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SAN FRANCISCO, CA - April
23, 2003 - Quantum3D®, Inc. today announced enhancements
to the Farsight™ program-which expands Quantum3D's offerings
of NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ: NVDA) GeForce™ and NVIDIA
Quadro® families of mobile graphics processing units (GPUs)
into embedded applications that require integrated memory and
a pin-compatible family of scalable graphics capabilities. The
new Farsight program employs the Mobile AGP Package (MAP) versions
of NVIDIA® GPUs which are ideal for performance sensitive
embedded visual computing applications that require small footprints,
custom form factors, low power, long life cycles and seamless
technology insertion. Today, Quantum3D also announced its first
design win for the enhanced Farsight program with SBS Technologies®,
Inc. (NASDAQ: SBSE). SBS is integrating the NVIDIA MAP GPU technology
with integrated memory into new VME and CompactPCI Single Board
Computers (SBCs). Quantum3D's products are on display until April
25, 2003 at the Embedded Systems Conference in San Francisco,
booth #2608.
Since its inception in 2001, Quantum3D's Farsight
program has been meeting the realtime 2D/3D graphics and video
performance requirements of custom form factor embedded graphics
applications, which includes both military and commercial aviation,
ground vehicle, naval vessel and man portable "smart displays"
and embedded training applications. With the addition of NVIDIA®
GeForce™ GPUs that feature 16, 32 or 64 MB of integrated
memory and NVIDIA Quadro GPUs with 64 MB of integrated memory,
the Farsight program can now support volume embedded visualization
applications that require lower design and deployment costs, faster
time to market, greater design flexibility and intrinsic technology
insertion. With these new integrated memory designs, Farsight
program licensees are able to address a range of embedded graphics
requirements by merely populating different pin-compatible and
software compatible GPUs that fit within the same BGA footprints.
"Our initial Farsight reference designs
are primarily focused on avionics applications which required
discrete memory implementations for absolute maximum performance,"
said Ross Q. Smith, Quantum3D co-founder and executive vice president
of business development and marketing. "With these new integrated
memory offerings, Farsight can now bring the flexibility and power
of NVIDIA GPU technology to the broadest range of embedded applications-from
legacy graphics chip replacement on volume SBCs to new applications
like medical imaging and communications."
The first design win for Quantum3D Farsight
MAP program is with SBS Technologies. SBS will be integrating
Quantum3D's Farsight reference designs into its award-winning
family of CompactPCI and VME single board computers. This new
effort marks the first time that integrated 3D graphics have been
employed on SBS computers.
"We have had tremendous interest in our
Sentiris™ PMC offering, licensed from Quantum3D last year,
aimed at meeting the most demanding needs of the military and
aerospace embedded graphics market," said Frank Willis, SBS
Technologies' vice president of business development. "We
found that our customers also want an integrated, Sentiris-compatible
solution for broader market segments as the needs for advanced
graphics expand. Quantum3D's new Farsight offerings that employ
the NVIDIA MAP GPUs are perfect for such applications."
About Farsight
Farsight is the exclusive Quantum3D program aimed at bringing
the power of NVIDIA graphics technology to unique form factor
and "graphics down" embedded military and aerospace
applications where standard form factor graphics subsystems, such
as Sentiris PMC are not applicable. Under the auspices of the
program, Quantum3D provides PCI or AGP reference designs, companion
video designs, board level schematics, diagnostics, driver and
utility software, as well as volume GPU kits that enable Farsight
licensees to integrate NVIDIA GPU-based graphics subsystems with
comprehensive video capabilities into avionics, vetronics, shipboard
and man-portable embedded visual computing. Quantum3D Farsight
Program designs are compatible with Intel® or PowerPC®
architecture systems under Microsoft® Windows®, Linux
and Wind River® VxWorks® operating systems. For details
on the Farsight Program or other Quantum3D embedded visual computing
offerings, please contact Quantum3D at +1 (408) 361-9918 or send
email to salesinfo@quantum3d.com.
About SBS Technologies
SBS Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: SBSE), founded in 1986, designs
and builds open architecture embedded computer products that enable
original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to serve the commercial,
communications, enterprise, and government markets. SBS products
are integrated into a variety of applications, including communications
networking, medical imaging, industrial automation, and military
systems. The portfolio includes an extensive line of CPU boards,
computer interconnections, avionics, telemetry, and fully integrated
systems and enclosures. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico,
SBS maintains eight primary operating locations, has regional
sales offices throughout the United States and has international
sales offices in four countries. More information on SBS is available
at www.sbs.com.
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation is a market leader in visual computing technology
dedicated to creating products that enhance the interactive experience
on consumer and professional computing platforms. Its graphics
and communications processors have broad market reach and are
incorporated into a wide variety of computing platforms, including
consumer digital-media PCs, enterprise PCs, professional workstations,
digital content creation systems, notebook PCs, military navigation
systems and video game consoles. NVIDIA is headquartered in Santa
Clara, California and employs more than 1,500 people worldwide.
For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.nvidia.com.
About Quantum3D
Quantum3D develops and markets realtime, open architecture IG
solutions, embedded graphics subsystems, development software
and support services for the VST and EVC markets. Quantum3D is
the exclusive supplier of NVIDIA® graphics technology for
the embedded military and aerospace visual computing market, and
is a privately held, venture-backed company headquartered in San
Jose, CA. For more information, please see www.quantum3d.com.
07/06 Update
Convectively Cooled and VITA-20 Compliant Conductively Cooled
(with and without coatings) Sentiris models are available from
Quantum3D.
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Quantum3D is a registered trademark, and Sentiris
and Farsight are trademarks of Quantum3D, Inc. NVIDIA, GeForce
and NVIDIA Quadro are trademarks or registered trademarks of NVIDIA
Corporation in the United States and other countries. SBS Technologies
is a registered trademark of SBS Technologies, Inc. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
This announcement contains forward-looking statements
concerning SBS' product strategy, technology capability and product
capabilities. These statements reflect the perspectives and expectations
of SBS management as of the date of this release. Actual results
may differ materially from those projected or implied in these
forward-looking statements as a result of a number of risk factors,
including changes in the general economy and in SBS' business;
changes in demand for SBS' products; technological difficulties
and resource constraints encountered in developing Sentiris-based
products; the impact of rapid technological and market change;
and other risk factors listed from time to time in SBS' SEC reports,
including those listed under "Risk Factors" in SBS'
Annual Report on Form 10-K and other reports.
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