GigE Vision™ / IEEE 1394 IIDC acquisition made easy with Matrox Concord

March 10, 2008, Montreal, Canada — Matrox Imaging is pleased to announce Matrox Concord, a family of interface cards that are pre-licensed for use with the Matrox Imaging Library (MIL) and pre-configured to minimize application setup time.

With the Matrox Concord family, connecting to GigE Vision™ or IEEE 1394 IIDC devices has never been easier. The single-port Matrox Concord GigE is factory-configured to maximize the size of jumbo packets and manage interrupt moderation and receive descriptors for optimal GigE Vision™ performance. Matrox Concord 1394 features three IEEE-1394a/b adapter ports and a 1394a/b bilingual copper connection.

Both cards support 64-bit conventional PCI and x1 PCI Express™ host interfaces. They are also pre-licensed for the MIL IEEE 1394 IIDC and GigE Vision™ drivers, so a supplemental license is not required. Furthermore, both cards can be used to obtain and store the license for additional MIL functionality. Like other Matrox Imaging hardware, the Matrox Concord family has a managed lifecycle and long-term availability.

Software support is available for 32-bit Microsoft® Windows® XP and consists of the field-proven, hardware-independent Matrox Imaging Library (MIL)/ActiveMIL or MIL-Lite/ActiveMIL- Lite development toolkits for creating custom applications.

Matrox Concord will be available Q1 2008.

About Matrox Imaging

Established in 1976, Matrox Imaging is a leading designer of PC-based hardware and software for machine vision, image analysis, medical imaging, and video surveillance. Products include frame grabbers, vision processors, imaging platforms, smart cameras, and development software. Headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, Matrox is a privately held company with offices in the United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, and Hong Kong. For more company information, visit: www.matrox.com/imaging/en/about/.

For more information, please contact:

Sarah Sookman, Media Relations Specialist
1055 St. Regis Blvd., Dorval, Quebec, H9P 2T4
Tel: 514-685-2630 ext. 2753
Fax: 514-822-6273
Email: imagingmr@matrox.com