SUNNYVALE, CA – June 5, 2000 – 3Dlabs, Inc. (NASDAQ:TDDD) Inc. today expanded its local sales, marketing and support presence into the Chinese professional graphics markets with the announcement of Max Ma as General Manager, Sales & Support, China Region. Mr. Ma has been with 3Dlabs for a number of years managing the Sales Support Team at the company’s headquarters in Sunnyvale, California. Prior to his tenure at 3Dlabs, Ma was an outstanding researcher in the Institution of Automation, at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Technologies on Image Processing and Pattern Recognition and was the principal of China Automation, Inc. Beijing a developer of real-time video products. Mr. Ma was an active member of the Chinese Association of Image and Graphics. In this new role, Mr. Ma will expand 3Dlabs’ business into Greater China, and will actively manage the relationships and provide technical support for System Integrators, OEMs, Software Developers and Media in that region.

3Dlabs is further demonstrating its commitment to serving the Chinese market by today launching a new 3Dlabs Chinese Home Page providing a comprehensive array of sales, marketing and technical support resources to promote the success of System Integrators, OEMs and Software Developers in the Chinese professional graphics market through using 3Dlabs’ Oxygen and Wildcat families of graphics accelerators. Written in Chinese, this web resource will offer detailed specs/datasheets, competitive information, the latest drivers and benchmarks, up-to-the-minute sales tools including presentations and fact sheets, and brand-building marketing materials such as logos and product photos.

3Dlabs is demonstrating the Oxygen family of professional 3D workstation graphics accelerators at the Computex trade show in the Grand Hyatt Taipei in Suite Number 1134. Industry Partners and Members of the Press are invited to visit the suite or to call to make an appointment for a detailed briefing from June 5, 2000 through June 9, 2000.

“This is a substantial opportunity to grow our business in China and I am proud to significantly extend the market reach of 3Dlabs,” said Max Ma, at 3Dlabs. “I look forward to demonstrating to our customers in this region that they can leverage our technology to attain a market-leading position for their products and systems.”

“Max Ma has a well deserved and very visible reputation in Mainland China. His experience in these markets is very important to our commitment in delivering the best 3D hardware acceleration, globally,” said Raj Singh, vice president of worldwide sales for 3Dlabs. “Our customers expect us to deliver the best in high-end 3D products and support for the PC — and the addition of a General Manger focused solely on development in the china/Chinese is an immediate solution to delivering on that promise.”

“The pent-up demand for design systems in China, combined with the recent trade agreement with the US, make professional graphics a significant market opportunity that 3Dlabs are in a great position to capture,” said Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Associates. “The wide range of low-cost Oxygen boards, combined with the focus of providing excellent support to their Asian partners and customers will add further momentum to their global presence as a leading supplier of workstation graphics boards.”

About 3Dlabs 

Founded in 1994, 3Dlabs is a leading supplier of integrated hardware and software graphics accelerator solutions for workstations and design professionals. 3Dlabs develops silicon, boards and software drivers to create products that effectively meet the performance and quality needs of users who rely on graphics for their productivity. 3Dlabs sells its award-winning Oxygen(tm) and Permedia products to leading PC OEMs including Compaq, Dell, Everex, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM, MaxVision and NEC, through an international distributor and reseller network and directly to end-users at 3Dlabs’ online store.

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