systems using 3D OpenGL applications, such as mechanical CAD and animation, as well as visualization for financial analysis, network management and research.
Users of Pro/Engineer(TM), EDS/Unigraphics(TM), I-DEAS Master Series(TM), Softimage(R), 3D Studio Max(TM) and other applications running on Windows NT workstations will notice that REALimage technology offers comparable performance to Unix-based workstations at a significantly lower cost per seat.
In the design automation segment, for example, REALimage technology enables users to complete their 3D designs faster, at lower cost, and without any sacrifice of features or productivity, reducing time-to-market.
E&S' REALimage is at the heart of the Mitsubishi 3DPro chipsets. Combining the Evans & Sutherland REALimage rendering capability with powerful memory technologies from Mitsubishi, the 3DPro chipset offers features such as Gouraud shading, fog, transparency, anti-aliasing, and overlay planes at rendering speeds on par with those found on high-performance Unix workstations.
Evans & Sutherland
Evans & Sutherland develops and manufactures hardware and software for highly realistic visual systems that produce vivid 3D graphics and synthetic environments. The company delivers high-quality visual systems and graphics subsystems for civil aviation, defense, and commercial industries, including digital studios, museums, planetariums and location-based entertainment centers throughout the world.
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