New Matrox Extio F1400 is world's first remote graphics unit

[Apoptosis]

New Matrox Extio F1400 is world's first remote graphics unit

Montreal, Canada, February 22, 2006 -- Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading manufacturer of
graphics solutions for professionals, announces Extio(TM) F1400, the world's first remote
graphics unit. With this solution, the user interface of the computer -- the keyboard,
mouse, monitors, audio peripherals, and graphics hardware -- are separated from the rest
of the computer by up to 250 meters (820 feet) of fiber-optic cable. Designed for
professional applications, this product supports up to 4 digital or analog monitors at a
time, and has passive (fanless) cooling.

"Matrox remote graphics technology enables a new physical layout for computers," says
Alan Vandenbussche, VP Sales and Marketing, Matrox Graphics. "It more effectively
separates the use and administration of a system. This technology has a better
combination of integration, reliability, image quality, and distance than any other
extension technology."

Matrox Extio is ideal for environments like audio studios, broadcast studios, dispatch
centers, control rooms, and public spaces using digital signage. With this product, the
critical parts of the computer like the disks, memory, and processors can be kept in a
separate, safe, secure room. This saves space at the display station, removes a
potentially noisy computer, and allows system administrators to access and maintain the
system at a separate location.

The versatile Matrox Extio F1400 remote graphics unit (RGU) has a Matrox-designed
graphics chip, 128 MB of graphics memory, dual-LC connector for fiber-optic cable, 4
DVI-I monitor connectors, 6 USB 2.0 ports (4 in front, 2 in back), integrated audio
hardware, an optical connector for digital audio output, and analog audio connectors for
a microphone input, line input, and line output. To meet different slot requirements,
Matrox separately offers PCI or PCI Express (PCIe) fiber-optic interface cards for Extio
products.

For more information on this product, see: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/extio

Availability and pricing -- Matrox Extio F1400 will be available in the second quarter of
2006. For pricing and other sales information, call 1-800-361-1408 (North America) or
e-mail [email protected].

About Matrox Graphics Inc. -- Matrox Graphics Inc. is the leading manufacturer of
graphics solutions for professionals and has been delivering high-quality, innovative
2D/3D and video graphics accelerators since 1976. Creator of the multi-display
phenomenon, Matrox combines its proven graphics chip designs, reliable software
development and dependable card manufacturing expertise to produce products that are
reputed worldwide for their superior image quality, practical ingenuity and unwavering
stability. Matrox Graphics designs and supports graphics solutions optimized for utility,
empowering professionals to see more and do more. A privately held company headquartered
in Montreal, Canada, Matrox has international offices in the United States, the United
Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Italy and Hong Kong. For more information, visit
http://www.matrox.com/graphics

[bigblockmatt]

that is cool!

[R3N3G4D3]

It's nice, but probably impractical for majority of the population. First of all, I need to get that "other" room to keep the PC in, second with how stable Windows is now, I wouldn't trust it enough to keep my computer in the other room and run to it when I would need a reboot. I can see why they say this solution is for proadcast studios and such and not PCs.

[kenc51]

Matrox are BIG in the enterprise market......

This is not marketted to the home user
This will give you an idea what it's for
http://www.matrox.com/mga/pid/products/ ... _f1400.cfm