Epson Direct Corporation in Japan Chooses AccelGraphics 3D Accelerators; AccelPRO Family Provides High-Performance 3D Graphics Capabilities for CAD/CAM, Animation and Visualization Applications for Professionals.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--December 10, 1996-- AccelGraphics, Inc., the leading supplier of high-performance 3D graphics accelerators for Windows NT, today announced that Epson Direct Corporation in Japan has chosen the AccelPRO family of products as Epson Direct's exclusive 3D graphics accelerators for their new personal workstation: the Endeavour Pro-200E.

"Epson Direct in Japan wanted to partner with the leader in professional 3D graphics for Windows NT and AccelGraphics was the obvious choice. We plan to use the AccelPRO products for SEIKO EPSON CORP. internal use as well as to provide solutions for the open marketplace. As one of the largest users of Pro/ENGINEER software, there are several hundred internal SEIKO EPSON users that will benefit from these new personal workstations. As a second step, we will bring these products to the open marketplace," said Mr. Yasuhiko Kudo, General Manager of Epson Direct Corporation.

Dr. Hiroki Kato, Vice President for Asia-Pacific, of AccelGraphics stated, "We are very excited about our relationship with Epson Direct. We expect to supply products immediately for SEIKO EPSON's internal use as well as for Epson Direct's external marketing thrust. Epson Direct Corporation is a very important customer for us. We are pleased that they will be using the AccelPRO products."

"AccelGraphics' excellent working relationship with Parametric Technology will help ensure a very solid, high performance solution that Epson can use with complete confidence," said Glenn Sinclair, Hardware Partner Manager at Parametric Technology Corporation.

The AccelPRO products provide high performance 3D graphics including smooth double-buffered displays at resolutions up to 1280x1024, support for 24bits of Z, and hardware texture mapping (AccelPRO TX models only). Other advanced features supported include: anti-aliasing, transparency, overlays, dithering, and stencilling. Since the AccelPRO family is OpenGL compliant many other popular OpenGL-based applications are supported. Since the AccelPRO TX boards work with Windows NT, they ensure standard support for thousands of other popular applications, including word processors, spread sheets and Web browsers.

Epson Direct Corporation

Epson Direct Corporation is a subsidiary of SEIKO EPSON Corporation. SEIKO EPSON is a world leader in the electronics sector. With operations in more than 28 countries, the company develops, manufactures and markets watches, precision assembly robots, plastic lens, computers and peripheral products, display products, software tools and semiconductors. The company employs over 36,500 people world-wide.

AccelGraphics, Inc.

AccelGraphics develops, manufactures and markets high-performance three dimensional graphics accelerators for computer-aided design and engineering and other professional markets. AccelGraphics' 3D graphics accelerators enable technical professionals to visualize 3D data quickly and interactively, thereby dramatically enhancing user productivity when using 3D applications.

AccelGraphics, Inc. is headquartered in San Jose, California, and can be reached via phone at 800-444-5699. Fax: 408-441-1599. Internet: http:\\www.accelgraphics.com

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AccelGraphics, Inc.

408/441-1556

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Carol Nash

Sterling Communications, Inc.

408/441-4100

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