SIERRA LICENSES DISPLAY DRIVER SUITE FROM PANACEA

LONDONDERRY, NH -- February 28, 1994 -- Panacea Inc. today announced a
licensing agreement with Sierra Semiconductor Corporation, a leading
supplier of data communication and graphic solutions for the PC
marketplace. Under the terms of the agreement, Sierra will include
customized versions of Panacea's TurboDLDClassic, panaStation and SCO Unix
drivers with its Swift II line of graphics chips.

TurboDLDClassic supports Autodesk's AutoCAD Releases 10/386, 11 and 12,
providing a 3-15x improvement for ZOOMs, PANs and REDRAWs. Support for
Autodesk AutoShade 2 with RenderMan and all versions of 3D Studio is also
included. panaStation offers support for versions 4.x and 5.x of
Intergraph's MicroStation PC. Additionally, Panacea's SCO Unix drivers
provide access to extended graphics modes on SCO workstations.

The Swift II GUI accelerator chip is the only integrated controller to
offer a 135MHz DAC providing high resolution modes up to 1280 x 1024,
non-interlaced and 1600 x 1200, interlaced. The Swift II chip also offers
competitive WinBench 4.0 results and excellent price performance.

According to Zaheer Hassan, Director of Marketing for Sierra, "The Panacea
software takes full advantage of the Swift's features. This excellent
support has improved our time-to-market by providing a turnkey solution
for CAD and UNIX applications."

Panacea drivers are now shipping with all Swift II chips. For existing
Swift II customers, beginning in early March, the file SIERRA.EXE,
containing Sierra specific versions of TurboDLDClassic and panaStation,
may be downloaded from Panacea's BBS at 603-432-5193.

Sierra Semiconductor Corporation is a leading supplier of data
communication and graphic solutions targeted at the personal computer and
personal communications markets. Sierra supplies data modem chipsets,
including facsimile modems, data plus fax and voice/modem combination
chipsets. The company is also a major developer of audio, voice synthesis
and voice recognition circuits, as well as graphics and imaging products.
Corporate headquarters are located at 2075 North Capitol Ave., San Jose,
CA 95132. Phone: 408-263-9300.

Panacea Inc. is the world's leading provider of commercial and OEM display
drivers and software-only accelerators for graphics-intensive
applications. Panacea specializes in PC-based software for graphics
processors and graphics boards. Panacea markets products that supporting
leading video display technologies, including the 8514/A, TIGA, S3, XGA,
Weitek P9000 and Compaq Q-Vision graphics platforms. Corporate
headquarters are located at 24 Orchard View Drive, Londonderry, NH 03053.
Phone: 603437-5022. Fax: 603-434-2461.

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