Dankzij Grijns kwamen we te weten dat er nog steeds tekenen van leven worden gesignaleerd in de Finse iglo van Bitboys Oy. Gisteren werd bekend gemaakt dat Conventum Limited een bedrag van 3,7 miljoen euro heeft geïnvesteerd in Bitboys Oy. Conventum krijgt hiermee een belang van 8,3% in het bedrijf. Blijkbaar zijn de Bitboys meer dan gebakken lucht, nu alleen nog hopen dat er ooit werkend silicon op de markt wordt gebracht. Volgens de huidige planning moeten de XBA (Xtreme Bandwidth Architecture) 3D accelerators van Bitboys in de tweede helft van 2001 in produktie gaan. De release dates van Bitboys zijn nu eenmaal moving targets, die helaas sneller in de tijd lijken te bewegen dan de tijd voort schrijdt...
Helsinki, Finland - August 4, 2000 - Conventum Oyj has today invested approximately EUR 3.7 million in Bitboys Oy in form of a Convertible Bond. The conversion of the Bond will give Conventum no less than 8.3% of Bitboys Oy share capital and votes.
Bitboys will use the capital infusion to fund the completion of a new generation 3D graphics processor and product launch. The product, which incorporates XBA (Xtreme Bandwidth Architecture) developed by Bitboys, allows substantial increases in memory bandwidth and overall 3D graphics processor performance. XBA-enabled products will deliver more than three times the memory bandwidth of today's leading solutions.
Bitboys 3D graphics processors are planned to be incorporated on graphics accelerator add-in boards for upgrading existing PC's and be integrated in fully configured systems from various PC manufacturers. The processors will be in volume production in the second half of 2001. This new architecture may in the future be used in the graphics solutions of the Internet appliance, game console and mobile computing markets.
The founders of Bitboys have developed 3D processor architectures since 1991. Majority of Bitboys is owned by its executives and personnel of the company. Company has a manufacturing partnership with Infineon Technologies AG.
Bitboys' research and development function are located in Finland, in Noormarkku and Espoo. Company's sales, marketing and administration are set in the United States, Dallas. For more information please visit us on the Web at www.bitboys.com More information of Conventum Limited: www.conventum.fi