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
ARCHE TECHNOLOGIES SIGNS COLOR X WINDOW AGREEMENT WITH
DOCTOR DESIGN, INC.
SAN DIEGO - APRIL 22, 1991 - Doctor Design Inc. (DDI), announces
the signing of an OEM licensing agreement with ARCHE
TECHNOLOGIES INC. (ARCHE) for DDI's XQC-8200(tm) Color X Window
controller solution. This Agreement gives ARCHE full rights to
customize, manufacture and market their own version of the high
performance XQC-8200 color X Window system. With the signing of
this Agreement, ARCHE has positioned themselves into the high
performance color X Window terminal marketplace.
Mr. Steve Lin, Director of ARCHE's Monitor Division, said "We (ARCHE
TECHNOLOGIES) are very enthusiastic about entering the high growth
X Window marketplace. ARCHE is very pleased with the Doctor
Design agreement and believe our customized version of the XQC-
8200 color X Window system will provide unparalled
price/performance." "ARCHE will be marketing a complete systems
configuration, including monitor, base unit, keyboard and mouse, as
well as offering base units only", commented Mr. Lin. "We are looking
forward to ARCHE's formal product announcement later this quarter,
when the industry will realize the impact of ARCHE entering the X
Window marketplace", 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 at the NCGA and Xhibition trade shows.
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 ARCHE's color X Window offering
contact Steve Lin at 48881 Kato Road, Fremont, CA 94539 or by
telephone at (415) 623-8100.
All trademarks and tradenames belong to their respective companies.
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