Transgaming becomes Khronos Group Member
[Posted March 31, 2008 by cook]
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| Paul Nowosad <paul.nowosad-AT-transgaming.com> |
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| [General_media] TRANSGAMING JOINS INDUSTRY LEADERS AS KHRONOS GROUP
MEMBER |
| Date: |
| Fri, 28 Mar 2008 10:08:57 -0400 |
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TRANSGAMING JOINS INDUSTRY LEADERS AS KHRONOS GROUP MEMBER
Software Technology Leader Adds A New Voice To The Creation Of Open
Standards For The Authoring And Acceleration Of Dynamic Media
Toronto, Canada - March 28, 2008 - TransGaming Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), a
leading developer of portability and graphics technologies has become
a Khronos Group Contributing Member, joining over one hundred
industry leading technology companies. TransGaming will participate
and vote with all Members in the ongoing development and promotion of
open standards for the authoring and acceleration of dynamic media on
platforms ranging from embedded systems to high-performance desktop
and workstation systems.
"We are delighted that TransGaming has joined the Khronos Group,
bringing valuable software vendor perspective to the desktop OpenGL
standards process," said Neil Trevett, president of the Khronos Group
and vice president of mobile content at NVIDIA. "The experience and
hard work of members like TransGaming enable Khronos to push forward
the OpenGL standard to enable even richer 3D applications across a
wide variety of platforms."
TransGaming is a premier entertainment and graphics software provider
widely recognized for the Cider and Cedega Portability Engines. All of
TransGaming's portability products rely heavily on OpenGL to provide a
robust and high performance standard graphics interface on targeted
platforms. The company has substantial experience working with OpenGL
and brings extensive technical knowledge of game-engine technology and
graphics systems to Khronos and the OpenGL ARB.
TransGaming has joined the Khronos Group to help advance and influence
the OpenGL standard. Through Khronos TransGaming will aid the
evolution of OpenGL, which is critical to the success of our gaming
and entertainment products. As a contributing member, we will
participate in the evolution of these open standard APIs to ensure
that all ISVs are able to take full advantage of the capabilities of
their hardware, regardless of their platform of choice," commented
Gavriel State, Founder and CTO of TransGaming.
TransGaming is ?Broadening the Playing Field' for consumer
technologies, and working with Khronos will ensure development
standards continue to enable products that meet or exceed consumer
demands.
About TransGaming, Inc.
TransGaming Inc. (TSX-V: TNG), is a leader in the development of
unique software portability products that facilitate the deployment of
games across multiple platforms. TransGaming's portability
technologies significantly reduce the time-to-market for and costs
associated with multi-platform game releases. TransGaming works with
many of the industry's leading developers and publishers to enable
their games on the Mac and Linux operating systems, and currently
markets its products under four brand names: Cider (Mac), Cedega
(Linux), SwiftShader (Graphics), and GameTreeOnline.com (Retail).
TransGaming is headquartered in Toronto, Canada and maintains a
research and development center in Ottawa, Canada. To learn more
about TransGaming's products visit www.transgaming.com.
About Khronos
The Khronos Group is a member-funded industry consortium focused on
the creation of open standards such as OpenKODE, OpenGLĀ® ES,
OpenMAX, OpenVG, OpenSL ES, OpenML and COLLADA to enable the
authoring and acceleration of dynamic media on a wide variety of
platforms and devices. All Khronos members are able to contribute to
the development of Khronos specifications, are empowered to vote at
various stages before public deployment, and are able to accelerate
the delivery of their cutting-edge media platforms and applications
through early access to specification drafts and conformance tests. .
Please go to www.khronos.org for more information.
Khronos, OpenKODE, OpenVG, OpenMAX and OpenSL ES are trademarks of the
Khronos Group Inc. COLLADA is a trademark of Sony Computer
Entertainment Inc. used by permission by Khronos. OpenGL and OpenML
are registered trademarks and the OpenGL ES logo is a trademark of
Silicon Graphics Inc. used by permission by Khronos. All other product
names, trademarks, and/or company names are used solely for
identification and belong to their respective owners.
Contacts For TransGaming:
Paul Nowosad Jean-Francois (JF) Dube
Director of Marketing Investor Relations
TransGaming Inc. TransGaming Inc.
416.979.9900 x323 877.848.8790
paul.nowosad@transgaming.com investors@transgaming.com
Contact For Khronos:
Elizabeth Riegel
Khronos Group Public Relations
+1 740 649-7755
elizabeth@goldstandardgroup.com
The TSX Venture Exchange does not accept the responsibility for the
adequacy or accuracy of this release.
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