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113 lines
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INFORMATION RELEASE
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TSENG ET400/W32 CHIP
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Date: Sep 4, 1992
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Tseng Labs Inc. (PA. USA) has started sampling it's ET4000/W32 Multi-
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processing, Multi-tasking SVGA chips. At the Microsoft Window Hardware
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conference Sept 1 '92, the ET4000/W32 showed a Winmark of 28 million
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pixels/sec - over 60% faster than any other DRAM or VRAM Windows
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accelerator cards shown at the conference. The figure will be further
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improved with newer software drivers.
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Windows' performance is not TSENG ET4000/W32's only strength, it offers
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other important advantages :
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* Compatibility
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The ET4000/W32 is hardware and software compatible with
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approximately 5,000,000 ET4000 installations. This
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compatibility protects users' old investments on software/
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hardware and offers a very powerful growth path.
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* 16-bit/32-bit bus with Video Cache
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ET4000 has been widely recognized for its excellent Local Bus
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performance due to its video cache technology. The ET4000/W32
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has a 2nd generation video cache technology which offers better
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performance and an architecture for future products such as the
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ET4000/W64.
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* Windows acceleration
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ET4000 is designed for improvement of Windows performance and
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multimedia applications instead of cloning IBM 8514/A or XGA.
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It out-performs and out functions 8514/A and XGA.
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* Imaging Port and hardware Window
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The ET4000/W32 offers an Imaging Port to accept imaging data
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and can display the image on a hardware window. Hardware Zoom
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and Video functions will be available on early 1993 with a
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small ASIC chip complimentary to ET4000/W32.
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* Simultaneous multi-processing
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The ET4000/W32's Windows accelerator, CRTC and Imaging Port
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can operate simultaneously. Most other Windows accelerators
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can only do one task at the time (Example : When CPU writes
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to display memory, Windows accelerator has to stop or vice
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versa).
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It's multi-processing capability will be able to take
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advantage of multi-thread capability of new operating systems
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such as Windows NT.
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* High color and True color
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ET4000/W32 supports 800x600 in 24-bit true color, and 1280x1024
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in 16-bit color.
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* Low-cost DRAM
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The ET4000/W32 requires only 80ns ot 70ns DRAM to provide high
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performance and multi-processing capability.
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Tseng is now delivering 1st-iteration chips which contains some minor
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bugs. "We fully acknowledge and document these bugs. We know the errors
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and their solutions. The 2nd iteration will be available to customers
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at early Oct. 92 and will correct all those bugs. For such a powerful
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and sophisticated chip the achievement of 1st iteration chips of
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ET4000/W32 proves Tseng's technological excellence" said Jack Huang,
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President of TsengLabs International Co., Ltd. at Taipei.
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With about 5 million ET4000 chips installations and the new ET4000/W32
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chip, Tseng positions to continue to set standard and paces of PC
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graphics display technology.
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For more information, please contact :
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Helena Chie, VP Sales
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TsengLabs International Co., Ltd.
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Tel : 886-(02)-7139974, Fax : 886-(02)-7121075
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Taipei, Taiwan.
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