Avi Singh, Product Marketing Manager
ELSA Inc.
408-919-9100 ext. 140
avis@elsa.com

ELSA Extends Relationship with HP by Supplying ELSA GLoria Graphics Boards for New HP Kayak PC Workstations

Advanced AGP ELSA GLoria Synergy provides excellent graphics performance for HP Kayak XU PC Workstations

Santa Clara, CA (July 13, 1998) - ELSA today announced that it has extended its relationship with Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HWP), one of the world's leading manufacturers of Windows NT^®-based PC workstations. The new HP Kayak XU PC Workstations feature the ELSA GLoria Synergy graphics boards and the latest Intel 400MHz Pentium^® II Xeon processor. The HP Kayak XU PC Workstations include state-of-the-art features for unparalleled system and graphics performance in top-of-the-line PC workstations.

The ELSA GLoria Synergy is equipped with an AGP bus, the 3Dlabs PERMEDIA 2a processor clocked at 90 MHz, and 8 MB SGRAM. The 250-MHz pixel clock powers this board to resolutions of 1920 x 1200 in HighColor and so also supports 16:10 wide format 24" monitors. To date, this board has won seven international awards, recommendations and citations in Germany, Great Britain, the United States and Taiwan.

The integration of multiple GLoria Synergy graphics boards enables the HP Kayak XU PC Workstation to be operated with up to four monitors. The ELSA WINman Suite allows each monitor to be controlled individually. New multi-screen tools allow full flexibility in distributing the display across the screens. This includes the selection and arrangement of the monitors by drag&drop, the selection of resolution and refresh rate for each monitor individually, and the support of "virtual screens" for adjusting to various screen diagonals. Hotkeys enhance user-friendliness and also increase productivity in multi-screen operation.

Target markets for the HP Kayak XU PC Workstation are software development, design engineering, 2D digital content creation, financial analysis, 2D and entry-level 3D mechanical and electronic design.

"ELSA GLoria Synergy graphics boards have already been included in the Kayak XW line of high-end 3D workstations, and we are proud that ELSA, with the design win for the new HP Kayak XU PC Workstation, has successfully taken place in the high-end of the PC market," said Theo Beisch, president and CEO of ELSA AG. "HP demands not only highest product quality, but also absolute top performance in 2D and 3D. ELSA provides this with drivers optimized for Windows, Windows NT, OpenGL, AutoCAD R14 and 3D Studio MAX. Our GLoria Synergy combines top-class performance for all 2D applications with state-of-the-art 3D capabilities for CAD and multiple monitor operation, for example, as used in the financial markets."

"The new HP Kayak XU PC Workstation is designed to deliver maximum power and key features into the hands of software developers, design engineers, financial analysts and multimedia authoring professionals," said Jean-Charles Miard, general manager of HP's Desktop Computing Operation, which manufactures the HP Kayak PC Workstations. "The ELSA GLoria Synergy graphics board enhances this HP platform with advanced graphics performance and functionality."

The new HP Kayak XU PC Workstation comes equipped with ELSA GLoria Synergy graphics, up to two 400 MHz Pentium II Xeon processors, 128 MB SDRAM and 4.5 GB/10,000 rpm hard-disk drives. It is expected to be available in August, with an estimated street price starting at $4,999 (U.S.).

For further information about the HP Kayak XU PC Workstations visit http://www.hp.com/kayak/xu.
For further information about the ELSA GLoria Synergy, contact the ELSA Service Hotline at (800)-272 ELSA.

ELSA Information

ELSA Inc. is a subsidiary of ELSA AG, a stock company based in Aachen, Germany. Founded in 1980, ELSA has built a world-class reputation in high-performance 2D and 3D graphics solutions in addition to a wide ranging ISDN and videoconferencing product family.

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