CG²'s IData and Quantum3D's Sentiris PMC Form Robust Embedded Systems Solution

CG² IData Now Supports Quantum3D Sentiris PMC for Improved Embedded Instrumentation Application Performance

Huntsville, AL and San Jose, CA - April 29, 2002 - CG2, Inc. a leader in real-time 3D visualization and simulation solutions, and Quantum3D®, Inc., a leading provider of open architecture realtime 3D visual computing solutions for the Visual Simulation and Training (VST) and Embedded Visual Computing (EVC) markets, today announced the integrated support of CG²'s IData 1.0 for Quantum3D's Sentiris™ product. Quantum3D's Sentiris PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC) is the most advanced embedded graphics subsystem available today. IData, the premier toolkit for development and deployment of dynamic real-time 2D OpenGL graphics for instrumentation and related applications, is CG²'s newest addition to their product line.

Sentiris OTW display with Idata-produced correlated displays

Developers of embedded systems can now take advantage of the powerful development and integration environment of IData and Sentiris to create a robust, fast-rendering dynamic byte-code for their instrumentation and achieve unprecedented performance on Sentiris. Sentiris PMC is based on the recently announced NVIDIA® Quadro4 embedded GPU, and marks the industry's first commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) embedded graphics subsystem that is based on NVIDIA's award winning graphics processor technology. The combination of Quantum3D's Sentiris and CG²'s IData enables military and commercial embedded visual computing systems integrators, avionics and vehicle electronics to develop and deploy embedded "smart displays" and embedded training applications.

"With IData added to our family of products, developers can now take full advantage of this innovative toolkit to create embedded graphics and training solutions," said Barlow Blake, vice president of marketing at CG². "We are excited to work with companies such as Quantum3D to take embedded training technology one step further."

"IData is one of the first instrumentation packages that truly takes advantage of the power of Quantum3D's embedded graphics solutions," said Ross Q. Smith, Quantum3D co-founder and vice president of sales and marketing. "With IData and Sentiris™ embedded visual systems developers can now create robust, fast-rendering dynamic byte-code for their instrumentation applications and achieve unprecedented performance."

Sentiris PMC
Quantum3D's Sentiris is the first PMC that brings the power of NVIDIA GPU technology to COTS embedded visual

computing applications. Based on NVIDIA's new Quadro4 GPU, Sentiris delivers higher performance and better image quality than any PMC available in the market today - with anti-aliased line and full scene anti-aliased texture map performance that far surpasses PMCs based on competitive graphics chipsets. Sentiris supports NVIDIA's unique nView™ architecture, which provides dual, independent outputs - with both digital (LVDS and TMDS) and analog outputs at up to 2048 x 1536 resolution with 32-bit color and Z-buffering. For sensor, camera and other advanced video functions, Sentiris also includes advanced video-in and video-out functionality, with support for color space conversion, scaling and overlays for NTSC, PAL, S-Video and RS-170A formats.

Sentiris PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC)

Designed for open architecture applications, Sentiris supports OpenGL® 1.2 under both Intel® IA32™ and PowerPC® architecture systems under Microsoft® Windows® (IA32 only), Linux and popular real time operating system (RTOS) environments. Sentiris is compliant with IEEE P1381.1 and is compatible with VME, CompactPCI, PC-104+, and other single board computers equipped with IEEE P1381.1 compliant PMC connectors. Sentiris takes advantage of the Quadro4's PowerMizer™ technology to deliver unsurpassed graphics performance with power consumption and thermal dissipation well under 10 Watts - a power and thermal envelope previously limited to simple frame buffer and entry level graphics technologies. Sentiris is available in both convection and conduction-cooled models (per VITA 20-199x). Sentiris is also designed to meet the rigorous shock and vibration requirements of Mil-Std-810E and EMI/EMC requirements of Mil-Std-461D, which makes it perfect for the hostile environments found in deployed ground vehicle, marine, avionics and man-portable applications.

Sentiris' underlying Quadro4 graphics technology is the most powerful embedded graphics processor ever developed. Equipped with a 128-bit wide interface to 64MB of high-performance DDR memory, Sentiris is capable of delivering over 2.6 million anti-aliased lines per second, over 3.4 million triangles per second and over 400 trilinear filtered Megapixels/sec, which surpasses competitive PMCs based on 3DLabs® Permedia3™ technology by over 500 percent.

CG2's IData 1.0 User Interface

IData
With IData 1.0, CG² offers a unique methodology of developing and deploying dynamic 2D instruments into Visual Simulation (Vis/Sim) applications. IData software tools include the IData Modeler, the layout editor, the font converter, and the test data generator. The tools and libraries provided with IData are designed to dramatically lessen development and integration time required to field these graphics into simulations, instructor stations, and other data display and visualization applications. IData is ideally suited for such requirements as digital and analog instrumentation, glass cockpit symbology, sensor overlays, heads-up-displays (HUDs), and interactive virtual consoles.

About Quantum3D
Quantum3D develops and markets realtime 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, which have made the products the industry standard for synthetic environment training applications. 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 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 embedded graphics applications, and the Sentiris™ and Ventana® embedded graphics subsystems for COTS form factor embedded graphics and training applications. Quantum3D is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in San Jose, CA. For more information, please see www.quantum3d.com.

About CG², Inc.
Founded in May 1995, CG², Inc. (Huntsville, AL) is a leading supplier of affordable, high-performance software products and services for real-time 3D graphics visualization, real-time 3D-model development, real-time image generation, and simulation development. CG² develops and sells its innovative software products for computer-generated graphics to the commercial aerospace, automotive, and government agencies.

CG2 software product portfolio includes Mantis, VTree SDK, FACETS, IData, and viXsen. CG² software supports Windows, Linux, SGI IRIX, and Sun Solaris operating systems-based platforms and provides the highest-performance and most realistic visualizations required by the visual simulation markets.

For more information about IData or other products from CG², contact sales@cg2.com.

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