| NVIDIA TurboCache Technology Adopted By Over 70 Partners Worldwide NVIDIA Corporation: Andrew Humber Press Relations: Adam Foat FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE NVIDIA TurboCache Technology Adopted By Over 70 Partners Worldwide Leading PC OEMs, System Builders and Add-In Card Partners to Offer GeForce 6200 GPUs with TurboCache Technology LONDON — December 15th, 2004— NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), a worldwide leader in graphics and digital media processors, today announced a tidal wave of industry support for its recently announced NVIDIA® TurboCache™ technology. Many of the world’s leading PC OEMs, system builders and add-in card partners have announced plans to build systems and graphics cards utilising the new NVIDIA GeForce™ 6200 graphics processing unit (GPU) with TurboCache technology. “The days of outdated graphics technology in value-priced systems has come to an end now that NVIDIA has shipped the first TurboCache-enabled GPUs to customers,” said Jeff Fisher, executive vice president of worldwide sales at NVIDIA. “GeForce 6200 with TurboCache redefines the price/performance equation in the value PC segment. For the first time, it is feasible for PC OEMs to offer the industry’s most advanced feature set, including support for Direct X 9.0 Shader Model 3.0 support, to their value segment customers.” The following is a partial list of the PC OEMs, system builders and add-in card manufacturers that will be offering NVIDIA GeForce 6200 GPUs with TurboCache technology. For a complete list of partners, please log on to www.nvidia.co.uk. PC OEMs & System Builders
Add-in Card Manufacturers
GeForce 6200 GPUs with TurboCache technology are shipping to customers now and graphics cards are anticipated to be available from leading add-in card manufacturers and in systems from leading PC OEMs in January 2005. About NVIDIA Certain statements in this press release, including any statements relating to the Company's performance expectations for NVIDIA's family of products and expectations of continued revenue growth, are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause results to be materially different than expectations. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, manufacturing and other delays relating to new products, difficulties in the fabrication process and dependence of the Company on third-party manufacturers, general industry trends including cyclical trends in the PC and semiconductor industries, the impact of competitive products and pricing alternatives, market acceptance of the Company's new products and the Company's dependence on third-party developers and publishers. Investors are advised to read the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, particularly those sections entitled "Certain Business Risks," for a fuller discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties. # # # Copyright © 2004 NVIDIA Corporation. All rights reserved. All company and/or product names may be trade names, trademarks and/or registered trademarks of the respective owners with which they are associated. Features, pricing, availability and specifications are subject to change without notice. Note to editors: If you are interested in viewing additional information on NVIDIA, please visit the NVIDIA Press Room at http://www.nvidia.co.uk/page/press_room.html. For further information, contact: |