Fort Lauderdale, FL - Wednesday,
February 27, 2002 - Quantum3D®, Inc. announced today
at the Association of the United States Army (AUSA) Winter Symposium
that General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General
Dynamics (NYSE: GD), has selected the Quantum3D Ventana®
PCI 4210, a new, commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) graphics subsystem
based on the recently announced NVIDIA® Quadro4™ graphics
technology, for the new U.S. Army Brigade Combat Team Armored
Vehicle Embedded Training Module. This award highlights Quantum3D's
growing presence in the embedded graphics and embedded training
markets.
The
Quantum3D Ventana PCI 4210 graphics subsystem will be used as
an add-in to General Dynamics' Single Board Computer based Embedded
Training Module to provide high-performance, multi-channel synthetic
environment video and graphics output. U.S. Army Transformation
Forces will now be able to conduct precision gunnery and unit-level
tactical training exercises, powered by Quantum3D's Ventana
graphics subsystem, and displayed on the vehicle's flat panel
displays.
"This program is pushing the frontier
of embedded training, by literally providing institutional levels
of performance and fidelity in a deployed environment,"
said Ross Q. Smith, co-founder and vice president of sales and
marketing for Quantum3D. "All of us at Quantum3D are elated
about working with General Dynamics to provide the embedded
graphics subsystems to meet the needs of this watershed program."
About
Ventana PCI 4210
The Ventana PCI 4210 is Quantum3D's first NVIDIA GPU-based single-board,
multi-channel graphics subsystem for visual simulation and training,
as well as embedded training applications. The Ventana PCI 4210
is designed for Windows-based OpenGL® 1.2 and DirectX 8.0
applications where high-performance, multiple-channel 2D/3D
graphics and/or video output from PICMG and PCI-based systems
is essential. To provide high performance within this environment,
Ventana employs dual Quadro4 GPUs in a unique PCI bridge-chip
architecture coupled with NVIDIA nView™ technology that
enables the subsystem to drive up to four channels ofRGB (analog
or DVI digital) output from a single PCI bus slot.
Ventana PCI is available in two models: a
basic model with 32MB per GPU with 33 MHz PCI operation, and
an advanced model that features 66 MHz PCI support with 64MB
of graphics memory per GPU and support for nVSync™. Quantum3D's
nVSync is patent-pending technology that provides precision
synchronization of multiple NVIDIA Quadro4-based graphics subsystems
for multiple-channel, wide field-of-view realtime training applications.
Ventana
PCI models are available as components of Quantum3D's Graphite™,
Obsidian® nV and AAlchemy™ PC-based image generators
(PC-IGs) where they may be used to provide a low-cost, high-performance
multi-channel capability that complements the existing primary
graphics subsystems within the PC-IG. Specialized versions of
Ventana PCI are available to OEM and systems integrators for
volume applications, with set system configurations. For detailed
information on Ventana PCI including pricing, please contact
Quantum3D.
About Quantum3D
Quantum3D develops and markets integrated interactive PC-based
3D visual computing systems and software for the visual simulation
and training market and realtime 2D/3D graphics subsystems and
software for avionics, ground vehicle and other embedded visual
computing applications. Quantum3D's AAlchemy, Obsidian nV and
Graphite family of scaleable, open architecture PC-based image
generators (PC-IGs) include mission critical features, industry
leading performance, superior graphics and image quality, and
unsurpassed value. In addition, Quantum3D creates and distributes
realtime development software tools and products that enable
developers to fully optimize their applications to benefit from
the company's visual computing solutions. Quantum3D's is the
exclusive supplier of NVIDIA graphics technology into the embedded
visual computing market. Quantum3D's embedded visual computing
offerings include the FARSIGHT nV program for custom form factor
applications, and the Sentiris™ and Ventana embedded graphics
subsystems for COTS form factor applications. Quantum3D is a
privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in San
Jose, CA. For more information, please see www.quantum3d.com.
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Ventana and Obsidian are registered
trademarks, and Sentiris, AAlchemy, Graphite, nVSync, FARSIGHT
nV and Quantum3D are trademarks of Quantum3D, Inc. NVIDIA is
a registered trademarks and GPU, Quadro4, PowerMizer and nView
are trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation. All other trademarks,
trade names, service marks and logos referenced herein belong
to their respective companies.
