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NewTek Certifies AMD Athlon™ Processor for LightWave [6.5]AMD Athlon™ Processor Offers Exceptional Speed and Price Point for LightWave UsersSan Jose, CA, Game Developer Conference - March 22, 2001 – NewTek, Inc. manufacturer of industry-leading 3D animation and video products, announced that it has certified AMD Athlon™ processor from Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) used in workstations for use with LightWave [6.5]®, the best selling 3D software for film, broadcast and video. In addition, AMD and NewTek plan to work together to help provide user support to the burgeoning 3D game and animation industry. ``When you combine the speed and exceptional price point of the new AMD Athlon processor technology and workstations with the raw strength and feature set of LightWave [6.5], the users get a powerful system allowing them to tackle any kind of animation or special effects project,” said Brad Peebler, vice president of 3D graphics for NewTek. “Not only does the AMD Athlon processor offer our customers great speed and performance, AMD workstations give LightWave 6.5 users great variety when choosing a system.” “AMD’s processors and LightWave [6.5] make an excellent combination for graphics professionals wanting to push the limits of the technology. With NewTek’s certification, the two companies are able to further showcase the power of the AMD-LightWave pairing. Customers wanting a professional 3D graphics and animation program on a fast, stable, and cost-effective hardware platform have got an excellent choice with NewTek’s software and AMD’s hardware” said Ned Finkle, Director of the Infrastructure Enablement Group for AMD. LightWave, the recognized leader in the film and television industry, provides the most complete feature set of any 3D-animation tool available. When combined with the AMD Athlon processor, LightWave [6.5] users will have the opportunity to increase their productivity by leveraging the power of this new architecture. LightWave User Feedback"The games industry, in particular, has long awaited LightWave [6.5]. Well, we got what we were hoping for, and SO much more! The wealth of games-specific tools is not only amazing, but it’s the best implementation of those tools out there, with even more features thrown in on top of that!" said Michael Hulme, senior artist at Namco Hometek. "LightWave [6.5] is my dream 3D software come true. It’s a highly optimized intelligently designed and very mature software. The latest 6.5 character tools have allowed me to abandon the plugins used on ‘Tilt’ (Which was made with a pre-6.5 LightWave) and work only with the out-of-the-box program. The latest LightWave carefully organizes all the sophisticated new features in an interface that’s artist-friendly. I now see it as a complete 3D solution; where I can model, animate and render high quality work within a single package. The new speed optimizations alone make it a pleasure to work with," said Meni Tsirbas, Menithings.com. About the AMD Athlon™ ProcessorThe AMD Athlon processor is an x86-compatible, seventh-generation design featuring a superpipelined, nine-issue superscalar microarchitecture optimized for high clock frequency; the industry's first fully pipelined, superscalar floating point unit for x86 platforms; high-performance cache architecture, now featuring 384KB of total on-chip cache (256KB of on-chip level (L2) cache and 128KB of on-chip level (L1) cache); enhanced 3DNow!™ technology with 24 additional instructions designed to improve integer math calculations, data movement for Internet streaming, and DSP communications. The AMD Athlon processor features either a 266MHz Front Side Bus (FSB) or a 200MHz FSB based on the Alpha™ EV6 bus protocol. AMD Athlon processors are manufactured using AMD's 0.18-micron process technology in Fab 25 in Austin, Texas and AMD's 0.18 micron copper technology in Fab 30 in Dresden, Germany. About AMDAMD is a global supplier of integrated circuits for the personal and networked computer and communications markets with manufacturing facilities in the United States, Europe, Japan, and Asia. AMD produces microprocessors, flash memory devices, and support circuitry for communications and networking applications. Founded in 1969 and based in Sunnyvale, California, AMD had revenues of $4.6 billion in 2000. (NYSE: AMD - news). About NewTekWith headquarters in San Antonio, Texas, NewTek is a leading provider of full-featured video editing, animation and special effects tools. The company’s products are used worldwide on projects ranging from home video to feature film. . Recent game titles include Deus Ex, Quake 3 Arena, Moto Racer World Tour, Giants for PS2, Baldur’s Gate, EverQuest, Planescape: Torment, Dead To Rights, Red Alert 2, Escape From Monkey Island, Kiss Psycho Circus and Daikatana. Recent film and television projects using NewTek software include Charlie’s Angels, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, 6th Day, Red Planet, X-Men The Movie, Gladiator, Pitch Black, Shakespeare In Love, The latest James Bond film, Bond 19 “The World Is Not Enough,” Roughnecks: Starship Troopers, Star Trek: Voyager, Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, The X-Files, Ally McBeal, Dune: The Miniseries, Dawson’s Creek and Family LawContact NewTek at 5131 Beckwith Blvd, San Antonio, TX, 78249. Phone: 210-370-8000, fax: 210-37-8001, website: http://www.newtek.com or http://www.lightwave6.com.
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