FARENHEIT PRO VIDEO 64 PRESS RELEASE

For Immediate Release

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Contact: Pat Workman, Press Relations
(510) 683-0506
press@orchid.com
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ORCHID PREMIERES FAST GRAPHICS
WITH MPEG AND DIGITAL VIDEO SCALING
HyperDriver(TM) Technology Speeds Multimedia Applications
FREMONT, CA--April 3, 1995-- Orchid Technology announced today
the merging of high-performance graphics and digital video playback
with its latest market entry, the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64. With HyperDriverTM
technology and the ability to play and scale both standard and MPEG
digital video, the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 begins a new era in graphics
card performance.
The Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 combines S3's latest 968 chipset and video
memory (VRAM) for extremely fast Windows and DOS performance. A complete
suite of software drivers for CAD, business and graphics is included,
as well as Orchid's new HyperDriver Windows software. Orchid's HyperDriver
technology is geared towards multimedia and digital video playback
applications. While providing compatibility with today's high refresh
rates and resolutions, the HyperDriver technology also handles the
large block transfers of video data faster than competing offerings.
Unlike other 64-bit graphics accelerators, the Fahrenheit ProVideo
64's HyperDriver is compatible with digital video capture cards.

According to Tony Rodrigues, Director of Product Marketing, "Users

no longer have to choose between speed, compatibility and feature
sets. The Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 pumps out the fastest graphics performance
available while moving computers into full-screen MPEG and digital
video."
In addition to hardware video scaling in all modes, the Fahrenheit
ProVideo 64 supports resolutions up to 1600x1200 and refresh rates
up to 120Hz. It is available for both PCI and VLB bus architectures,
and comes with either 2MB of VRAM (user upgradeable to 4MB) or with
4MB of VRAM pre-installed. MSRP is $429 (2MB) and $629 (4MB).
Orchid Technology, a subsidiary of Micronics Computers (NASDAQ:MCRN),
is a worldwide manufacturer of graphics, sound and digital video
multimedia products for the personal computer market. The company
is headquartered at 45365 Northport Loop West, Fremont, California
94538, (510) 683-0300. Orchid Technology also has offices in Paris,
France; Basingstoke, United Kingdom; and Meerbusch, Germany. ###
Orchid, Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 and HyperDriver are trademarks of
Orchid Technology. All other products are trademarks of their respective
manufacturers.