ARC(R) Video Subsystem Family Now Supports Popular RealVideo(R) Format, Extending ARC's Multi-Standard Advantage.ARC([R]) Video Subsystems Decode RealVideo([R]) Content up to 75 Percent Faster Than Competitive Offerings LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- ARC International This article is about the publicly traded processor company. For the privately held French housewares company of the same name, see ARC International (household). (LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :ARK) the leader in configurable multimedia subsystems and CPUs/DSPs, today at the Consumer Electronics Show announced the availability of a RealVideo([R]) decoder A hardware device or software that converts coded data back into its original form. See decode and MPEG decoder. for the ARC([R]) Video Subsystem family. The new decoder supports RealVideo content encoded in versions 7, 8, 9 or 10 formats. In comparison, the next best competitive solution required 75 percent more cycles than a member of the ARC Video Subsystem family to decode similar RealVideo bit streams.* ARC's leadership in porting and optimizing popular multimedia formats ensures customers have today's most widely used video codecs (1) A hardware circuit that converts analog video (NTSC, PAL, SECAM) into digital code and vice versa. The term may refer to only the A/D and D/A conversion, or it may include the compression technique for further reducing the signal (definition #2 below). See codec. for their multimedia application. ARC has contributed the optimized version of RealVideo in source code form to the RealNetworks([R]) Helix([TM]) Community, where the source code can be accessed by other Helix Community licensees for R&D or distribution. "RealAudio([R]) and RealVideo have been widely adopted by content providers and manufacturers of portable multimedia devices," says Scott Nelson Scott Nelson (born September 6, 1985) is an American soccer player who currently plays for the Houston Dynamo team in Major League Soccer. Nelson played four years at Furman University, scoring thirty one goals during his collegiate career and fighting back from a hip injury , director of business development at RealNetworks. "Worldwide, over 180 million handsets incorporating the Helix and Real([R]) technology have shipped and several dozen OEM's and IC manufacturers are currently licensees of RealAudio and RealVideo. We are extremely pleased to have ARC add its support and new level of performance to this expanding ecosystem." "Porting the increasingly popular RealVideo decoder to the ARC Video Subsystem family illustrates the multi-standard flexibility in ARC's multimedia subsystem products," said Bill Jackson For other persons named Bill Jackson, see Bill Jackson (disambiguation). Bill Jackson (ca. 1937-) is an American television personality, cartoonist and educator. He is best known for having hosted the children's program Gigglesnort Hotel. , vice president of marketing at ARC International. "Our customers are developing products for worldwide markets and every market region has different requirements for video standards. RealVideo format has gained significant market momentum in Asia, particularly in China. The ARC Video Subsystem family allows our customers to deploy a single video-optimized subsystem that can be configured for many different markets by deploying ARC Video codec software specific to that market." *Test results based on ARC engineering analysis comparing published data from three other published RealVideo([R]) decoder benchmarks. Availability The RealVideo([R]) decoder is available to ARC([R]) Video Subsystem family customers worldwide via the RealNetworks([R]) Helix([TM]) Community (https://helixcommunity.org/). About ARC International plc ARC International is the world leader in configurable multimedia subsystems and CPU/DSP processors. Used by over 140 companies worldwide, ARC's configurable solutions enable the creation of highly differentiated system-on-chips (SoCs) that ship in hundreds of millions of devices annually. ARC's patented subsystems and cores are smaller, consume less power, and are less expensive to manufacture than competing products. 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