just smaller manufacturers who are looking to utilise the functionality on offer, but the major suppliers are also utilising Quixant’s solutions as a means to reduce development overhead and time.
UNPARALLELED FUNCTIONALITY “Te interesting thing is that in the beginning we
received a lot of interest from smaller manufacturers in our Gaming Ecosystem, who had great ideas for games, but were disadvantage as they also had to develop compliant computer solutions and complete the low-level software development,” states Mr. Jayal. “Te Quixant Gaming Ecosystem has levelled the playing field between the smaller manufactures and the majors, but also what we’ve seen is that the big suppliers are now embracing this model. In many cases they have found it offers attractive benefits over their existing solutions, and the fact is that everyone, even the largest OEMs, have come under pressure to reduce costs associated with software and hardware development.”
Technically, Quixant’s Gaming Ecosystem integrates a multitude of components, including secure BIOS solutions, PCI Express gaming I/O, high performance NVRAM, hardware security features, software to enable straightforward communication with gaming peripherals and gaming protocol libraries such as SAS 6.02. Quixant can even provide example code and OS images for Windows and Linux. Tis "total solution" approach enables customers to focus on their core expertise – creating market- leading games. Quixant takes care of the hardware and low-level software that are essential ingredients, but do not add value or differentiate in terms of the success of the game.
Board games master Quixant reveals lightning
fast QMax-1 and reinforces unique Ecosystem Quixant dedicated much of its expanded space at the G2E show in Las Vegas to demonstrate its ‘Gaming Ecosystem’ concept. Te Quixant Gaming Ecosystem isn’t new, but it is one the UK-based gaming platform specialist has developed and refined over many years. It forms the cornerstone of Quixant’s proposition to customers: an integrated environment of hardware and low level software which are available to customers free of charge who decide to select a Quixant gaming board. Te Ecosystem also integrates gaming optimised monitor solutions which are tailor made to operate in the latest generation of gaming machines.
“Quixant’s Gaming Ecosystem combines advanced gaming hardware and low level software, which Quixant has developed and integrated across the whole range of platforms, at all price points. Tis enables portability of games to any platform in the range without changing the game software. Tis is a major benefit for customers adopting the Quixant approach” said Amit Sharma, General Manager and Vice President of Sales at Quixant USA.
Te software Quixant bundles with its boards could be described as the ‘plumbing’ which sits
between the game and the computer hardware, gaming peripherals and casino accounting systems.
“Te low-level software we provide enables OEMs the ability to concentrate on the things that matter to the player and a make more captivating experience as opposed to spending time writing device drivers and communication protocols which have no direct impact to the player experience” explains Jon Jayal, Quixant’s Chief Operating Officer. Discussing the Gaming Ecosystem at G2E, Mr. Jayal explains that it’s not
G2E 2016 saw the launch of Quixant’s latest graphics card solutions based on AMD’s Coruja and Hontza GPUs for Quixant’s 4K-enabled ultra high-end QMax-1. Available with up to 8GB of video memory, these latest graphics cards provide a significant increase in the graphics processing horsepower available to drive the latest generation of 4K games.
CLARITY OF THE VISION It was on the Quixant stand at ICE 2014 that G3
got its first look at the stunning resolution quality of 4K. Casting an eye around the G2E show in 2016, the machines sparkling with unbelievable contrast and clarity are all beneficiaries of this technology. Taking such an early position on the adoption of 4K technology in the gaming space, has proved to be judicious planning on Quixant’s part. “We brought out the first all-in-one 4K gaming platform to the industry and though in the early days interest was limited principally due to the additional cost of 4K screens, as prices have reduced the widespread adoption of 4K technology across the industry is very visible,” states Mr. Jayal.
“Our gaming monitor range complements our board range perfectly and offers the same benefits in terms of reliability, quality and control over the bill of materials as our gaming board solutions provide. We continue to innovate in this area, bringing the latest developments in the displays arena to the gaming industry in a complete solution which operates within the framework of the Gaming Ecosystem.”
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