NVIDIA ANNOUNCES
AVAILABILITY OF QUADRO PROFESSIONAL GRAPHICS SOLUTIONS IN THE U.S. AND EUROPE
THROUGH PNY TECHNOLOGIES
Cooperation Extends Availability of NVIDIA’s Quadro Product Family to
System Integrators, Value-Added Resellers,
Distributors, and End Users
SANTA CLARA, CA —
APRIL 24, 2002
— NVIDIA® Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA) today announced that its
award-winning QuadroTM
professional graphics solutions will be available to system integrators,
distributors, value-added resellers, and end users in the U.S. and Europe
through its channel partner, PNY Technologies, Inc (PNY). The two companies
agree to jointly market the Quadro workstation family, designed and built by
NVIDIA. NVIDIA will continue to develop and manufacture Quadro-based Graphics
Processing Units (GPUs), and sell and market directly to major workstation OEMs,
including Compaq, Dell Computer, Fujitsu Siemens Computers, Hewlett-Packard
Company, and IBM.
“With one out of
every two workstations shipping with Quadro workstation graphics, NVIDIA is
widely recognized as the leader in professional graphics solutions,” said Jeff
Fisher, executive vice president of worldwide sales at NVIDIA. “PNY has proven
to be a strong channel partner for NVIDIA with its Verto brand of graphics cards
based on NVIDIA’s GeForceTM
consumer GPUs. Now with PNY’s increased focus and investment in the 3D and 2D
workstation markets, they are equipped to service the needs of our professional
customers¾from
the end user to the individual retailer to the Fortune 500 enterprise
customer.”
“NVIDIA and PNY have enjoyed a
successful relationship,” said John Hughes, senior vice president of business
development for PNY. “This new arrangement will enable PNY to access the best
workstation-class graphics solutions and deliver them to CAD, DCC and 2D
professionals worldwide under the PNY Quadro4 brand. Our existing global
infrastructure, sales and distribution networks, coupled with our expertise in
marketing, logistics and customer/technical services will uniquely position PNY
to respond to the needs of a broad range of workstation users.”
Announced in February, the Quadro4
family is a complete, top-to-bottom family of workstation graphics solutions
that deliver the industry’s highest performance and most complete feature set at
unprecedented values. The Quadro4 XGL GPU series is the ideal solution for
every level of user of computer-aided design and digital content creation
applications, while the Quadro4 NVS series of multi-display professional
solutions offers industry-leading acceleration for professional 2D applications
popular in the financial services market and the Non-Linear Video Editing (NLE)
market. New technology introduced in the Quadro4 family includes:
·
Two completely new graphics
architectures designed to accelerate professional DirectX® and OpenGL®
applications.
·
NVIDIA’s advanced programmable
shading technology to enable custom special effects and real-time custom
animations.
·
nViewTM,
NVIDIA’s multi-display technology that supports combinations of analog monitors
and digital flat panel displays to drastically increase a user’s desktop
workspace.
·
Lightspeed Memory Architecture II
(LMA II), NVIDIA’s 128-bit memory interface that features a crossbar design and
advanced Quadro memory management techniques.
NVIDIA’s Quadro4
graphics boards are available in workstations from OEM manufacturers including
Compaq Computer Corporation, Dell Computer, Hewlett-Packard Company, and IBM.
Vertical System Integrators offering solutions from the Quadro4 family include
Boxx Technology, Colfax International, DigitalScape, LT Micro/The 3D Shop, Max
Black Systems, MaxVision, and Tristar International.
About PNY
Since its inception
in 1985, PNY has established long-standing relationships with a number of major
retail channel partners where the company has earned its reputation as a
supplier of top quality, innovative solutions for everything in and around the
computer. PNY’s memory products currently account for a majority share of all
retail sales in the U.S. The company has significantly expanded the breadth of
its consumer line in recent years with the introduction of products such as CD
media and flash memory (Compact FlashTM,
Smart MediaTM
MMC and SDTM)
and VertoTM
graphics cards. All PNY products are backed by a comprehensive
warranty and toll-free technical support.
PNY
Technologies, Inc., is an ISO 9000 registered company. Headquartered in
Parsippany, New Jersey, PNY maintains manufacturing facilities and sales offices
in North America (Santa Clara, California and Parsippany, New Jersey) and Europe
(Ballivor, Ireland and Bordeaux, France) and the Far East (Taiwan).
About NVIDIA
NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq - NVDA), located in Santa Clara, CA,
is the global leader in advanced graphics and multimedia processing technology
for the consumer and professional computing markets. Its 2D, 3D, video and
multimedia capabilities make NVIDIA one of the premier semiconductor companies
in the world. NVIDIA offers a wide range of products and services, delivering
superior performance and crisp visual quality for PC-based applications such as
manufacturing, science, e-business, entertainment and education.
