3Dlabs Announces GLINT 3D Hardware Accelerator Certified for Softimage 3D 3.51; All GLINT board and system OEMs to provide Softimage-certified 3D hardware acceleration; Softimage customers on Windows NT will have a wide range of high-performance, cost-effective GLINT-based solutions to choose from.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 1996--3Dlabs(R) Inc. today announced that its reference board designs for the GLINT(R) 500TX and GLINT 300SX 3D graphics accelerators, including the GLINT Delta(TM) geometry co-processor, are among the first 3D hardware accelerators certified by Microsoft(R) for use with Softimage(R) 3D and Softimage 3D Extreme 3.51-- a leading 3D authoring solution for Windows(R) NT and UNIX(R). GLINT reference board designs provide an optimized baseline design that GLINT board and system manufacturers may use as a platform for their value-added…