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FORT LAUDERDALE, FL -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/02/09 -- Resort & Residence TV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Next 1 Interactive (OTCBB: NXOI), announces a partnership with Elite Island Resorts, a premier group of beachfront resort properties in the Caribbean, for half hour primetime program.

Elite Island Resorts will feature their Antigua properties, The Verandah Resort and Spa, The St. James's Club and Villas and Galley Bay Resort and Spa. In addition, the show will take Resort & Residence TV viewers on a tour of Antigua, the largest of the British Leeward Islands. The tour will include a rich history of the island's historic landmarks, culture, customs and vibrant personalities.

"Resort & Residence Television Network represents a new generation of television," stated Steven Heydt, President of Elite Island Resorts. "Their ability to deliver 24/7 interactive applications represent a very exciting opportunity to engage viewers and stimulate sales. We look forward to being a part of the next wave of television viewing."

"The selection of Resort & Residence TV by Elite Island Resorts to produce a show centered on their luxury resorts and allow the network to offer Elite Resort vacation packages supports the network's business model of multiple revenue streams," stated Wendy Borow-Johnson, President of Resort & Residence TV. "Our goal is to deliver first class content about vacation destinations and real estate that is entertainment enhanced by interactivity that drives consumers to take action," concluded Ms. Borow-Johnson.

About Next 1 Interactive Inc.

Resort & Residence Television Network, is a 24/7 programming network enabled with video on demand and interactivity. It is wholly owned by Next 1 Interactive Inc. (OTCBB: NXOI) The company is a multi faceted media company specializing in Travel and Real Estate. Next 1 delivers targeted content via digital platforms including Satellite, Cable, Broadcast, Broadband and mobile. Along with the full time Resort & Residence TV network, the company will deliver its content and sponsors' messages on Video on Demand outlets enhanced by interactive applications. The company also provides content on terrestrial and internet radio and in customized print publications. In today's digital market Next 1 Interactive delivers information and entertainment to consumers. The company has created multiple revenue streams including transactional commissions, referral fees, advertising and sponsorship. The multiple revenue streams and integrated media platforms allow for the delivery of measurable return on investment to its advertisers, sponsors and business partners.

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This news release contains forward-looking statements as defined by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plan, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. These statements are subject to uncertainties and risks including, but not limited to, product and service demand and acceptance, changes in technology, economic conditions, the impact of competition and pricing, government regulation, and other risks described in statements filed from time to time with the Securities and Exchange Commission. All such forward-looking statements whether written or oral, and whether made by or on behalf of the Company, are expressly qualified by the cautionary statements that may accompany the forward-looking statements. In addition, the Company disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.

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E-mail: wjohnson@resortandresidencetv.com

CONYERS, GA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/02/09 -- GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. (PINKSHEETS: GCKO) (http://www.geckosystems.com/) announced today that during their second week of real world evaluation trials for their fully autonomous personal companion home care robot, the CareBot(TM), they have learned some surprising, and some not surprising, insights. GeckoSystems is a dynamic leader in the emerging Mobile Service Robot (MSR) industry revolutionizing their development and usage with "Mobile Robot Solutions for Safety, Security and Service(TM)."

"Practical, cost effective mobile robot solutions are our primary goal. We are very pleased to continue our in home trials of this new assistive care home appliance, the CareBot. It is a customizable personal companion robot with telepresence capabilities. During this second week we have confirmed some important care giving benefits for the elderly. Our long held belief is that personal companion mobile robots, like the CareBot, can help tens of thousands of families take better care of their loved ones while saving significant monies," remarked Martin Spencer, President/CEO, GeckoSystems.

"My widower mother will be ninety-four next April. She had detached retina surgery some years ago and as an unfortunate side effect her short-term memory was reduced to only two to three minutes. So while she has many of the Alzheimer victim issues, her short-term memory has not continued to degrade as is common. Nonetheless, because of her short-term memory loss, she asks the same question(s) twenty, thirty times a day. Answering the same question over and over is a real stressor. Since she worries most about someone coming over unexpectedly and her not being prepared, she asks, 'Is anyone coming over today?' over and over and over... So we have programmed GeckoChat(TM) to respond with 'No visitors today' in such a manner that she understood what was being said. Over the Thanksgiving holiday, she responded, with glee, 'Why can't I have some visitors?' to the CareBot's verbal reminder. I am pleased with the performance of the CareBot and my mother's reaction to it. She is not scared by the robot, in other words. In fact, she tends to be amused," remarked the baby boomer caregiver.

