ARC International's ARCsound Audio Subsystem Approved by Dolby Laboratories and Microsoft.ELSTREE, England -- 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 world leader in configurable CPU/DSP processor cores and application platforms, today announced that Microsoft Corporation and Dolby Laboratories have each separately approved the ARCsound(TM) audio subsystem for Microsoft Windows Media Audio decoder and 5.1-channel Dolby Digital consumer decoder technology, respectively. Already shipping to customers, the ARCsound audio subsystem enables system OEMs and semiconductor companies to get to market quickly with an optimized, preconfigured Set up ahead of time. It implies that the device or software application has been modified to suit the customer or situation. See ghosting server. audio platform that eliminates the need for specialized hardware. "We are very pleased with the tremendous industry response we have to the ARCsound subsystem," said Derek Meyer, vice president of marketing for ARC. "The ARCsound subsystem is one of many ways ARC International is helping customers quickly deploy optimized products for high-growth consumer applications. This key support of Windows Media Audio See Windows Media formats. and Dolby Digital consumer decode illustrate ARC's commitment to provide a pre-verified, comprehensive audio platform that enables our customers with fast time-to-market and less risk." The ARCsound audio subsystem is a preconfigured, licensable audio platform for use in high volume SoC designs. ARCsound includes state-of-the-art audio codec software, a preconfigured ARC processor with custom audio extensions and a full suite of hardware and software development tools. ARCsound meets stringent quality requirements for cost-sensitive, high-volume markets. A typical ARCsound configuration requires as few as 75,000 gates and consumes as much as 55 percent less system power than comparable solutions. The ARCsound subsystem's optimized audio software supports a number of codecs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs Non-compression formats
--MPEG 1, 2 Layer I, II, III (MP3) Decode --MPEG 1, 2 Layer I, II, III (MP3) Encode --MPEG 2, 4 AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. LC Decode --MPEG 2, 4 AAC LC Encode --Windows Media Audio 9.0 Decode --Dolby Digital Consumer Decode Availability The ARCsound audio subsystem is available now from ARC International. For additional information on ARCsound, visit www.arc.com/ARCsound or contact ARC at info@arc.com. About ARC ARC International is a world leader in low-power, high-performance 32-bit configurable CPU/DSP processor cores, subsystems, real-time operating systems and development tools for embedded system design. ARC's configurable and extendible cores assist customers in the development of next generation digital media, consumer and communications devices, resulting in lower cost, higher performance SoC products. ARC International maintains a worldwide presence with corporate offices in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , USA and Elstree, UK. The Company has research and development offices located in England and the United States. For more information please visit the ARC website at: www.ARC.com. ARC International is listed on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. as ARC International plc (LSE:ARK). ARC, ARCsound, the ARC logo and ARC-Based are trademarks or registered trademarks of ARC International. All other brands or product names contained herein are the property of their respective owners. This press release may contain certain "forward-looking statements" that involve risks and uncertainties. For factors that could cause actual results to differ, visit the company's Website as well as the listing particulars filed with the United Kingdom Listing Authority and the Registrar of Companies The introduction to this article provides insufficient context for those unfamiliar with the subject matter. Please help [ improve the introduction] to meet Wikipedia's layout standards. You can discuss the issue on the talk page. in England and Wales England and Wales are both constituent countries of the United Kingdom, that together share a single legal system: English law. Legislatively, England and Wales are treated as a single unit (see State (law)) for the conflict of laws. . |
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