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Autodesk Announces Support for Intel New Itanium Processor
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San Rafael, California, October 11, 2000—Autodesk, Inc. (Nasdaq: ADSK), the world's
leading design and digital content creation company, today announced its support for the
new Intel® Itanium™ processor. Autodesk is dedicating engineering efforts to optimize
future versions of its leading design platforms, including AutoCAD®, Autodesk Inventor™,
and VISION*® software, to take advantage of the performance enhancements that Itanium
will provide. In addition, Discreet™, a division of Autodesk and a leader in digital content
creation, last January was the first to demonstrate native 3D modeling and animation on
the Itanium processor with its 3d studio max® software.
Autodesk and Discreet will be participating at the Intel eXCHANGE in San Francisco on
October 10, and will provide demonstrations of 3d studio max running on an
Itanium-based workstation.
"Our customers can be very demanding when it comes to performance," said Scott
Borduin, chief technology officer of Autodesk. "In many cases their success hinges on
the use of our software, so their high expectations are warranted, and the challenge of
delivering software that makes our customers more effective is our passion. We've always
worked closely with Intel to ensure optimum performance on their platforms, and the
Itanium processors will give us and our customers a significant leap forward."
"Autodesk's support of our Itanium processor is important, and we've been working
closely with them to ensure we address their needs," said Anand Chandrasekher, VP,
Intel Architecture Group, and director of the Intel Architecture Marketing Group. "All of
Autodesk's design products—from the graphics rich 3d studio max to the AutoCAD
design platform—will benefit from the outstanding floating-point performance that the
Itanium processor delivers."
About Autodesk
Autodesk is the world's leading design and digital content creation resource. The
company provides software and Internet portal services to help customers drive business
through the power of design. One of the largest software companies in the world,
Autodesk helps designs become a reality for more than 4 million customers in over 150
countries. For more information, contact any Authorized Autodesk® Reseller, call
Autodesk at 800-964-6432, or visit www.autodesk.com. Discreet product information is
available at 800-869-3504 or on the Web at www.discreet.com. Autodesk shares are
traded on the Nasdaq international market under the symbol ADSK.
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