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To: AK2004 who wrote (5101)	3/20/1998 10:22:00 AM
From: James Yu	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6843

Albert, Here is a news about AMD-3D Technology. Metrowerks to Provide Software Development Tools for AMD-3D Technology Business Wire - March 19, 1998 13:16 Jump to first matched term AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 1998--Metrowerks Inc. (ME: MWK) (TSE: MWK) (NASDAQ: MTWKF) announced today that the company will provide CodeWarrior software development tools for the AMD-3D Technology. The tools include innovative vectorization techniques which easily allow software to take advantage of the AMD-3D instruction set. CodeWarrior support for AMD-3D Technology is particularly advantageous for programmers, such as game developers, who are writing applications for a consumer market that demands outstanding graphics and multimedia capability for each new product introduced into the market. The tools allow programmers to take full advantage of the highly optimized AMD-3D Technology. "This is an exciting new development for programmers working on the next generation of multimedia applications," said Greg Galanos, president and chief technology officer, Metrowerks. "By utilizing CodeWarrior to unleash the power of the new AMD-3D Technology, our customers can create awesome new games and graphic applications." "We're pleased that Metrowerks is committed to provide CodeWarrior software development tool support for our AMD-3D Technology and are looking forward to working with them to bring these new tools to market," said AMD's Ned Finkle, director, strategic initiatives group. This will broaden the opportunities for developers to take full advantage of the AMD-3D Technology to create the next standard in PC multimedia applications." CodeWarrior support for AMD-3D Technology, hosted on Windows 95 or Windows NT, is incorporated into the award winning CodeWarrior Integrated Development Environment (IDE) with everything needed for application development, including editor, compiler, linker, and debugger. Pricing and Availability CodeWarrior support for AMD-3D Technology, including inline assembly, optimization for the K6 3D processor, per function optimization for AMD-3D Technology, and vectorization compiler techniques for AMD-3D Technology will be included with CodeWarrior Professional Release 3, scheduled for shipment at the end of March. Complex vectorization will be available later in 1998. CodeWarrior Professional is priced at $449, and is available from Metrowerks and its authorized resellers. About AMD-3D Technology AMD-3D Technology is a significant innovation to the x86 processor architecture that drives today's personal computers. With AMD-3D Technology, new, more powerful hardware and software applications will enable a more entertaining and productive PC platform. Improvements include faster frame rates on high-resolution scenes, much better game and application physical modeling of real-world environments, sharper and more detailed 3D imaging, smoother video playback, and near theater-quality audio. CONTACT: Metrowerks Inc. Gordon Davies, 512/873-4797 gdavies@metrowerks.com metrowerks.com The games take tremendous consumer market. If AMD K6-3D 300 MHz floods over the market at low price (for sub-$1,000 PCs), we will see the big impact on INTC. Here's the entire Top 20 selling games for last month: 1. Deer Hunter 2. Myst 3. Microsoft Flight Simulator 4. Riven: The Sequel to Myst 5. Quake II 6. Age of Empires 7. Titanic: Adventure Out Of Time 8. Frogger 9. Tomb Raider II 10. Jedi Knight: Mysteries Of The Sith 11. Links LS Golf 1998 12. Lego Island 13. Diablo 14. Microsoft Return of Arcade 15. Tonka Construction 16. Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II 17. Sierra Pro Pilot 18. Monopoly 19. Barbie Magic Hair Styler 20. Lords of Magic Best wishes James