8x8 Inc. Offers Low-Cost POTS Videoconferencing Reference Design; OEM's Can Easily Develop High Quality Videoconferencing Products for Ordinary Telephone Lines.

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 1996--8x8, Inc. (formally Integrated Information Technology, Inc.) today introduced the DVC6 reference board, the second low-cost videoconferencing board product developed by 8x8.

The DVC6 is a cost effective PCI-bus add-in card providing high-quality video, audio and data conferencing over ordinary telephone or POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) lines. PC users can now see and hear each other from anywhere in the world over standard telephone lines in addition to working together through shared Windows applications. In addition, the DVC6 allows for MPEG playback of games and movies including CD-i and VideoCD disks.

The DVC6 is the first reference board designed exclusively to support the H.324 video phone standard that operates over ordinary telephone lines. It works with any 486 or better based PCI bus system and requires only the addition of a compatible V.34 modem, camera and speaker to create a sophisticated, home-based, video communications system. Only a small amount of the CPU is utilized in the conferencing capability, leaving the majority of processing power to fuel other applications. A PCI bus-mastering video-inlay technique is used to display remote and self-view video on the Windows screen. The DVC6 works with existing graphics cards and provides simple plug-and-play operation.

OEM customers are able to quickly develop a product in the fast growing POTS market based on the DVC6 reference design. According to Will Strauss from the market research group Forward Concepts (Tempe, AZ), "The first wave of high growth for desktop videoconferencing will be fueled beginning in 1996 by soaring interests in POTS-based solutions ... POTS will be of interest to industrial, office, and home computer uses."

The DVC6 combines 8x8's LVP (Low-bitrate Video Processor) and VPIC (Video PCI Interface Chip) with Siemens' JADE audio compression device, and ARCOFI-SP audio codec/speakerphone to create a complete H.324 system with T.120 data conferencing capability. A complete design kit is available for OEM customers as a reference for this high quality, low- cost solution that includes documentation, schematics, and Windows 3.x and Windows95 drivers.

The LVP

8x8's LVP is a member of the Multimedia Processor Architecture (MPA) family of products for videoconferencing and MPEG applications. As a member of this family the LVP offers the flexibility and cost effectiveness that has established 8x8's market leadership within the videoconferencing arena in terms of both quality and price.

About 8x8

Founded in 1987, 8x8, Inc., formally Integrated Information Technology (IIT), is an innovator of high-performance silicon and software products and is the preferred multimedia processor of industry leaders such as ACER, Apple, AT&T, British Telecom, Creative Labs, Elsa, MCI, PictureTel, Siemens, Sony and Target Technology. 8x8 is a privately held company headquartered in Santa Clara with 140 employees worldwide with offices in Boston and London. The company's website can be found at http:\www.8x8.com.

CONTACT: 8x8, Inc.

Stacey O'Connell, 408/727-1885

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