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.
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