| NVIDIA Unveils Reference Design for Next-Generation Media Center PCs NVIDIA Corporation: Andrew Humber Press Relations: NVIDIA Unveils Reference Design for Next-Generation Media Center PCs Newly Available Reference Design Features Smaller, Quieter, More Affordable Living Room Video Solutions WINHEC-SEATTLE, WA-APRIL 26, 2005-NVIDIA Corporation (Nasdaq: NVDA), a worldwide leader in graphics and digital media processors, today unveiled a new Media Center PC reference design which will enable system builders and OEMs to assemble a high-end living room PC that is cost-effective, has a richer feature set, operates at a cooler temperature, consumes less power, and is a physically smaller and quieter addition to the consumer's living room. This reference design includes such industry leading technologies as PureVideo™ High-Definition video technology, a GeForce™ 6 Series graphics processing unit (GPU), NVIDIA® NVTV™ PC Tuner Card and more. The benefits of this new Media Center solution will be highlighted in a breakout session at 2:00pm on Tuesday, April 26th , at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Seattle's Washington State Convention and Trade Center. "If you are building a Media Center PC, you want it to be cool and quiet," said Scott Vouri, general manager of multimedia at NVIDIA. "Our internal testing has shown that if you choose your components wisely, you can build a PC that is cooler and quieter than the previous generation of Media Center PCs, and it doesn't have to cost more." Building on the first generation of living room PC designs, NVIDIA looked to reduce expense, chassis size, and noise, while improving the system's video quality and performance. Cost has been managed carefully, in part by removing unnecessary components. The increasing volume of Media Center system shipments has also helped to reduce the cost per unit. To make the living room PC look more familiar to the consumer, NVIDIA suggests a rear panel design that more closely resembles a stereo receiver, with logical groupings of inputs and outputs. The reference design created by NVIDIA reduces the size of the chassis for the entry model by incorporating integrated graphics on the motherboard and a low riser to hold an add-in card. For other models, chassis size has been streamlined by using components that produce less heat and can be packed more densely, and by selecting a special, low profile chassis that accepts the standard micro ATX footprint. The reference design makes perhaps the biggest improvements over the first generation of living room PCs in the areas of heat, power consumption, and noise reduction. To build a cooler, quieter living room PC, NVIDIA recommends:
NVIDIA is the technology of choice for Media Center PC systems and has been working with system builders worldwide to develop products and technologies that enhance the multimedia capabilities of today's PCs, including:
Available free of charge, the NVIDIA second generation living room PC reference design includes a bill of materials, references to suppliers, sample drawings, and heat and noise data. For more information or to download it, please visit www.nvidia.co.uk/object/livingroom_pc.html. About NVIDIA Certain statements in this press release including, but not limited to, statements as to our relationships with customers and partners in the film industry and the features, benefits, performance and capability of the NVIDIA Quadro FX 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, delays in ramping new products into production, adoption of other technologies or products by those in the film industry, manufacturing defects, incompatibility of technologies, reliance on third-party manufacturers, the impact of competitive products and pricing alternatives, n changes in the film industry standards, our dependence on third-party developers and other risks detailed from time to time in the NVIDIA reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission including its Form 10-Q for the quarter ended October 24, 2004. These forward-looking statements speak only as of the date hereof. NVIDIA disclaims any obligation to update these forward-looking statements. # # # Copyright © 2005 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. For further information, contact: |
