1394 Trade Association to demonstrate full range of IEEE 1394-compatible multimedia systems at 1995 Comdex.LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1995--In another significant step toward fully digital image transfer between computers and consumer electronics systems, the 1394 Trade Association will showcase a new set of IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394-compatible products at this year's Comdex, Nov. 13-16. Seven 1394 Trade Association leaders -- Sony Electronics Sony Electronics Inc., headquartered in San Diego, Calif., is the largest component of Sony Corporation of America, the U.S. holding company for Sony's U.S.-based electronics and entertainment businesses. , Apple Computer, Adaptec, Texas Instruments, Skipstone, Philips Semiconductor and Molex Inc. -- are co-sponsoring the demonstrations, which include Sony's newly announced digital Handycam camcorders and a new 1394-PCI chipset from Texas Instruments Inc. (Comdex Breakout Room N203). The 1394 Trade Association also will hold a brief news conference to discuss near-term and long-term product plans Nov. 15 at noon in Room N250. Sony will demonstrate two 1394-compatible Digital Handycam camcorders, the DCR-VX1000 and DCR-VX700, that conform to the Digital Video (DV) format. Both models are equipped with a DV in/out connector, an optional feature of the DV format, making them IEEE 1394-compatible. Together with superb picture and sound quality, Sony's Digital handycam will provide future direct digital connection to computers incorporating the IEEE 1394 standard. In addition, Sony will display its CCM-DS250 Digital Communication Camera. Apple will contribute to the demonstration by linking a Sony video conferencing camera with a PowerPC using a Texas Instrument 1394-compatible card in the PowerPC; Skipstone will demonstrate its adapter toolkits, including a PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). mastering adapter that supports the camcorders and desktop cameras developed by Sony Corp. Seiko-Epson (Japan) will demonstrate a new color printer that conforms to the specification. Molex will display the simple, rugged cabling that links 1394-compatible devices together. "This set of consumer and computer products is the most comprehensive and exciting demonstration of the power and energy behind the 1394 multimedia serial bus," said Gary Hoffman, chairman of the 1394 Trade Association and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. at Skipstone. "All of the key elements that we have been advocating -- simple connections, isochronous Time dependent. Real time voice, video and telemetry are examples of isochronous data. (communications) isochronous - /i:-sok'rn-*s/ A form of multiplexing that guarantees to provide a certain minimum data rate, as required for time-dependent data such as video or audio. data transfer, high speed and low cost -- indicate the momentum behind the 1394 specification." The 1394 Trade Association includes more than 40 developers and manufacturers of electronics, components, computers, and consumer electronics equipment and systems, including IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Microsoft, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. , Hewlett-Packard, Mitsubishi, Stewart Connectors, and others. -0- Note to Editors: Digital Handycam is a trademark of Sony Electronics. CONTACT: Independent Public Relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most Associates Dick Davies, 415/777-4161 or Cathy Cook, 415/328-5666 |
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