Ladybug Studio^XP 3.0 Available Now

Toronto, ON - June 25, 2003 - Neatware, a leading software company in multimedia application, today announced the availability of Neatware Ladybug Studio^xp 3.0, a media processing software suite for next generation cinematic computing.

Ladybug Studio XP 3.0, Neatware's milestone software product, provides an Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the development and deployment of shader, game, and media applications. Media Control Language (mCL), the engine inside the Ladybug Studio^xp, supports DirectX 9.0 and High Level Shading Languages (HLSL) for vertex/pixel shader programming to generate cinematic effects.

Developers can build mCL applications in an object-oriented model and play video over the model while increasing performance by utilizing Intel's Hyper-Threading Technology for real-time control on Intel® Xeon™ processor-based systems. Moreover, Ladybug Studio^xp 's editor, debugger, and compiler can help users shorten their development cycle and reduce costs.

"By utilizing Intel's Hyper-Threading Technology for multi-threaded app- lications such as Ladybug Studio^xp 3.0, users experience better responsiveness to real-time cinematic computing with improved performance and product realism," said David L. Brown, general manager of Intel's Software Enabling Division. "Intel is delighted that Neatware has optimised Ladybug Studio ^xp 3.0 for Intel Xeon processor based computers as part of the Intel® Early Access Program for software developers."

Visit http://www.neatware.com/lbstudio/ for more information about Ladybug Studio^xp 3.0 and download the Demo.

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