"We have worked for some years to develop the ability for our CareBot MSR's to intelligently listen and respond to spoken commands of the caregiver and/or care receiver as we have learned in our extensive market research (focus group) work. GeckoChat can be readily customized for words, phrases and sentences to be recognized by the care receiver and appropriate, desirable responses by the family," observed Spencer.

While personal robots cannot reliably sense and respond to human emotions, due to the many different means available to the end user, CareBot persona can be easily customized as to voice tonality, cadence, pitch, breathiness, volume, choice of words, etc. Further, the words and/or phrases chosen in response to anticipated questions to the CareBot can be colloquial in the word choice and approximate the native dialect using various user settings in the software and/or hardware. With the foregoing capabilities there is now a new type of surrogate companion, not only for the elderly, but also other family members such as children and/or the chronically ill.

"GeckoChat continues the suite of our fundamental GeckoSavants(TM) with the disparate, functional benefits needed to cost effectively provide utility to families for remote care taking of their members and other loved ones by making them more personal and uniquely adapted and addressed to the particular person to be assisted. Not only does this capability enable new forms of social interaction and community for families -- even when dispersed geographically -- it will also increase ROI for our investors," remarked Spencer.

Like an automobile, mobile robots are made from steel, aluminum, plastic, and electronics, but with ten to twenty times the amount of software running. The CareBot has an aluminum frame, plastic shroud, two independently driven wheels, multiple sensor systems, microprocessors and several onboard computers connected in a local area network (LAN). The microprocessors directly interact with the sensor systems and transmit data to the onboard computers. The onboard computers each run independent, highly specialized cooperative/subsumptive artificial intelligence (AI) software programs, GeckoSavants, which interact to complete tasks in a timely, intelligent and common sense manner. GeckoNav(TM), GeckoChat(TM) and GeckoTrak(TM) are primary GeckoSavants. GeckoNav is responsible for all fully autonomous maneuvering, such as avoiding dynamic and/or static obstacles, running errands and patrolling. GeckoChat is responsible for interaction with the care-receiver such as answering questions, assisting with daily routines and reminders, and responding to other verbal commands. GeckoTrak, which is mostly transparent to the user, enables the CareBot to maintain proximity to the care receiver using sensor fusion. The CareBot is an internet appliance that is accessible for remote video/audio monitoring and telepresence.

"We continue to look forward to further exploration and understanding of family, CareBot, and care receiver social interaction in the coming weeks and months of these in home assistive care robot trials. With these world's first home trials progressing nicely with no unforeseen problems, we have already learned a great deal as to the reality of beneficial social interaction between human and robot in domestic settings. There seems to be a very important positive impact of valued extended family behaviors using a CareBot to communicate their thoughts and feelings to their neediest family members," concluded Spencer.

About GeckoSystems International Corporation:

Since 1997, GeckoSystems has developed a comprehensive, coherent, and sufficient suite of hardware and software inventions to enable a new type of home appliance (a personal robot) the CareBot(TM), to be created for the mass consumer marketplace. The suite of primary inventions includes: GeckoNav(TM), GeckoChat(TM) and GeckoTrak(TM).

The primary market for this product is the family for use in eldercare, care for the chronically ill, and childcare. The primary distribution channel for this new home appliance is the thousands of independent personal computer retailers in the U.S. The manufacturing infrastructure for this new product category of mobile service robots is essentially the same as the personal computer industry. Several outside contract manufacturers have been identified and qualified their ability to produce up to 1,000 CareBots per month within four to six months.

The Company is market driven. At the time of founding, over twelve years ago, the Company did extensive primary market research to determine the demographic profile of the early adopters of the then proposed product line. Subsequent to, and based on that original market research, they have assembled numerous focus groups to evaluate the fit of the CareBot personal robot into the participant's lives and their expected usage. The Company has also frequently employed the Delphi market research methodology by contacting and interviewing senior executives, practitioners, and researchers knowledgeable in the area of elder care. Using this factual basis of internally performed primary and secondary market research, and third party research is the statistical substance for the Company's sales forecasts.

Not surprisingly the scientific statistical analyses applied revealed that elderly over sixty-five living alone in metropolitan areas with broadband Internet available and sufficient household incomes to support the increased costs were identified as those most likely to adopt initially. Due to the high cost of assisted living, nursing homes, etc. the payback for a CareBot(TM) is expected to be only six to eight months while keeping elderly care receivers independent, in their own long time homes, and living longer due to the comfort and safety of more frequent attention from their loved ones.

