Matrox and Xi Graphics Add Sun Solaris drivers support

By DE Editors

Matrox Graphics Inc. (Montreal, Que.) and Xi Graphics, Inc. (Denver,CO) recently announced the release of Sun Solaris x86 (versions 8, 9,and 10) display drivers for Matrox Parhelia, Millennium P-Series, andQID graphics cards. These display drivers were developed to supportadvanced Matrox features including DualHead, TripleHead, quad-display,clone, zoom, and OpenGL acceleration. In December, these companiesannounced similar support for using these graphics cards under Linux,adding to their previous Linux/Solaris support for Matrox G Seriesgraphics cards.

“Support for the Solaris operating system is important for many of ourcorporate and government customers,” says Alain Thiffault, Manager,Applications Engineering, Matrox Graphics Inc. “Partnering with XiGraphics and leveraging their 10 years of experience in Unix/Linuxdevelopment has allowed us to quickly deliver high-quality,feature-rich Solaris display drivers to these important customers.”

Free trial downloads of Xi Graphics Solaris x86 display drivers areavailable from the Xi Graphics website. Drivers can bepurchased directly from Xi Graphics and bulk purchase prices areavailable.