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WASHINGTON, DC - October 21, 2002
- Quantum3D®, Inc., today announced at the Association
of the U.S. Army (AUSA) Annual Conference in Washington, D.C.,
a new embedded graphics subsystems design win with Saab Avionics
AB for the Swedish multi-role helicopter, HKP14. Under the terms
of its contract, Quantum3D will provide Saab Avionics with Sentiris™
PCI Mezzanine Cards (PMCs) to drive the helicopter's digital map
system, and develop a custom video/graphics subsystem to power
the helicopter's displays for advanced situational awareness information.
The Sentiris PMC and other Quantum3D visual computing products
and solutions will be on demonstrated in booth 729 at AUSA.
This program marks the first major avionics
program win for the Sentiris PMC COTS 2D/3D embedded graphics
subsystem, and another major win for Quantum3D's Farsight nV™
program-the Quantum3D and NVIDIA® initiative under
which Quantum3D brings NVIDIA graphics technology to the embedded
visual computing market. Under the Farsight nV program, Quantum3D
provides commercial and military aircraft, vehicles, vessels and
transportable systems integrators and manufacturers with Quantum3D
developed graphics subsystems based on NVIDIA Quadro®4
Graphics Processing Units (GPUs) for realtime graphical, sensor,
symbolic and imagery-based information systems used by air, ground
vehicle and vessel crews to provide enhanced situational awareness
and operational mission effectiveness.
"This win further demonstrates the momentum
of the Farsight nV program, and shows the versatility of our efforts
with NVIDIA to deploy both custom and COTS (Sentiris PMC) designs
into leading edge systems like the Swedish HKP14," said Ross
Q. Smith, Quantum3D co-founder and executive vice president marketing
and business development. "Saab Avionics will benefit from
our NVIDIA-based graphics technology across their entire product
line by its ability to provide their customers with unmatched
graphics performance and enhanced capabilities."
Both the Sentiris PMC and the custom subsystem
designed by Quantum3D for Saab Avionics employ NVIDIA's mobile
Quadro4 GPU--NVIDIA's low power, high performance graphics processor
which offers a significant increase in video processing capability,
digital map image quality and required feature sets for the Swedish
HKP14 graphics subsystems. Both systems will employ the Wind River®
VxWorks™ OpenGL® driver software and utility
software architecture developed by NVIDIA and Quantum3D. This
implementation leverages NVIDIA's Unified Driver Architecture
(UDA™), providing forwards and backwards compatibility between
generations of NVIDIA Quadro GPUs. UDA is a unique benefit of
the Quantum3D/NVIDIA architecture, and will allow Saab Avionics
to deploy current products based on current GPUs, and migrate
to future Quantum3D products without having to redesign their
software architecture and undertake what is typically a major
software investment and program risk.
"The Sentiris PMC and Quantum3D's custom
design services offered the very best graphics subsystem solution
in terms of graphics and video processing power and image quality,
along with a built-in future compatibility strategy that provides
us with technology refresh over time without requiring a major
redesign." said Magnus Bergsten, program manager of graphics
and image processing at Saab Avionics AB. "By selecting the
Quantum3D Sentiris PMC and utilizing their Farsight nV custom
design services group, we hope to leverage this graphics subsystem
across a number of our existing programs, and future avionics
programs as well. We look forward to working with Quantum3D to
meet the needs of the Swedish HKP14 program."
About Saab Avionics
Saab Avionics is a leading supplier of avionics and electronic
warfare systems on the international market and a principal supplier
to Sweden's Gripen, the world's first fourth-generation fighter
in operational service. The company's main operations cover electronic
warfare systems, display systems, tactical reconnaissance systems,
modular avionics, advanced mechanical equipment and electromagnetic
technology services.
Saab Avionics is a company within the Saab Group,
one of the world's leading high-technology companies, with its
main operations focusing on defense, aviation and space. The group
covers a broad spectrum of competence and capability in systems
integration.
For further information, please see www.avionics.saab.se.
About Quantum3D
Quantum3D® develops and markets technologies and
products that enable the realtime visual computing market. In
particular, Quantum3D and its subsidiaries develop realtime 2D/3D
visual computing subsystems, integrated systems, software and
digital content for the visual simulation and training and embedded
visual computing markets. Quantum3D's Independence™, AAlchemy®,
Obsidian® 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 including OpenGVS™
and the CG2 family of products: Mantis™, VTree®,
ViXSen™, IData™ and Facets™ -all of which 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 for the embedded military
and aerospace visual computing market. Quantum3D's embedded visual
computing product offerings include the Farsight™ program
for custom form factor embedded graphics applications, and the
Sentiris™ and Ventana® embedded graphics subsystems
for COTS form factor embedded graphics 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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and Quantum3D are registered trademarks, and Independence, Sentiris,
Graphite, OpenGVS, Farsight, Mantis, ViXSen, IData, IGM, QSync,
SoftIG and Facets are trademarks of Quantum3D, Inc. CG2 is a registered
trademark of CG2 , Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Quantum3D,
Inc. NVIDIA and Quadro are registered trademarks of NVIDIA Corporation.
nVSync and nVSensor are trademarks of NVIDIA corporation that
are licensed exclusively to Quantum3D. All other trademarks are
the property of their respective owners.
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