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RELEASED BY GSS
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
INDUSTRY LEADERS ENDORSE HIGH PERFORMANCE
DISPLAY CONTROLLER HARDWARE INTERFACE
MENLO PARK, Ca1it.,
March 25, 1986 -- Leading
software,
board, and chip companies joined forces today to introduce the
Direct Graphics Interface Specification (DGIS), an open
specification
allows
that supports
faster application
high-performance
graRhics
silicon and
development.
"DGIS will open up a flood of application support for a wide
range of display
processor
chips.
boards,
such as those based on emerging
graphics
DGIS gives direct-to-hardware performance while
it frees programmers from learning the complexities of each
graphics chip's instruction set," said Graphic Software Systems,
Inc. Chairman
Tom Clarkson.
"DGIS-based boards will be the
easiest to program display controllers on the market.
The
minimal effort needed to write the simple DGIS driver allows
programmers to quickly add DGIS-board support for new and
existing
applications."
Using DGIS ROMs, display controller manufacturers can
create boards based on a wide range of graphics processor chips
such as those trom Texas Instruments, Intel, and those based on
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2-2-2
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the
EGA standard,
GSS is
for
working
current
"TI
custom
with
pleased
DGIS complements
spokesman
based
Intel,
and future
is
to have
development
those
software
said
processors
will
five
run
DGIS firmware
with
Texas
an upgrade
graphics
designs.
processor
contract
work,"
"DGIS is
cell
to provide
of graphics
a firmware
McDonough.
Existing
and standard
TI and others
on high-performance
34010.
arrays,
generations
that
Kevin
gate
GSS, and
Instruments
path
like
to ten
chips.
to boards
the
times
TMS
faster
on
new boards."
"Intel
industry
supports
direction,"
standards,
and we see
said
Graphics
Intel
DGIS as an important
General
Manager
Garth
Wilson.
According
Yara,
from
to
Chips
"DGIS gives
simple
display
graphics
EGA and future
for
programmers
will
need
help
software
Systems
base
products
while
is
one rich,
our
video
support
virtually
G. Finch
with
a rapidly
much easier
based
product
for
(more)
line
us to offer
a common set
path
on the
A large
Lawrence
board
Ron
upgrade
assured
high-performance
compatibility
makes it
that
only
designs
technologies.
new boards
Director
a painless
to more powerful
President
us maintain
specification
future
the
Marketing
designers
high-performance
base
will
board
chips
application
Paradise
And Technologies
because
interface."
sa1d,
"DGIS
growing
evolves.
a range
of applications."
The
of
3-3-3
GSS
According
to Ashton-Tate
is a technically
excellent
Chief Scientist
approach
Robert Carr, "DGIS
to solving problems
that
stand in the way of developing graphics-based user-interfaces in
By providing one rich interface to a
PC application
software.
growing
of powerful
number
application
developers
graphics
processor
to take advantage
chips, DGIS enables
of high-performance,
high resolution color boards as they become available."
"We at Lotus believe that graphics is becoming an integral
part of all software, and we welcome a new standard that provides
IBM PC users with taster, easier to use applications.
driver
concept
adoption
of 1-2-3 and Symphony
of the DGIS specification,"
Marketing
Director
Software
pfs:GRAPH
should encourage
The open
widespread
said Lotus Technical
Jim Kinlan.
Publishing
Corp. R&D Manager
and our recent introduction
Lee Harris said, "With
of Harvard Presentation
Graphics, Software PUblishing Corp. has shown it has been a
strong proponent of computer graphics.
supporting
boards.
this standard
interface
We look forward to
for next generation
graphics
DGIS will get more flexible and powerful image and text
applications into the hands of end-users faster because we will
be able to concentrate our resources on graphic functionality
rather than writing device drivers."
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nNumber Nine Computers can rely on the flexibility of DGIS
to provide us with the design freedom we need to continue
innovating new high resolution color graphics boards for the Pc,n
said Number Nine Executive Vice President Will Frentz.
to innovate
pioneer
is vital for our company's
powerful
controller
business
continuing
and professional-level
nFreedom
commitment
to
graphics
boards for the PC.n
By selecting DGIS as a board-level interface, manufacturers
can provide software consistency across a family.of products that
offer a range of price, performance and functionality.
In
addition, programmers will not have to rewrite their applications
to take advantage of the unique features of a new board.
inquiry
functions
capabilities,
intorm the software
giving
the application
DGIS
of display controller
immediate
access to the
added performance and functionality of new hardware.
The published Direct Graphics Interface Specification
document is publically available.
Contact GSS for information on
how to obtain it.
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