ORCHID PREMIERES FAST GRAPHICS WITH MPEG AND DIGITAL VIDEO SCALING

HyperDriver Technology Speeds Multimedia Applications

FREMONT, CA -- APRIL 3, 1995 -- Orchid Technology announced today the
merging of high-performance graphics and digital video playback with its
latest market entry, the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64. With HyperDriver
technology and the ability to play and scale both standard and MPEG
digital video, the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 begins a new era in graphics
card performance.

The Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 combines S3's latest 968 chipset and video
memory (VRAM) for extremely fast Windows and DOS performance. A complete
suite of software drivers for CAD, business and graphics is included, as
well as Orchid's new HyperDriver Windows software. Orchid's HyperDriver
technology is geared towards multimedia and digital video playback
applications. While providing compatibility with today's high refresh
rates and resolutions, the HyperDriver technology also handles the large
block transfers of video data faster than competing offerings. Unlike
other 64-bit graphics accelerators, the Fahrenheit ProVideo 64's
HyperDriver is compatible with digital video capture cards.

According to Tony Rodrigues, Director of Product Marketing, "Users no
longer have to choose between speed, compatibility and feature sets. The
Fahrenheit ProVideo 64 pumps out the fastest graphics performance
available while moving computers into full-screen MPEG and digital
video."

In addition to hardware video scaling in all modes, the Fahrenheit ProVideo
64 supports resolutions up to 1600x1200 and refresh rates up to 120Hz. It
is available for both PCI and VLB bus architectures, and comes with either
2MB of VRAM (user upgradeable to 4MB) or with 4MB of VRAM pre-installed.
MSRP is $429 (2MB) and $629 (4MB).

Orchid Technology, a subsidiary of Micronics Computers (NASDAQ:MCRN), is a
worldwide manufacturer of graphics, sound and digital video multimedia
products for the personal computer market. The company is headquartered at
45365 Northport Loop West, Fremont, California 94538, (510) 683-0300.
Orchid Technology also has offices in Paris, France; Basingstoke, United
Kingdom; and Meerbusch, Germany.
 
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