Dual-DVI Fiber Optic KVM Extender Solution Delivers Uncompromised Performance

Matrox Graphics Inc. today unveils Matrox Avio™ Series, a new line of fiber optic KVM extenders for graphics intensive design and visualization applications within the process control, automotive, oil & gas, and government and military markets. The KVM extender transmitter/receiver pair enables users to secure the host computer in a climate-controlled machine room by capturing the system’s I/O functionality and extending it up to 1000 meters over a single fiber optic cable.

The feature-rich Avio Series supports uncompressed dual single-link DVI or one dual-link DVI video—at full resolution and frame rate—keyboard, mouse, stereo analog audio, and multiple USB HID and USB 2.0 peripherals, while making available a secondary user to access the host computer from the transmitter unit. Avio’s flexible design is compatible with Microsoft® Windows®, Mac OS X®, and Linux/Unix operating systems, allowing IT departments to standardize on one solution for enterprise-wide deployments.

Newest Release Expands Creative Options for Today's Artists with New Real Brushes, Unique Progressive Art Tools, Customizable Workspaces and Faster Performance on Both Mac^® and Windows^®

Corel^® Painter™ 12, the newest version of the world's most powerful art studio, is available starting today. Combining the industry's most advanced and realistic digital painting and illustration tools, unprecedented speed, and a new, highly customizable interface, Corel Painter 12 gives artists and photographers power and creative freedom beyond anything previously possible with either traditional or digital art tools.