Hey Mustepha,
Here is a long over due new design win from Osman & sisters over at the lab:
Tuesday November 17, 8:03 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: 3Dlabs, Inc.
NEC Selects 3Dlabs Oxygen GMX for Express Workstation
Oxygen GMX Delivers Professional 3D Geometry and Rasterization
Acceleration Integrated Into a Single AGP Slot
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- 3Dlabs®, Inc. (Nasdaq: TDDDF - news) today announced that NEC Corporation (Nasdaq: NIPNY
- news) has chosen the award-winning 3Dlabs Oxygen™ GMX graphics accelerator for the NEC Express Windows NT (R) workstation. Featuring
Intel® Pentium® II Xeon™ processors, the NEC Express workstation line includes products ranging from entry-level to high-end systems that deliver
outstanding graphics performance needed by most complex design and engineering 3D applications. Oxygen GMX will be offered in the entire series
of NEC Express workstations.
''Advanced graphics boards are an important element in the rapidly-growing Windows NT workstation market, driven by the excellent
price-performance of Windows NT systems, as well as the increasing numbers of sophisticated CAD and computer graphics applications,'' said
Yoshiaki Tsuda, general manager of workstation and servers division at NEC Corporation. ''The combination of Oxygen GMX's integrated geometry
acceleration, well-rounded application performance, and NEC's advanced system design will enable graphics professionals to manipulate the most
complex 3D models and scenes with ease and increase productivity.''
''We are proud that NEC has chosen to extend their range of 3Dlabs workstation graphics solutions, and the Oxygen GMX is a strong complement to
their PERMEDIA® 2-based entry level systems,'' said Neil Trevett, vice president of workstation products at 3Dlabs. ''Our workstation business unit
is focused on providing complete graphics solutions to leading OEMs through the vertically integrated development of boards, chips and drivers. We
are pleased that NEC has leveraged our focus to bring an impressive product to market.''
Oxygen GMX Information
Oxygen GMX is the latest high-end member of the Oxygen family of 3D graphics accelerator boards for Windows NT workstations. Based on
3Dlabs' GLINT® GMX 2000 chipset, Oxygen GMX accelerates the complete OpenGL® geometry, lighting, and rasterization pipeline on a single
AGP card. The on-board GLINT Gamma geometry processor provides 2Gflops of processing power to boost the interactivity of complex models and
scenes by up to 400%.
Oxygen GMX has a peak geometry throughput of 3.3 million lit, transformed polygons-per-second (50% backface removed, Gouraud-shaded, 32-bit
color and Z) and delivers up to 66 million mip-mapped pixels-per-second fill rates. Oxygen GMX performs high-precision, sub-pixel accurate
rendering, including full 32-bit Z-buffering. With 96MB of on-board memory Oxygen GMX supports true-color high-resolution displays up to 1920 x
1080 with over 24MB of local texture storage. Oxygen GMX has been shipping since September 1998.
NEC Corporate Profile
NEC Corporation pioneered the concept of C&C, the integration of Computers and Communications, and is the only company in the world to be
counted among top ranking corporations spanning the wide range of fields essential for this vision of multimedia: computers, communications and
electron devices. Employing in excess of 150,000 people around the world, NEC saw net sales in fiscal year 1997-98 amount to 4,901 billion yen
(approx. US$37 billion). Please visit NEC's home page at nec-global.com for further information.
About 3Dlabs
Founded in 1994, 3Dlabs is a leading fabless supplier and innovator of graphics chips, software, board-level products, and related technologies
designed to bring cost-effective 2D and 3D graphics to the personal computer. The Company has introduced eleven 3D graphics processors and boards
over the last four years with price, performance and functionality designed to meet the demand for 3D on the PC, ranging from low-cost consumer to
high-end workstation market segments.
The Company designs, develops, markets and sells its award-winning merchant 3D graphics processors to PC and graphics board OEM customers
and selectively licenses its embeddable graphics processors cores on a royalty-bearing basis to strategic technology partners. Companies using 3Dlabs'
graphics processors in their systems include Compaq, Dell, Digital Equipment Corporation, Gateway, Hewlett-Parkard, Hitachi, IBM, MaxVision,
Micron, NEC, Siemens Nixdorf and TriStar. Leading board vendors using 3Dlabs' graphics processors include AccelGraphics, Creative Labs,
Diamond Multimedia, ELSA, Leadtek and Omnicomp.
For more information on 3Dlabs and its products, please visit our Web site at www.3dlabs.com or call toll free at 800-464-3348.
Forward Looking Statement
Various matters set forth in this press release, such as statements relating to the expected performance, specifications, and market position of Oxygen
GMX, are forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, 3Dlabs' ability to
manufacture and produce Oxygen GMX in a timely, cost-effective and commercially viable manner; the ability of 3Dlabs to obtain and keep design
wins for Oxygen GMX; the ability of Oxygen GMX to adequately meet the price/performance requirements of its customers; the success NEC in
achieving sustained demand for systems incorporating the Company's products; the ability of the Company's resellers to successfully sell Oxygen
GMX; the impact and pricing of competitive products; the introduction of alternative technological advances and other risks detailed from time-to-time
in 3Dlabs' SEC reports.
NOTE: 3Dlabs, GLINT, Oxygen, PERMEDIA, and PowerThreads are either registered trademarks or trademarks of 3Dlabs, Inc. Microsoft and
Windows are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. OpenGL is a registered
trademark of Silicon Graphics, Inc. All other trademarks are acknowledged and recognized.
SOURCE: 3Dlabs, Inc.
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