[Dave Baumann]

Matrox to showcase new ParheliaT graphics card at Seybold 2002

Matrox to showcase new Parhelia™ graphics card at Seybold 2002 Offering outstanding image quality and unique productivity enhancements for 2D workstation

What’s happening: Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading manufacturer of professional graphics solutions, will demonstrate the remarkable 2D workstation capabilities of its latest graphics card, the Matrox Parhelia™, at the upcoming Seybold Seminars Conferences and Technology Expositions, in San Francisco. Attendees can also visit the WayTech Development, Inc. booth to see a demonstration of the Parhelia.

When:

• Tuesday, September 10th: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Wednesday, September 11th: 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.
• Thursday, September 12th: 10 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Where:

• The Moscone Center
  747 Howard Street
  San Francisco, California
  
  Matrox Booth #2336
  
  WayTech Development, Inc. Booth #1441

With leading 2D performance, the Matrox Parhelia caters to the demanding needs of the 2D workstation market, and encompasses a host of features developed specifically for professionals. Building on Matrox’s pioneering DualHead® technology, the Parhelia comes equipped with the unique and practical TripleHead desktop feature, providing the ultimate in screen real estate, by extending a Windows® desktop across three displays at a maximum resolution of 3840 x 1024 @ 32bpp. The Parhelia also includes the new fully-symmetric DualHead-HF feature, boasting dual 400MHz RAMDACs and support for dual-independent 2048 x 1536 @ 32bpp desktops.

In addition, the Matrox Parhelia offers 10-bit GigaColor Technology, simultaneously displaying over one billion colors. GigaColor Technology maintains added color precision throughout the graphics pipeline and provides an exceptionally vibrant Windows desktop, the richest graphics and the sharpest 2D and 3D images. And, with Parhelia’s UltraSharp Display Output Technology, users can experience outstanding signal quality for the highest fidelity RGB, DVI and TV outputs.

A full-height ATX form factor card, the Matrox Parhelia features two DVI-I connectors integrated on the bracket, and is bundled with multiple cables for flexibility in display configurations for either RGB monitors, digital or analog flat panels, or even a TV. Display configurations include dual-RGB, triple-RGB and dual-DVI.

About Parhelia™-512
A source of unparalleled quality, excellent performance, and the widest range of innovative features, ParheliaTM-512 is designed to bring outstanding graphics quality to professional users and PC enthusiasts alike. This AGP 4x, 80 million transistor, 0.15µ, 2D, 3D and DVD/video GPU supports unified frame buffers up to 256MB in size and features a true 256-bit DDR memory interface. ParheliaTM-512 delivers advanced multi-display computing with support for TripleHead RGB output, DualHead digital output and TV output for the ultimate in high fidelity graphics. With an unprecedented number of groundbreaking technologies, ParheliaTM-512 takes 2D quality and 3D realism to a whole new level.

About Matrox Graphics Inc.
Matrox Graphics Inc, the leading manufacturer of professional graphics solutions, has been delivering high-quality, innovative 2D/3D and video graphics accelerators for more than a quarter century. Pioneer of the trend-setting DualHead® technology, Matrox is a graphics chip designer and board manufacturer whose products have been awarded over 1,000 times worldwide for their superior image quality, practical ingenuity and unwavering stability. In July 2002, Matrox was elected as a voting member of the OpenGL® Architecture Review Board (ARB). A privately held company headquartered in Montreal, Canada, Matrox has international offices in the United States, the United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Information on Matrox products, drivers, technical support and more can be found at: www.matrox.com/mga.