NVIDIA Quadro AGP 8x Graphics Solutions Selected for HP Professional Workstations
12 Nov 2002, 09:00am ET
NVIDIA Quadro AGP 8x Graphics Solutions Selected for HP
Professional Workstations
NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL and NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL AGP 8X Graphics Solutions
To Be Available in HP Workstations
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), the worldwide leader in visual processing
solutions, today announced that its new NVIDIA Quadro(R)4 980 XGL and NVIDIA
Quadro4 380 XGL AGP 8X graphics solutions have been selected by HP for its
professional workstation line. By taking advantage of the faster AGP 8X data
bus, graphics intensive applications will benefit from twice the data
throughput and deliver quicker response and shorter design time to HP(R)
workstation users.
"With over 20 years of expertise in high-performance computing, HP has
always managed to get the most out of NVIDIA's graphics," said Jeff Fisher,
executive vice president of worldwide sales at NVIDIA. "Currently, both
companies are architecting complementary hardware to take full advantage of
AGP 8X bandwidth. As a result, HP's workstation customers will see visible
benefits in their applications-up to 40 percent performance improvements in
OpenGL(R) applications."
The NVIDIA Quadro4 980 XGL and NVIDIA Quadro4 380 XGL graphics solutions
are members of NVIDIA's professional workstation graphics family. Delivering
industry-leading performance and innovative features, the NVIDIA Quadro4 XGL
series of graphics solutions have set the standard for professional 3D
graphics performance for mechanical computer-aided design (MCAD) and digital
content creation (DCC) applications. Quadro4 XGL workstation graphics
solutions support advanced shader operations and are designed to accelerate
OpenGL and DirectX(R) professional applications by implementing
workstation-specific functionality, including hardware overlay planes,
hardware-accelerated antialiased points and lines, advanced memory management,
and other features critical to performance in professional applications.
"HP is pleased to offer NVIDIA's new AGP 8X Quadro4 graphics solution with
our personal workstations," said Jim Zafarana, vice president and worldwide
marketing manager, HP Workstation Global Business Unit. "The combination of
the reliability of HP's workstations and the performance of the new NVIDIA
cards will provide our customers with the features required to succeed in the
digital content creation and mechanical computer-aided design marketplaces."
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 games consoles. NVIDIA is
headquartered in Santa Clara, California and employs more than 1,400 people
worldwide. For more information, visit the company's Web site at
www.nvidia.com .
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relating to new products, difficulties in the fabrication process and
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"Certain Business Risks," for a fuller discussion of these and other risks and
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