Using U.S. Census Bureau data and various predictive statistical analyses, the Company projects the available consumer market size in dollars for cost effective, utilitarian, multitasking eldercare personal robots in 2010 to be $74.0B, in 2011 to be $77B, in 2012 to be $80B, in 2013 to be $83.3B, and in 2014 to be $86.6B. With market penetrations of 0.03% in 2010, 0.06% in 2011, 0.22% in 2012, 0.53% in 2013, and 0.81% in 2014, we will anticipate CareBot sales, from this consumer market segment, only, of $22.0M, $44.0M, $176M, $440.2M, and $704.3M, respectively. The Company expects these sales despite -- and perhaps because of -- the present recession due to pent up demand for significant cost reduction in eldercare expenses.

The foregoing forecasts do not include sales in non-metropolitan areas; elderly couples over 65 (only elderly living alone are in these forecasts); those chronically ill -- regardless of age -- or elderly living with their adult children.

The Company's "mobile robot solutions for safety, security and service(TM)" are appropriate not only for the consumer, but also professional healthcare, commercial security and defense markets. Professional healthcare require cost effective, timely errand running, portable telemedicine, etc. Homeland Security requires cost effective mobile robots to patrol and monitor public venues for weapons and WMD detection. Military users desire the elimination of the "man in the loop" to enable unmanned ground and air vehicles to not require constant human control and/or intervention.

The Company's business model is very much like that of an automobile manufacturer. Due to the final assembly, test, and shipping being done based on geographic and logistic realities; strategic business-to-business relationships can range from private labeling to joint manufacturing and distribution to licensing only.

Several dozen patent opportunities exist for the Company due to the many innovative and cost effective breakthroughs embodied not only in GeckoNav, GeckoChat, and GeckoTrak, but also in additional, secondary systems that include: GeckoOrient(TM), GeckoMotorController(TM), the GeckoTactileShroud(TM), the CompoundedSensorArray(TM), and the GeckoSPIO(TM).

The present senior management at GeckoSystems has over thirty-five years experience in consumer electronics sales and marketing and product development. Senior managers have been identified for the areas of manufacturing, marketing, sales, and finance.

While GeckoSystems has been in the Development Stage, the Company has accumulated losses to date in excess of six million dollars. In contrast, the Japanese government has spent one hundred million dollars in grants (to Sanyo, Toshiba, Hitachi, Fujitsu, NEC, etc.) over the same time period to develop personal robots for their eldercare crisis, yet no viable solutions have been developed.

GeckoSystems is the first mobile robot developer in the world to begin actual in-home eldercare evaluation trials.

What Does a CareBot Do for the Caregiver?

The short answer is that it decreases the difficulty and stress for the caregiver that needs to watch over Grandma, Mom, or other family members most, if not much, of the time day in and day out due to concerns about their well being, safety, and security.

But, first let's look at some other labor saving, automatic home appliances most of us use routinely. For example, needing to do two or more necessary chores and/or activities at the same time, like laundering clothes and preparing supper.

The automatic washing machine needs no human intervention after the dirty clothes are placed in the washer, the laundry powder poured in, and the desired wash cycle set. Then, this labor saving appliance runs automatically until the washed clothes are ready to be placed in another labor saving home appliance, the automatic clothes dryer. While the clothes are being washed and/or dried, the caregiver prepares supper using several time saving home appliances like the microwave oven, "crock" pot, blender, and conventional stove, with possible convection oven capabilities.

After supper, the dirty pots, pans, and dishes are placed in the automatic dishwasher to be washed and dried while the family retires to the den to watch TV, and/or the kids to do homework. Later, perhaps after the kids have gone to bed, the caregiver may then have the time to fold, sort, and put up the now freshly laundered clothes.

So what does a CareBot do for the caregiver? It is a new type of labor saving, time management automatic home appliance.

For example, the caregiver frequently feels time stress when they need to go shopping for 2 or 3 hours, and are uncomfortable when they have to be away for more than an hour or so. Time stress is much worse for the caregiver with a frail elderly parent that must be reminded to take medications at certain times of the day. How can the caregiver be away for 3-4 hours when Grandma must take her prescribed medication every 2 or 3 hours? If the caregiver is trapped in traffic for an hour or two beyond the 2 or 3 they expected to be gone, this "time stress" can be very difficult for the caregiver to moderate.

