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To: Diamond Jim who wrote (57734)	6/10/1998 3:00:00 PM
From: Diamond Jim	Respond to of 186894

3DLABS PERMEDIA 2-BASED BOARD SELECTED BY COMPAQ FOR NEW PROFESSIONAL Workstations ELSA GLoria Synergy+ Enables High-Performance Graphics in Latest Generation Compaq Workstations for Demanding 2D and 3D Applications SAN JOSE, Calif., June 10 /PRNewswire/ -- 3Dlabs(R), Inc. (Nasdaq: TDDDF) today announced that Compaq Computer Corporation (NYSE: CPQ) has chosen the PERMEDIA(R) 2-based ELSA (Santa Clara, CA) GLoria(TM) Synergy+ for selected configurations in the latest Compaq Professional Workstation AP400. Equipped with an AGP bus and 8MB of SGRAM, the ELSA GLoria Synergy+ provides maximum graphics performance for designing and modeling applications such as 3D Studio MAX/VIZ 2.0 and AutoCAD(R) that demand high-quality 2D and 3D acceleration. ELSA GLoria Synergy+ is capable of driving true-color screen resolutions up to 1920 x 1200 and also accelerates a wide range of graphics APIs including OpenGL(R), Direct3D(R), and HEIDI(TM). The Compaq Professional Workstation AP400 is the first product in Compaq's new AP "Affordable Performance" line of Windows NT(R) workstations. The AP400 supports up to two 350 or 400 MHz Intel(R) Pentium(R) II processors with an AGP (Accelerated Graphics Port) slot which is used by the PERMEDIA 2 for faster rendering of large, polygonal-intensive graphics files. The AP400 is priced starting at $2, 600 and it offers a complete solution for creative professionals seeking no price/performance compromise. PERMEDIA 2 Product Information PERMEDIA 2 is the second generation in the PERMEDIA family of low-cost graphics processor technology from 3Dlabs and is targeted at the commercial desktop, entry-level workstation and power-consumer markets.