IBM Selects NVIDIA for Consumer PC Line; RIVA 128ZX-Based Creative Labs Board Powers IBM's Aptiva E-Series 540 and 570 Home PC Solutions

Business Wire, Feb 11, 1999

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 1999--NVIDIA(TM) Corp. (Nasdaq:NVDA) announced today that IBM(R) has chosen NVIDIA's RIVA 128ZX(TM) 3D graphics processor in the 540 and 570 models of their Aptiva E Series family of home PCs.

This 8MB-AGP version of the Graphics Blaster RIVA 128ZX, from Creative Labs, Inc., provides state-of-the-art 3D performance, in addition to 2D and video acceleration, for the mainstream PC market.

"The IBM Aptiva models have a great reputation for delivering quality desktop PC solutions," said Jeff Fisher, executive vice president of worldwide sales at NVIDIA. "We believe that this significant addition to our OEM roster exemplifies our commitment to providing optimal solutions to meet our OEM's varying graphics requirements."

IBM Aptiva PCs

The Aptiva models are available at retail stores across the country, as well as through IBM Consumer Direct (800/426-7235, ext. 4340). For more information about IBM Aptiva PCs, visit the IBM home page on the World Wide Web at http://www.us.pc.ibm.com/aptiva or call 800/426-7235 ext. 4340.

Additional information about IBM's Owner Privileges program that can be obtained through the Web site located at http://www.us.pc.ibm.com/privileges or by calling 888/PRIVILEGES.

IBM Consumer Division

IBM Consumer Division, is a leading manufacturer and developer of hardware and software solutions for the home. The Consumer Division's products have been widely recognized for technology innovation and product design.

These products include the Aptiva family of personal computers, Consumer Options and Solutions, the IBM Brings You Crayola(R) family of software, the Edmark(R) brand of educational software and IBM reference software products including the World Book(TM) Multimedia Encyclopedia.

Creative Labs Custom Engineering Team

Creative recently formed and expanded its development team with additional top engineering talent for its rapidly growing graphics division. This team enables Creative to better address the individual needs of its OEM and large commercial customers, and provide end users with frequent driver updates for increased performance and special effects.

Creative's new Graphics Development Team offers a wide range of benefits to its customers including local technical support, dedicated field engineers, frequent driver updates, new features and effects, increased graphics performance and customer configurations for OEM customers.

NVIDIA Processors

The RIVA family of 3D/2D processors, the RIVA 128(TM), RIVA 128ZX(TM) and the RIVA TNT, is the first family of high performance processors for the consumer PC market. The RIVA processors utilize a 128-bit pipeline to support the computational throughput required for graphically intense applications.

The forthcoming NVIDIA VANTA(TM) 3D/2D processor is the first in a family of 3D processors designed for the corporate mainstream PC market. The NVIDIA VANTA processor is designed for Windows 2000 and the burgeoning market for enterprise visualization applications.

By leveraging its graphics technology and massive gate counts, NVIDIA processors are able to deliver stunningly realistic, high frame rate 3D, along with benchmark winning 2D, VGA and video acceleration in single chip solutions.

NVIDIA processors are optimized for both Direct3D and OpenGL.

NVIDIA Corp.

NVIDIA Corp., rated the most influential 3D processor company in the PC industry by PC Magazine (Source: PC Magazine, Sept. 22, 1998), designs, develops, markets and sells high performance 3D processors for personal computers. Corporate headquarters are in California: NVIDIA Corp., 3535 Monroe Street, Santa Clara, CA: 408/615-2500. http://www.nvidia.com.

Notes to Editors: Please note that the recommended way of writing NVIDIA, RIVA 128, RIVA 128ZX, RIVA TNT and NVIDIA VANTA is all CAPITALS.

NVIDIA, the NVIDIA logo, RIVA TNT and NVIDIA VANTA are trademarks of NVIDIA Corp. RIVA, RIVA 128 and RIVA 128ZX are trademarks of NVIDIA Corp. and ST Microelectronics. Other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.