Not infrequently, the primary caregiver has a 24 hour, 7 days a week responsibility. After weeks and weeks of this sometimes tedious, if not onerous routine, how does the caregiver get a "day off?" To bring in an outsider is expensive (easily $75-125 per day for just 8 hours) and there is the concern that medication will be missed or the care receiver have an accident requiring immediate assistance by the caregiver, or someone they must designate. And the care receiver may be very resistant to a "stranger" coming in to her home and "running things."

So what is it worth for a care receiver to have an automatic system to help take care of Grandma? Just 3 or 4 days a month "off" on a daylong shopping trip, a visit with friends, or just take in a movie would cost $225-500 per month. And that scenario assumes that Grandma is willing to be taken care of by a "stranger" during those needed and appropriate days off.

So perhaps, an automatic caregiver, a CareBot, might be pretty handy, and potentially very cost effective from the primary caregiver's perspective.

What Does a CareBot Do for the Care Receiver?

It's a new kind of companion that always stays close to them enabling family and friends to care for them from afar. It tells them jokes, retells family anecdotes, reminds them to take medication, reminds them that family is coming over soon (or not at all), recites Bible verses, plays favorite songs and/or other music. It alerts them when unexpected visitors, or intruders are present. It notifies designated caregivers when a potentially harmful event has occurred, such as a fall, fire in the home, or simply been not found by the CareBot for too long. It responds to calls for help and notifies those that the caregiver determined should be immediately notified when any predetermined adverse event occurs.

The family can customize the personality of the CareBot. The voice's cadence can be fast or slow. The intonation can be breathy, or abrupt. The voice's volume can range from very loud to very soft. The response phrases from the CareBot for recognized words and phrases can be colloquial and/or unique to the family's own heritage. The personality can range from brassy to timid depending on how the caregiver, and others appropriate, chooses it to be.

Generally, the care receiver is pleased at the prospect of family being able to drop in for a "virtual visit" using the onboard webcam and video monitor for at home "video conferencing." The care receiver may feel much more needed and appreciated when their far flung family and friends can "look in" on them any where in the world where they can get broadband internet access and simply chat for a bit.

Why is Grandma really interested in a CareBot? She wants to stay in her home, or her family's home, as long as she possibly can. What's that worth? Priceless. Or, an average nursing home is $5,000 per month for an environment that is too often the beginning of a spiral downward in the care receiver's health. That's probably $2-3K more per month for them to be placed where they really don't want to be. Financial payback on a CareBot? Less than a year- Emotional payback for the family to have this new automatic caregiver? Nearly instantaneous-

Safe Harbor:

Statements regarding financial matters in this press release other than historical facts are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. The Company intends that such statements about the Company's future expectations, including future revenues and earnings, technology efficacy and all other forward-looking statements be subject to the Safe Harbors created thereby. The Company is a development stage firm that continues to be dependent upon outside capital to sustain its existence. Since these statements (future operational results and sales) involve risks and uncertainties and are subject to change at any time, the Company's actual results may differ materially from expected results.

Contact:
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or
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International: +1 678-413-9236

Investor Relations:
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Faurecia (www.FaureciaLAAutoShow.com) -- a world-leading tier one automotive supplier that partners with customers to design, engineer and manufacture major innovations for the next generation of vehicles -- today announced its contributions as a supplier to the 2011 Ford Fiesta. Officially debuting in the North America market at the 2009 Los Angeles Auto Show, the Fiesta is the first of Ford Motor Company's new global family of small cars designed to meet the expectations of drivers internationally.

Faurecia's contributions to the Fiesta demonstrate the automotive supplier's capability to bring an added level of luxury to smaller-segment vehicles on a global scale. The company's vehicle Interiors team worked hand-in-hand with Ford to design and develop the instrument panel (IP), center console and door panels for the new Fiesta. The program will be supported by Faurecia's Puebla, Mexico, production facility.

For the IP, Faurecia applies a number of technologies that enhance the perceived quality for the end consumer and create an IP that is pleasing to the eye and touch. At the same time, the IP skin is resistant to UV rays and ageing. Foam is applied to areas touched by the driver and passengers, consuming less material and contributing directly to a reduction in the vehicle's overall weight. Additional features of the interior work include an invisible passenger-side airbag cover, as well as ambient lighting on the IP and center console. The driver and passengers can change the color of the lighting to suit their style or mood.

