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19 September 2005: Quixant launch an embedded computing platform, dedicated to gaming, that revolutionizes the next generation of casino games, increasing performance, supporting new standards, simplifying the development process and protecting intellectual property through a patented security system.

London, UK: Quixant Ltd announces the QX-10, a ground-breaking computer platform designed from scratch for gaming applications. QX-10 brings together advanced hardware, software and development tools into one integrated package, creating a compelling solution for the problems gaming machine manufacturers face.

The QX-10 is the fastest casino hardware platform ever designed and features advanced low power 1GHz+ processors from AMD®, the recognized leaders in gaming performance and AGP Video Processors from ATI®, capable of driving dual digital high resolution screens in 2D and 3D. This helps designers create games so vivid they attract users and exhilarate them with beautiful, fluid animations.

Designed for reliability, critical in a casino environment, QX-10 features an advanced power supply system, and a cooling solution that moves heat outside the casing without the need for fans. It is also designed for long-term continuous supply, meaning manufacturers need not worry about obsolescence issues.

The custom-developed Linux-based software environment provides developers with a tool suite to vastly simplify game development. Using the QX-10 development suite, huge areas are completely removed from the game development process, allowing manufacturers to hit the market faster, with less risk, and to focus their resources on what matters: creating the most attractive games!

The QX-10 also integrates all the necessary hardware for interfacing to the current and future generations of gaming machine peripherals, including TITO, and casino networks like SAS™, lowering total system cost and further increasing reliability.

Of key importance to any manufacturer wanting to ship their game across the world, is protection of their intellectual property against illegal cloning. Quixant’s Total Encryption™ technology protects all the software, from the bootloader up, against copying and unauthorized modification, using low-level hardware encryption and validation using the ultra-secure AES algorithms.

Furthermore, unlike any other solution, the security solution is unbelievably easy to use! One single click optimizes the entire software set and locks it to that one hardware platform and enables new time-limited business models.

Quixant will be demonstrating the QX-10 at Entertainment Industry 2005 in Kiev, EELEX 2005 in Moscow and ICE 2006 in London.