14 DAY TRIAL // Matrox has been quite busy lately, licensing M-Series Multi-Display Drive source code and getting the Mura MPX HDCP-certified, but the company isn't done yet.
What Matrox also did, as revealed by yet another press release, was secure a partnership with Wyse Technology.
Through this deal, the latter's Wyse Z90DE7 thin client will make use of the Matrox Epica Series of graphics cards.
“Matrox is excited to be partnering with thin client leader Wyse Technology to bring even greater multi-monitor capabilities to the thin client market,” says Ron Berty, business development manager, Matrox Graphics Inc.
“With the Epica-based Wyse Z90DE7 solution, large amounts of visual data on maximized screen real-estate will now be enabled on industry-leading thin client solutions.”
The Matrox Epica TC20+ and Matrox Epica TC48 are the two adapters that Wyse will be using.
The former can support two monitors, while the latter can handle up to four of them at once, all the while not consuming too much power.
For the former, the resolutions supported are of 1,920 x 1,200 (digital) and 2,048 x 1,536 (analog) per output, while the latter goes as high as 1,920 x 1,200 or 2,048 x 1,152 per display.
Additionally, it is possible for an optional quad upgrade cable to let the Epica TC20+ control four panels over VGA, at 1,920 x 1,200 pixels.
The sale of the Matrox cards is scheduled to start in early Q2, 2012, while the Wyse Z90DE7 is already available.
“With Matrox, we’re providing even greater display capacity via a convenient PCIe form factor that integrates directly into our Windows Embedded Standard 7 based Z90DE7 thin client,” said Rommy Channe, senior product manager at Wyse Technology.
“The Z90DE7’s PCIe expansion slot, along with innovative multi-display technology from Matrox, gives us a secure, powerful, compact, energy-efficient thin client that satisfies the extended high-resolution display requirements often seen in securities trading and digital signage applications.”