American Megatrends Designs Firmware and a Driver Pair for Hitachi's SH3 Digital Camera.ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 3, 1999-- Editorial Summary -- AMI's firmware and driver pair transfers images from a digital camera to a host PC via USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. . -- AMI's driver side software is TWAIN compliant. American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) today announced it developed firmware and a driver pair used for transferring images from a digital camera to a host PC via an Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. (USB). The firmware, designed to run on Hitachi's SH3 USB enabled digital camera with an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (hardware) Application-Specific Integrated Circuit - (ASIC) An integrated circuit designed to perform a particular function by defining the interconnection of a set of basic circuit building blocks drawn from a library provided by the circuit manufacturer. (ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. ), can be ported to other platforms as well. The camera's driver side software is TWAIN compliant and has Microsoft(R) Still Image (STI STI systolic time intervals. ) Architecture. The USB enabled digital camera also has a compact flash that stores pictures. "AMI's development of the firmware and driver pair enables Hitachi's SH3 camera to become a leading product in the digital camera industry," said Mark Hemingway, Sales Account Manager at AMI. Microsoft developed the STI architecture technology that allows drivers for cameras to be user mode Dynamic Link Libraries (DLLs). Most of the non-specific USB handling is done by a class driver, and the driver only needs to handle features unique to its camera. The TWAIN data source allows applications to use the camera device as a source of still images and has a user interface that displays image thumbnails and allows the user to select which image he or she wants from the camera. USB provides digital camera manufacturers with a new interface to the PC that is unrivaled in terms of ease of use, flexibility and bandwidth. The USB-WARE for Digital Cameras software suite from AMI provides manufacturers with a robust and modular solution that minimizes the product's time to market yet ensures solid functionality and compatibility. Founded in 1985, American Megatrends Inc. (AMI) has dedicated its resources to providing OEMs, resellers and systems integrators with leading edge computer technologies. This privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. , best known for its Basic Input/Output System (operating system) Basic Input/Output System - (BIOS, ROM BIOS) The part of the system software of the IBM PC and compatibles that provides the lowest level interface to peripheral devices and controls the first stage of the bootstrap process, including installing the operating called AMIBIOS AMIBIOS American Megatrends, Incorporated, Basic Input/Output System , supplies state-of-the-art hardware, software, utilities and RAID controllers to over 55 percent of today's high-tech manufacturers. Headquartered in Atlanta, AMI has locations in the U.S. and throughout the world including London, Madras, Munich, Seoul, Taipei and Tokyo to better serve our customers. For more information on AMI, its products, services or reseller opportunities, call 1-800-U-BUY-AMI or visit our website at www.ami.com. |
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