Acer America Selects Sigma Designs' Zoomed Video Chipset for Latest Generation Multimedia Notebook Line; Selection for AcerNote Light Multimedia Shows Sigma's Leadership in ZV MPEG Market.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 1996--Sigma Designs, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :SIGM), announced today that Acer America has selected Sigma's REALmagic Zoomed Video (ZV) chipset for its newest generation of notebook computers, AcerNote Light Multimedia. The chipset will drive a new MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). PCMCIA card See PC Card. that will be marketed for the AcerNote Light Multimedia notebooks by Acer America. This card is one of the first full-featured MPEG playback cards especially designed for use in the latest series of multimedia notebooks. "The AcerNote Light Multimedia lets users take their offices with them wherever they go," said Larry Sklarski, AcerNote's group products manager. "The zoomed video port See ZV Port. , using Sigma's chipset, offers them real-time desktop quality performance with MPEG decoding and video playback." "Selection of our Explorer chipset by Acer America increases a snowball effect For other uses, see Snowball (disambiguation). Snowball effect is a figurative term for a process that starts from an initial state of small significance and builds upon itself, becoming larger (graver, more serious), and perhaps potentially dangerous or disastrous (a underscoring Sigma's leadership in the MPEG market," said Prem Talreja, Sigma's vice president, marketing. "The Zoomed Video technology is a low cost high-performance method of streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. without interruption, into notebooks." The new AcerNote with ZV is fully compatible with all MPEG business applications. Users can take full advantage of more than a thousand REALmagic-compatible MPEG business applications, including programs for interactive training, education and presentations. The ZV Port extension sends video directly from the PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. socket adapter to the graphics controller eliminating any need to use the system bus. REALmagic ZV is fully Windows 95, ActiveMovie and REALmagic compatible. Sigma's chipset and associated drivers for Windows 95 are already in production. Other industry leaders, including Panasonic, Toshiba, Trigem, Centennial Technologies, Kingmax and Smart Modular have also announced selection of this chipset. Sigma Designs, Inc. (NASDAQ:SIGM) is an acknowledged leader in the fast-growing multimedia chipset market. Sigma entered the multimedia field in 1993 with products based on the MPEG (Moving Picture Experts Group (compression, standard, algorithm, file format, body) Moving Picture Experts Group - (MPEG, ISO/IEC JTC1/SC29 WG11) An ISO committee that generates standards for digital video compression and audio. Also the name of their algorithms. ) standard for compressing and decompressing de·com·press v. de·com·pressed, de·com·press·ing, de·com·press·es v.tr. 1. To relieve of pressure or compression. 2. digital audio and video signals. The company has been a driving force behind the advancement of MPEG technology used in most multimedia products on the market today. Sigma Designs' products now include high-performance low-cost 2D/3D graphics as well as MPEG video and audio encoding & decoding hardware with the industry's most extensive line of MPEG software titles. Sigma sells to PC OEMs and card manufacturers worldwide through a network of trained manufacturers' representatives. Sigma's MPEG products are marketed under the REALmagic trade name. To contact Sigma Designs for additional information, call 800/845-8086, 510/770-0100, fax 510/770-2691, or web site: http://www.sigmadesigns.com. Except for the historical information contained here in, the matters discussed in this release are forward-looking statements that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including the timely introduction and market acceptance of Sigma's chipset and other related products, the impacts of competitive products and pricing, and the other risks detailed from time to time in the company's SEC reports, including the report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. for the year ended January 31, 1996 and on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. for the quarters ended April 30, 1996 and July 31, 1996. -0- Note to Editors: Acer is a registered trademark and AcerNote, AcerAcros, AcerPower, AcerView, AcerAltos, Acer Aspire and AcerEntra are trademarks of the Acer Group. All other products, brand names or companies are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. Interviews, photographs and/or technical literature on Sigma's Explorer chipset are available on request from Brough Communications. You can also link to Sigma Design's home page from the agency's home page: http://www.brough.com. CONTACT: Brough Communications Bruce Brough/Jason Taylor, 408/430-0100 Email: bruce@brough.com jason@brough.com |
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