As a result of this co-operation, the BoXeR system will be shipping with a PowerPC expansion slot, on which a PowerPC-based accelerator can be installed. This will be fully software compatible to the PowerUP accelerators from phase 5 Digital Products. “We are pleased that our cooperation will further support the migration of the Amiga towards the Pow erPC and that we can provide a unified interface for software developers and for the users. By use of a compatible API (Application Programmers Interface) it ensures that software developed for PowerUP will work on the PowerPC accelerators for the BoXeR. Making it even more attractive for Amiga software vendors to support this standard. This co-operation helps strengthen an emerging standard which will allow a wide range of breathtaking new products,” says Wolf Dietrich of phase 5. He points out that the PowerUP technolog}’ which will be used in the PowerPC accelerators for the BoXeR is the base for a new generation of high-tech products, such as CPU cards with multiple PowerPC processors and full multiprocessing software support, which should be appearing later in 1998. Additionally, the BoXeR will incorporate a graphics card expansion slot which is compatible with the one that is available on phase 5’s CyberstormPPC and Mk III accelerators. This will allow' the availability of powerful and inexpensive high-resolution 3D graphics cards for the BoXeR. "By jointly choosing a common performance level for the next generation of GFX cards, together wre can set a unified minimum standard which software developers can rely on,” adds Dietrich. "This will quickly increase the number of applications using the highest resolution and the hardware 3D acceleration, Mick Tinker's including quite a number of fascinating new games.” Paul Lesurf of Blittersoft said, “Whilst the BoXeR is very much a product to provide a diverse range of Amiga systems, we feel it is important to maintain compatibility with the leading edge peripherals. “phase 5 products fit into that category', and we hope this cooperation will be the first of many, allowing the Amiga community to receive the BoXeR design with even more confidence.” Mick Tinker of Index commented, “We are very pleased to announce the ongoing work to increase the flexibility of the BoXeR and the work with phase 5 will allow us to deliver a wider BoXeR is to have phase 5 support. Range of performance options to the customer.” Systems will be available with performance starting at the 68040 25MHz, through all the speed options up to the 68060 66MHz and on to single and multiprocessor PowerPC systems with massive performance levels.