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S3 DeltaChrome Powers CES 2004 Innovation Award Winner,
the ApeXtreme, World's First Personal Game Console and
Hi-Def Media Player
DeltaChrome Hi-Def DX9 GPU tops the bill of the feature
packed ApeXtreme Personal Gaming Console and Entertainment
System, providing a true HDTV experience for games, video
and digital photography
Fremont, California, USA and Las Vegas, Nevada, USA-January
8th, 2004 - S3 Graphics Inc., a leading supplier to the
3D graphics accelerator market, today announced that the
DeltaChrome Hi-Def DX9 Graphics Processor is featured
in the ApeXtreme Personal Gaming and Home Entertainment
Console, launched today at the Consumer Electronics Show
2004 and at a private press event in Las Vegas by VIA
Technologies, Inc., and Apex Digital, Inc., the foremost
manufacturer and marketer of consumer electronics in the
USA.
"We are very excited to be partnering with Apex
Digital on this ground breaking product." said Dr
Gerry Liu, CFO and V.P Marketing of S3Graphics Inc. "The
ApeXtreme will be an unique personal gaming console offering
a Hi-Def media experience - fully leveraging DeltaChrome's
DX9 programmable 3D gaming features and technologies way
beyond 3D media capabilities."
As the first product based on the VIA Glory Personal
Gaming Console platform, a dedicated interoperable platform
of key VIA and S3 Graphics technologies aimed at reducing
product development time and cost, the ApeXtreme will
set many new records in the electronic entertainment industry,
being the first game console to be supported by over 2500
games titles at the time of launch, and the first to enable
Hi-Definition display and playback of most popular formats
of digital photography and motion video.
"The ApeXtreme takes console gaming to the highest
level yet by offering the PC gaming experience at living
room console prices," said Steve Brothers, President,
Apex Digital, Inc. "While other companies are experimenting
with the Personal Gaming Console concept, we are making
it happen thanks to the VIA Glory Personal Gaming Console
Platform."
DeltaChrome Hi-Def DX9 GPU
The S3 Graphics DeltaChrome's powerful DirectX 9.0,
Hi Precision programmable architecture featuring 8 Pixel
Shader pipelines and 4 Vertex Shaders has positioned the
ApeXtreme as the most powerful games console in existence,
providing graphics features and performance far exceeding
any current game console by an extreme margin. DeltaChrome's
Hi-Def native HDTV output enables users to experience
richly textured and precision rendered PC game titles
at 720p, 1080i or 1080p using YCbCr component video outputs,
while the Chromotion programmable video engine brings
features like per pixel adaptive de-interlacing to the
big screen for a multitude of video media formats.
DeltaChrome is also setting new standards in performance
and low power as the only DX9 GPU running at full performance
at under 5 Watts power consumption, making it the graphics
of choice for the discerning notebook user. DeltaChrome
is also available as a PC upgrade AGP graphics card.
XP86 Architecture
The ApeXtreme's XP86? architecture differentiates it
from all other game consoles. Running MicrosoftR WindowsR
XP Embedded operating system on a 1.4GHz VIA C3 x86-compatible
processor enables fast boot and inherent immunity from
hacking and virus attack while providing compatibility
with the world's most popular and familiar software environment.
The use of Microsoft's WinXP embedded operating system
environment and the support of a huge number of applications
and over 2500 game titles makes the ApeXtreme unique in
the console market place. The user friendly front end
interface automatically detects and plays DVD and VCD
movies, and audio CDs, and performs slide shows for digital
pictures and supports simple drop in and play game start
up.
Gaming Console - Evolved
The ApeXtreme represents the next generation in personal
gaming. With 256MB main memory and minimum of 64MB dedicated
video memory the system has over 4 times the memory any
other console. With DeltaChrome's 8 Pipelines the peak
fill rate can approach 2.4 Giga Pixels per second and
can operate on 1.2 Giga Vertex shader instructions per
second, which sets new performance standards in this market
segment. With over 20 GB/s total memory bandwidth it is
over 3 times faster than any currently available console.
About Apex Digital, Inc.
Headquartered in Ontario, California, Apex Digital,
Inc. is the USA's leading manufacturer and marketer of
DVD home entertainment players and a fast-growing supplier
of analog and digital televisions. Founded in 1999 by
David Ji and Ancle Hsu, privately held Apex Digital, Inc.
expects to exceed US$1 billion in sales for 2003. The
company's products are carried in over 20,000 retail outlets
nationwide. For more information about Apex Digital, Inc.
go to www.apexdigitalinc.com.
About S3 Graphics, Inc.
S3 Graphics, Inc., a VIA Technologies, Inc. joint venture
company, is a leading supplier to the 3D enabled PC graphics
market it pioneered. Today, S3 Graphics ships low power,
high performance, Commercial Grade 3D graphics sub-systems
to top tier notebook manufacturers. In addition, S3 Graphics
integrates market-leading chipset technology from VIA
into shared memory architecture products for the high
volume, value PC market. Headquartered in Fremont, California,
S3 Graphics has a long-term commitment to top performance,
quality and state-of-the-art features for desktop and
mobile applications. Additional information can be found
at the Company's website at www.s3graphics.com.
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