Compaq, Dell, IBM, and Intergraph Computer Systems Use Intense3D's Wildcat 3D Graphics in New Pentium -R- III Xeon -TM- Processor-based Workstations

Business Wire, March 17, 1999

Intense3D's Wildcat 3D Graphics showcased as industry-leading graphics

in workstation vendors' next-generation systems

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 1999--

Intense3D(TM) announced today that its Wildcat(TM) 3D Graphics, is available from four of the industry's top five workstation vendors as a 3D graphics subsystem powering their latest Pentium(R) III Xeon(TM) processor-based workstations. The workstation line-up includes Compaq's Professional Workstation SP700 (see separate release, March 17); Dell's Precision Workstation 610; IBM's IntelliStation Z Pro; and Intergraph Computer Systems' TDZ(R) 2000 GX1 ViZual Workstation. In addition, workstation vendors, Intergraph Computer Systems and IBM are showcasing Wildcat 4000 graphics at Intel(R)'s Pentium III Xeon launch events today in San Francisco and New York and on March 18 at CeBIT in Hannover, Germany.

The selection of Intense3D's Wildcat 3D Graphics Technology by these leading, worldwide workstation vendors is a testament to Intense3D Wildcat's revolutionary performance and cost-effectiveness. Intense3D's Wildcat 3D Graphics enables workstation vendors to deliver systems with phenomenal performance and unprecedented affordability by leveraging the 3 GFLOPS of floating-point performance of the Wildcat 3D geometry accelerator to offload the host processor--thus allowing the application to utilize all of the increased performance offered by the new Intel Pentium III Xeon processors. The result is a new level of computing power for creative and technical professionals using MCAD, animation, visual simulation, publishing and prepress, digital media, and other graphics-intensive applications.

"The new performance levels achieved from Intel's Pentium III Xeon processor coupled with our geometry-accelerated Wildcat 3D Graphics Technology, maximizes productivity for end users. Our strategy of enabling additional processing power through cost-effective graphics chip technology allows the applications to take full advantage of Intel's increasingly powerful processors," said Bill Rick, vice president, sales and marketing, Intense3D. "In the mid-to-high-end of the workstation market, where performance is everything, users continue to tell us application performance is key to their success. Intense3D will continue to embrace its historic trend of offloading the processors wherever possible in this performance-hungry workstation market."

Wildcat 3D graphics are also available in Pentium III and Pentium II processor-based systems from these workstation vendors.

Intense3D Wildcat 3D Graphics Technology

The first truly scalable architecture for Windows NT(R), Intense3D's Wildcat 3D Graphics Technology achieves successively higher levels of performance by enabling multiple graphics pipeline configurations. The innovative design of Wildcat graphics is the basis of Intense3D's undisputed leadership in 3D graphics performance, and has made graphics accelerators based on Wildcat Graphics Technology the clear choice among leading workstation vendors serving graphics-intensive markets such as MCAD, traditional CAD, animation, content creation, visual simulation, graphics arts, and digital media.

Intense3D Background

Intense3D is the market leader in affordable, high-performance 3D graphics accelerator products for Windows NT and is extending its product offerings to the full range of computing platforms. Intense3D, as the former 3D graphics division of Intergraph Computer Systems, developed the industry's first OpenGL 3D graphics accelerators for Windows NT. Intense3D leads the professional 3D graphics add-in-board market in technology, brand name recognition, end-user demand, and ISV recommendation and support.

Intense3D's Wildcat 3D Graphics Technology is highly scalable on the design and manufacturing level, enabling Intense3D to deliver the latest innovations quickly to market at affordable price points. Its record-breaking performance quickly led to awards such as NewMedia's 1999 Hyper Award, Computer Graphics World's 1999 Innovation Award, Digital Producer's Best of 1998, Video Systems' Vanguard Award, and CADALYST's ALL STAR Award.

For more information about Intense3D, visit our Web site at www.intense3d.com or call 877-286-1185 (toll-free).

Intergraph Computer Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of Intergraph Corporation (NASDAQ: INGR). For more information about Intergraph Computer Systems, call 800-763-0242, or visit the company's Web site at www.intergraph.com/ics/.> NOTE TO EDITORS: Intense3D's Virtual Press Room contains today's announcement and the latest product news, press kits, and digital images for downloading (www.intense3d.com/vpr.) Please contact Dana Staples, 978-369-3394 or dbstaple@intense3d.com for additional product information, current pricing, or image slides. For reader inquiries about Intense3D, please list 1-877-286-1185 or our World Wide Web address, www.intense3d.com

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