"Montreal, Canada, April 23, 2003 — Matrox Graphics Inc., the leading manufacturer of professional graphics solutions, today announced the Matrox Millennium P-Series graphics boards. Using the new Parhelia-LX chip, derived from Matrox Parhelia technology, the Millennium P650 and the Millennium P750 boards bring maximum productivity gains and real cost savings through the most advanced multi- display support in the industry.

'With a distinctive feature-set designed to provide real-world benefits, the Millennium P-Series is optimized to bring an enormous productivity boost to corporate users,' says Lorne Trottier, president, Matrox Graphics Inc. 'These boards are also an ideal, cost effective productivity tool for non-linear editing (NLE), AEC and entry-level MCAD and bring professional level graphics solutions to home computing.'

Supporting the higher bandwidth AGP 8X interface, the Millennium P-Series graphics boards are the ultimate extension to the current Matrox G-Series product line, featuring dual independent DVI outputs at up to 1600 x 1200 resolutions, fully-symmetric dual-RGB outputs at up to 1920 x 1440 resolution, along with Matrox's exclusive TripleHead and Dual-display plus TV output functionality. The Millennium P-Series is also equipped with twin 400 MHz 10-bit gamma correctable UltraSharp RAMDACs, for crystal clear image quality, along with Glyph Antialiasing technology for crisper more readable onscreen text and reduced eyestrain.

'With superior multi-display features including dual-DVI support, the Millennium P-Series is perfectly timed with the growing demand for multi-display solutions along with the soaring popularity of flat-panel displays,' says Dan Wood, vice president technical marketing, Matrox Graphics Inc.

According to DisplaySearch, the leader in flat panel display market research, LCD shipments rose 105 per cent in 2002 to 32.2 million units¹. The compact design of flat panels provides over 80 per cent savings in desk space compared to CRTs, which means that a Windows® desktop run on dual or triple panels will actually take up less real desktop space than a single CRT monitor. Multi-display configurations offer a significant and tangible productivity boost compared to using a single display for the same task by providing users with increased Windows desktop space. Microsoft research estimates that using a multi-display configuration for standard office tasks can result in a 20 to 50 per cent productivity gain².

'In the past, multi-display flat panel configurations were used almost exclusively by financial traders, graphic designers and video editors,' says Kaz Kajikawa, Eizo Nanao Technologies' Product Manager. 'Today, with the drop in flat panel prices and the rising need to improve productivity, multi-display technology is increasingly being used in mainstream applications for businesses and in the home.'

'Consumers are increasingly turning to multi-panel configurations for a sleek, extended desktop,' says Todd Fender, product manager, NEC-Mitsubishi Electronics Display of America. 'Boasting a wide variety of display outputs, including dual-DVI, the Millennium P-Series graphics cards offer NEC flat panel customers versatility and a productivity-enhancing feature-set.'"