The front door panels of the Fiesta are also produced by Faurecia, and play a role in comfort. Faurecia integrates energy absorbers into the dual-tone panels, as well as a central section made of plastic upholstered in fabric or vinyl.

"We take great pride in bringing engineering expertise to our customers, providing them with products that are rich in quality and design," said Mike Heneka, president of Faurecia North America. "Contributing to a global vehicle like the Ford Fiesta further emphasizes Faurecia's excellence in design innovation. Our international breadth and experience allow us to implement and execute ideas on a global scale quickly and meet the needs of our local communities.

"Consumers will be pleased with a number of features not typically found in this segment," Heneka said. "We are looking forward to delivering Faurecia products to the highly anticipated Ford Fiesta."

Faurecia's contract with Ford is one of the latest in a series of recent program wins for the company in North America, where Faurecia continues to diversify and expand its customer base. Faurecia is a member of Ford's Aligned Business Framework (ABF), the automaker's network of key suppliers. Visit the Faurecia booth at the LA Auto Show (South Hall, Upper Level Lobby of the Los Angeles Convention Center) to get a firsthand look at the Ford Fiesta IP and other Faurecia products, including Faurecia's next-generation Clean innovations.

About Faurecia (http://www.faurecia.com)

Faurecia North America had sales of $2.6 billion in 2008. The Group has 27 sites in the United States, Canada and Mexico, and employs more than 6,000 people in the region. It has four technical and development centers, situated in Auburn Hills, Holland and Troy, Mich., and Toledo, Ohio.

Faurecia is one of the world's leading automotive equipment suppliers, specializing in four major activities: seats, vehicle interiors, front ends and emissions control technologies. In 2008, the Group posted sales of $17.6 billion. It has operations in 29 countries at 190 sites and 28 R&D centers. Faurecia is listed on the NYSE Euronext Paris stock exchange. For more information visit: www.faurecia.com.

SOURCE Faurecia North America

CHICAGO, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Targeted breast ultrasound of suspicious areas of the breast, including lumps, is a safe, reliable and cost-effective alternative to invasive biopsies for women under age 40, according to the findings of two studies presented today at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA).

"By performing high-quality breast ultrasound, we can reduce the number of expensive and avoidable invasive diagnostic procedures in young women," said senior author Constance D. Lehman, M.D., Ph.D., professor and vice chair of radiology at the University of Washington and director of imaging at the Seattle Cancer Care Alliance. "We don't want to be overly aggressive with this population."

The researchers conducted two studies in which targeted ultrasound was used to distinguish between potentially cancerous masses and benign findings in young women who had detected breast lumps or other focal (specific) areas of concern in their breasts. The first study included 1,123 ultrasound examinations of women under age 30, while the second included 1,577 ultrasound examinations of women ages 30 to 39.

Across both studies, all instances of cancer at the site of the clinical concern were positively identified through targeted ultrasound. In addition, all negative ultrasound findings correctly identified benign changes in the breast. The only malignant mass not identified by ultrasound was an unsuspected lesion outside of the targeted examination area. That cancer was identified by a full breast mammogram.

The incidence of malignancy among women in their 30s was 2 percent. The incidence of malignancy among women younger than 30 was 0.4 percent.

"Surgical excision or needle biopsy of tissue can be painful, expensive and frequently unnecessary in these age groups, which have very low rates of malignancies," Dr. Lehman said. "In most cases, monitoring with targeted ultrasound is a very safe alternative."

She added that ultrasound should be the diagnostic tool of choice for young women seeking care for breast lumps and other suspicious focal signs and symptoms. "It is time we used ultrasound to reduce unnecessary morbidity and costs associated with more aggressive invasive approaches," Dr. Lehman said.

Coauthors of the study addressing women under the age of 30 are Vilert Loving, M.D., Wendy B. DeMartini, M.D., Peter R. Eby, M.D., Robert L. Gutierrez, M.D., and Sue Peacock, M.Sc.

Coauthors of the study addressing women age 30-39 are Michael Portillo, M.D., Wendy B. DeMartini, M.D., Peter R. Eby, M.D., Robert L. Gutierrez, M.D., and Franklin Liu, M.D.

Note: Copies of RSNA 2009 news releases and electronic images will be available online at RSNA.org/press09 beginning Monday, Nov. 30.

