pteich@cayman.amd.com (Paul Teich) (06/01/91)
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Editors Contact: Craig A. Schmidt VP of Business Development DOCTOR DESIGN, INC. (DDI) (619) 457-4545 SAMSUNG SIGNS COLOR X WINDOW AGREEMENT WITH DOCTOR DESIGN, INC. SAN DIEGO - APRIL 11, 1991 - Doctor Design Inc. (DDI), announces the signing of an OEM licensing agreement with Samsung Electronics Corporation for DDI's XQC-8200(tm) Color X Window controller solution. This Agreement gives Samsung full rights to customize, manufacture and market their own version of the high performance XQC-8200 color X Window system. The signing of this Agreement, in addition with Samsung's previous monochrome development program completed with DDI on the SGS-19M(tm), now places Samsung in the unique position of offering the industry's highest performance color and monochrome X Window terminal solutions. Both Samsung products are based upon AMD's Am29000 RISC microprocessor. Dr. Hikyu Lee, President of Samsung America, said "Samsung and Doctor Design have worked very closely for the past two years to define and develop the industry's leading monochrome and color X Window terminal solutions. We are very pleased with the price/performance ratio of the SGS-19M and are looking forward to introducing Samsung's version of the XQC-8200 color system." Samsung expects to formally introduce their custom version of the XQC-8200 system this quarter. "We are very encouraged with Samsung's foresight into the X Window market and their commitment to satisfying customer needs" said Craig A. Schmidt, Vice-President of DDI. The XQC-8200 color controller was announced earlier this year by DDI, boasting the highest 8-bit color performance in the industry. Currently the XQC-8200 controller is performing at over 47,000 color X stones using AGE's A290 Xoftware(tm) server implementation and the AMD Am29000 20MHz microprocessor. The XQC-8200 controller supports resolutions of 1024 x 768, 800 x 600 (Super VGA) and 640 x 480 (VGA). The controller supports 8-bit color providing users with 256 colors out of an available palette of 16 million. Multiple levels of DRAM expansion memory are available ranging from 2M bytes to 10M bytes. Additionally, ROM can be expanded from 64K bytes to 2M bytes for system boot, hard loading of X server software and font storage. Standard support for Ethernet thickwire and thinwire is provided. Two DB-9 connectors are provided for RS-232 (SLIP) and mouse ports. The XQC-8200 controller provides speaker support and is compatible with AT style keyboards. The XQC-8200 is currently available for OEM licensing through DDI. The XQC-8200 controller can be licensed for $75,000 with hardware royalties ranging from $10 to $30 depending upon cumulative sales volume. For the XQC-8200 licensing fee, OEMs will be delivered a complete manufacturing package including film, artwork, bill-of- materials and database files. Doctor Design will be demonstrating the XQC-8200 controller later this month at the NCGA trade show. Demonstrations will be by DDI appointment at the McCormick Center Hotel in the AMD hospitality suite. DOCTOR DESIGN INC. (DDI) is an employee owned corporation founded in 1984. DDI designs, develops and manufactures X Window controllers, laser controllers, communication products and supporting ASICs. Product customization services are additionally offered through DDI. For additional information on the XQC-8200 color X Window controller contact Craig A. Schmidt at Doctor Design, Inc., 5415 Oberlin Drive, San Diego, CA 92121-1716 or call 619- 457-4545. XQC-8200 is a trademark of Doctor Design, Inc. For additional information on Samsung's offering of monochrome and color X Window terminals contact Harry Beaudin at Samsung Software America, Inc., One Corporate Drive, Andover, MA 01810 or call 508-685-7200. The SGS-19M is a trademark of Samsung Electronics Corporation. All other trademarks and tradenames belong to their respective companies. ---M30--- =============================================================================== The mind of man, the soul, spirit or whatever, is infinite in its grasp; the universe may be only finite. At least there is no limit to what we've been able to imagine so far. -Jessie Greenstein, Radio Astronomer,_The_Astronomers_