DIAMOND STEALTH 64 FAMILY SWEEPS INDUSTRY AWARDS

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 8, 1995--Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:
DIMD) announced today that the Stealth 64 family of graphics and
multimedia accelerators has won six major industry awards in prominent PC
publications. Recent awards include PC Magazine's Editors' Choice, PC
World's World Class Award and Best Buy Award, Windows Magazine's Windows
Magazine Recommended, PC/Computing's Usability Seal of Approval and
Computer Life's All-Star Award.

"Diamond is pleased to have won so many awards this month," said Bill
Schroeder, president and CEO of Diamond Multimedia. "We strive to provide
the ultimate balance of value and performance with the Diamond Stealth 64
family, and these awards prove that we have hit the mark."

Specifically, the Stealth 64 Video VRAM won PC Magazine Editors' Choice for
the best high-end business workstation category in the June 27th issue and
also received the Windows Magazine Recommended Award Seal in the July
issue, PC/Computing's Usability Seal of Approval in the July issue, and
the All-Star Award in Computer Life Magazine's July issue. In PC World's
July issue, Diamond's products won two awards. The Stealth Video won the
Best Buy Award, and the Stealth 64 DRAM won the "Best Products of 1995"
World Class Award.

Diamond Multimedia Systems, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets
high-performance multimedia solutions including graphics and multimedia
accelerators, sound cards, audio/telephony subsystems and multimedia
upgrade kits for the personal computer markets. Headquartered in San Jose,
Calif., Diamond has marketing and technical support facilities in Tokyo,
Munich and Slough (U.K.). The company's products are sold through
regional, national and international distributors as well as to major OEMs
worldwide. Diamond's Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq Stock Market
under the symbol DIMD.

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