We are shifting lower & lower. At least, we got some new design wins:
Monday December 7, 8:59 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: 3Dlabs, Inc.
3Dlabs Announces Continuing Design Wins For Oxygen
Workstation Graphics Cards
Core, Polywell and Tri-Star Select 3Dlabs' Oxygen RPM and Oxygen GMX Accelerators as Their Graphics
Solutions of Choice Across a Wide Range of Windows NT Workstations
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. 7 /PRNewswire/ -- 3Dlabs®, Inc. (Nasdaq: TDDDF - news) today announced continuing system OEM design wins for 3Dlabs'
Oxygen™ GMX and Oxygen RPM workstation graphics accelerators. Core Microsystems (San Jose, CA), Polywell Computers (South San Francisco, CA),
and Tri-Star Computer Corporation® (Phoenix, AZ), have each selected both the Oxygen RPM and the award-winning Oxygen GMX as graphics accelerators
for a wide range of new-generation Windows NT® workstations.
Tri-Star will offer Oxygen RPM in its complete line of workstations, including all StarStation™, StudioStation™ and PowerStation™ models. Both Core and
Polywell have selected Oxygen RPM as the standard graphics accelerator for their Intel® Pentium® II Xeon™- and Intel Pentium II-based mid-range
workstation families, including Core's PhEnix line and Polywell's Poly AV9450GU2.
Core, Polywell and Tri-Star will all offer the Oxygen GMX as the top-of-the-line graphics option in their high-end workstations. Both the Oxygen GMX and
Oxygen RPM enable workstations to deliver cost-effective and high-performance OpenGL® acceleration for graphics-intensive 3D applications such as 3D
Studio MAX®, Maya™, Softimage®|3D, Pro/ENGINEER®, and SolidWorks®.
Quotes
''In addition to our vertically-integrated chip and board business model that allows 3Dlabs to efficiently develop state-of-the-art professional 3D technology,
3Dlabs' high-level of customer support also enables our OEM customers to rapidly incorporate our technology and bring high-performance products to the
market,'' said Neil Trevett, vice president of workstation products at 3Dlabs. ''These continuing design wins illustrate 3Dlabs' on-going commitment to provide
industry-leading workstation-class graphics solutions, and we look forward to further strengthening our relationship with these valued OEM customers.''
''Core Microsystems' partnership with 3Dlabs is significantly strengthened with the integration of the Oxygen GMX and Oxygen RPM accelerators as the
primary graphics solutions for our PhEnix X2 and PhEnix workstations,'' said Sarah Chang, vice president of sales and marketing at Core Microsystems.
''Oxygen GMX and Oxygen RPM enable Core's workstations to continue leading the pack in performance and price for professional users in the DCC and
CAD markets.''
''The 3Dlabs Oxygen family of graphics products enable system OEMs to offer a comprehensive range of outstanding graphics acceleration options for
customers that use complex 3D software applications,'' said Sam Chu, vice president of marketing at Polywell. ''A cutting-edge graphics subsystem is a key
element in differentiating workstations such as the PolyAlpha, and we are delighted to be working with 3Dlabs to serve the growing Windows NT market.''
''Tri-Star Computer Corporation Windows NT-based workstations are designed with superior industry components, including performance-leading graphics
engines from 3Dlabs,'' said Thomas Larkin, president and CEO of Tri-Star Computer. ''The Oxygen GMX and Oxygen RPM graphics accelerators provide
unsurpassed mid-range and high-end graphics solutions for Tri-Star's Computer StarStation, StudioStation and PowerStation models.''
About Oxygen GMX
Oxygen GMX is the latest high-end member of the Oxygen family of 3D graphics accelerator boards for Windows NT workstations. Equipped with two
GLINT® MX rasterizers and one GLINT Gamma geometry processor, 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 provides industry-leading performance, including a Viewperf CDRS-03 score of 131 and a Pro/Engineer v19
gBench98 weighted graphics total score of 24 when measured on a 450MHz Pentium II.
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
available local texture storage. Oxygen GMX has been shipping since September 1998.
About Oxygen RPM
Oxygen RPM is the mid-range solution from 3Dlabs aims at bringing cutting-edge professional graphics to users at an accessible price. Oxygen RPM uses two
parallel graphics processors and 64Mbytes of unified SDRAM graphics memory true-color, high-resolution displays up to 1600 x 1200, and high-precision
24-bit Z-buffering on a single-slot AGP card. Featuring dual RAMDACs, Oxygen RPM can drive two fully-accelerated displays with a virtual desktop running
across both screens.
Oxygen RPM takes advantage of 3Dlabs' exclusive PowerThreads driver for optimized OpenGL performance by utilizing the power of multiple CPUs to boost
geometry performance to a level above that of other mid-range workstation solutions. For example, Oxygen RPM running on a dual-CPU system is capable of
rendering two million polygons-per-second (50% backface removed, 25 pixel, 24-bit color and Z), delivers a CDRS-03 score of 76, and a Pro/Engineer v19
gBench98 weighted graphics total score of 34. Oxygen RPM has been shipping since November 1998.
About 3Dlabs
Founded in 1994, 3Dlabs is a leading innovator and a fabless supplier of high-performance graphics semiconductors, accelerator boards, software 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
accelerator 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 markets its award-winning merchant 3D graphics processors and boards to PC and graphics OEM customers and selectively licenses its
embeddable graphics processor cores on a royalty-bearing basis to strategic technology partners. Companies using 3Dlabs' graphics processors in their systems
include Acer, Compaq, Dell, Digital Equipment Corporation, Fujitsu, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM, Micron, NEC, Siemens Nixdorf, and Tri-Star.
Leading card vendors using 3Dlabs' graphics processors include AccelGraphics, Appian Graphics, Creative Labs, Diamond Multimedia, ELSA, Hercules,
Leadtek, and Omnicomp.
For more information on 3Dlabs and its products, please visit our Web site at 3dlabs.com or call toll-free 800-464-3348.
Forward-Looking Statement
Various matters set forth in this press release, such as statements relating to the performance characteristics, specifications, and market position of Oxygen GMX
and Oxygen RPM are forward-looking statements. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, 3Dlabs' ability to
manufacture, produce and deliver Oxygen GMX and Oxygen RPM in a timely, cost-effective and commercially-viable manner; the ability of 3Dlabs to obtain
and keep design wins for Oxygen GMX and Oxygen RPM; the ability of Oxygen GMX or Oxygen RPM to adequately meet the price/performance requirements
of its customers; the success of Tri-Star, Core Microsystems, and Polywell in achieving sustained demand for systems incorporating Oxygen GMX or Oxygen
RPM as an graphics option; the success and continued financial liquidity and viability of the Company's customers and distributors; the risks related to
management of inventory and to the increased fulfillment through the Company's distributors and resellers; 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.
3Dlabs, GLINT, Oxygen, Permedia, and PowerThreads are either trademarks or registered trademarks of 3Dlabs, Inc and/or 3Dlabs, Inc. Ltd. StarStation,
StudioStation and PowerStation are trademarks of Tri-Star Computer. Windows NT is a registered trademark 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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