20th February 1997. Diamond’s FirePort 40 Lights Up SCSI Market Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc., (NASDAQ: DIMD), a leader in Internet multimedia, today announced the availability of their FirePort 40 PCI UltraSCSI Host Adapter Kit for Pentium or Pentium Pro PC users running Windows 95 or Windows NT 4.0. Diamond’s entrance into the multimedia I/O market further solidifies its position as a leading provider of high-performance PC solutions, offering a wide range of add-in subsystems for customers who demand state-of-the-art multimedia PCs. The FirePort 40 PCI UltraSCSI Host Adapter Kit is designed specifically for I/O intensive multimedia applications and supports SCSI-1, SCSI-2, SCSI-3 and UltraSCSI device protocols. The FirePort 40 offers up to three times the performance of an IDE bus and is compatible with FastSCSI (SCSI-2) peripherals such as hard drives, CD-Rs, CD-ROM drives, removable drives and scanners. The new product has been built to support the newest Ultra and Ultra-wide SCSI (SCSI-3) devices, supporting up to fifteen UltraSCSI devices with transfer rates of up to 40Mb/sec. "The growth of the multimedia market is rapidly driving the need for increased PC performance, whether it is fast 2D/3D graphics, high-speed communications devices or high-bandwidth I/O connections," commented Andy Brannan, Northern European Sales Director, Diamond Multimedia. "The FirePort 40 satisfies the need for aggressively priced solutions to the limiting factor of I/O, crucial to the success of the multimedia revolution. Diamond is committed to providing a complete range of leading-edge multimedia solutions to enable the ultimate, integrated multimedia PC." "The use of SCSI peripherals and therefore, the need for high-bandwidth SCSI host adapters is expected to grow steadily as PCI Pentium systems and multitasking operating environments such as Windows NT take-off among power-users," explained Ken Comstock, Director of Marketing for Multimedia I/O Products at Diamond Multimedia. "SCSI adapters benefit users in much the same way our graphics accelerators do, improving overall PC performance by off-loading tasks from the system’s CPU." Also included in the PCI UltraSCSI Host Adapter Kit includes Diamond’s UltraEasy software suite, a simple to use installation program and advanced SCSI diagnostic utility. UltraEasy Diagnostics allow users to easily see, test and manage the SCSI devices installed in their system. Ideal for both the network administrator and desktop user, UltraEasy Diagnostics scan the SCSI bus and give users complete, graphical feedback on the features and capabilities of the SCSI devices installed in the system (including other host adapters). Diamond’s FirePort 40 PCI UltraSCSI Host Adapter Kit is available for £149 excluding VAT through VARs, distribution and retail channels and, in an exclusive deal with Elektroson, comes with a complete CD-R mastering software bundle: GEAR 4.0, the standard in CD-R software for professionals, WebGrabber 1.0, the first software that installs directly to your web browser and allows you to download to a CD, and CD Replicator 1.0. |
| Diamond Multimedia is driving the interactive multimedia market by providing advanced solutions for home, business and professional desktop computer users, enabling them to create, access and experience compelling new media content from their desktops and through the Internet. Diamond accelerates multimedia from the Internet to the hard drive with products that include the Stealth and Viper® series of media accelerators, the Monster series of entertainment 3D and sound accelerators, the Fire series of professional 3D and SCSI accelerators, and the Supra® series of modems. Diamond also markets DVD and video phone kits. Diamond's common stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol DIMD, and its web site addresses are www.diamondmm.de (Europe/German), www.diamondmm.co.uk (Europe/English), www.diamondmm.fr (Europe/French), and www.diamondmm.com (USA). For further information please contact::
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