RSNA is an association of more than 44,000 radiologists, radiation oncologists, medical physicists and related scientists committed to excellence in patient care through education and research. The Society is based in Oak Brook, Ill. (RSNA.org)

Editor's Note: The data in these releases may differ from those in the printed abstract and those actually presented at the meeting, as researchers continue to update their data right up until the meeting. To ensure you are using the most up-to-date information, please call the RSNA Newsroom at 1-312-949-3233.

For patient-friendly information on breast ultrasound, visit RadiologyInfo.org.

SOURCE Radiological Society of North America (RSNA)

ATI FirePro(TM) S400 Synchronization Module and ATI FirePro(TM) V8750 Receive Certification for Sogitec Apogee 6 Image Generator System

ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today at I/ITSEC 2009, AMD (NYSE: AMD) announced that Sogitec Industries, a leading provider of simulation and training products, has certified ATI FirePro(TM) S400 Synchronization Modules and ATI FirePro(TM) V8750 graphics accelerators for its products. Professionals are looking for technology solutions to meet the demands of current video and 3D applications that enable more realistic training, education and simulation scenarios. To support these demanding applications that require synchronized 3D rendering across graphics processors in different systems (known as Framelock), the combined use of the ATI FirePro S400 and the ATI FirePro V8750 offer even output across multiple displays or video projectors to create a smooth virtual canvas. Customers can purchase a system based on the combined technology of AMD and Sogitec - a system designed to exceed expectations.

The ATI FirePro S400 Synchronization Module:

    --  Delivers Framelock functionality by combining synchronized display
        output and simultaneous 3D buffer swapping, to help ensure GPUs in
        connected systems deliver output video in perfect lock-step.
    --  Is a single card solution with a dedicated processor capable of
        supporting clock-accurate, simultaneous GPU synchronization. Combine it
        with Sogitec Apogee 6 Image Generator Systems for robust, reliable and
        precise sync, plus vivid and realistic 3D imagery for life-like flight
        simulations.
    --  Is a drop-in solution, fitting into standard PCI or PCIe slots and
        compatible with virtually any type of chassis or motherboard. Is
        compatible with ATI FirePro V8750 3D graphics accelerators and supports
        existing software interfaces.
    --  Like all ATI FirePro3D workstation graphics accelerators, is engineered
        to deliver innovation and reliability for a wide range of professional
        operating environments, including Windows(R) XP, Windows Vista, Windows
        7 and Linux.

AMD is currently working with its simulation, training, video and broadcast partners to certify the ATI FirePro S400 Synchronization Module for use with their systems.

Supporting Quotes

"Flight simulation customers demand simulation technology that helps reduce total cost of ownership by simplifying installation, deployment and maintenance," said Joel Clairon, director of Marketing and Sales, Sogitec. "The ATI FirePro S400 enables robust, reliable high density synchronized 3D rendering for Sogitec Apogee 6 Image Generators, but more importantly it's designed to allow future updates to be deployed in the field without requiring internal access to the host system, saving time and effort."

"AMD is driving adoption of 3D professional graphics technology by delivering leading performance and compatibility to meet the demanding requirements of video, broadcast, simulation and rich display applications," said Janet Matsuda, senior director of Professional Graphics, AMD. "By working closely with simulation and training partners, AMD is delivering 3D graphics solutions that immerse users and suspend disbelief."

Resources

    --  Video: Demonstration of ATI FirePro S400 Synchronization Module with
        Sogitec Apogee 6 Image Generator System
    --  Product page: ATI FirePro S400 Synchronization Module
    --  Product page: ATI FirePro 3D workstation graphics accelerators
    --  Facebook: Become a fan of AMD technology on Facebook
    --  Twitter: Follow AMD professional graphics updates on Twitter:
        @ATIFirePro

About Sogitec Industries

A fully owned subsidiary of Dassault Aviation, Sogitec Industries is a leader in the market of support products and services for complex aerospace and defense systems based upon its two main areas of technical expertise: simulation & training and technical publications. For more information, visit www.sogitec.com.

About AMD

Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) is an innovative technology company dedicated to collaborating with customers and technology partners to ignite the next generation of computing and graphics solutions at work, home and play. For more information, visit http://www.amd.com.

Copyright 2009, Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. AMD, the AMD Arrow logo, ATI, the ATI logo, FirePro, and combinations thereof are trademarks of Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Other names are for informational purposes only and may be trademarks of their respective owners.

    Source: AMD