ArcSoft's Mobile Media Codec Technology Brings Audio, Voice, Video and Image Solutions to Mobile Devices.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 21, 2003 Mobile Codecs Enable Mobile Device Manufacturers to Add Advanced Multimedia Features ArcSoft(R) Inc., the leading provider of digital imaging software, today announced the availability of four new codecs that enable device manufacturers to add multimedia functionality to mobile devices. This integrated suite of encoding, authoring, distribution and playback technologies is designed to significantly reduce the development time and costs associated with incorporating multimedia capabilities into phones, PDAs and other mobile devices. ArcSoft's mobile codecs comes with a comprehensive software development kit (SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). ) and implementation support. ArcSoft's New Mobile Codecs: Audio ArcSoft's MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface (music, hardware, protocol, file format) Musical Instrument Digital Interface - (MIDI /mi'-dee/, /mee'-dee/) A hardware specification and protocol used to communicate note and effect information between synthesisers, computers, music keyboards, controllers, and other electronic ) engine 1.5 consists of GM1 MIDI player that enables music playback using a pure software-based synthesizer. The new version comes with tuned sound banks for GM1 instruments, which improves the acoustic quality output on the mobile device. Voice ArcSoft's AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. (Adaptive Multi-Rate) Codec 1.1 offers a speech encoder and decoder designed to reduce transmitting and storage capacity requirements for all related mobile devices. Its applications include MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) An enhanced transmission service that enables graphics, video clips and sound files to be transmitted via cellphones. Developed as part of the 3GPP project, MMS phones are generally backward compatible with SMS and EMS. , real-time duplex voice communication, and movie capturing on mobile devices. It can now support AMR encoding simultaneously with 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). 4 video capture at speed of 15 frames per second on 200MHz Intel xScale processor in real-time. Image ArcSoft JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. Codec 1.1 presents a standardized image compression mechanism designed for compressing full-color or grayscale In computing, a grayscale or greyscale digital image is an image in which the value of each pixel is a single sample. Displayed images of this sort are typically composed of shades of gray, varying from black at the weakest intensity to white at the strongest, though in images. The new version comes with a performance optimizer for ARM-based processors. On average, the ArcSoft JPEG Codec has showcased 45% improvement in speed over the public domain JPEG encoder. Video The ArcSoft MPEG-4 Codec is based on the ISO/IEC ISO/IEC International Organization for Standardization/International Electrotechnical Commission (ITU-T M 3000) standard developed by MPEG. The codec enables the integration of the production, distribution and content-access paradigms of digital television, interactive graphics applications and interactive multimedia. ArcSoft SDK The ArcSoft SDK offers many advantages to developers and device manufacturers. ArcSoft codecs comply with international standards and proprietary formats, and are scalable with low-profile processors, bandwidths and platforms. Availability ArcSoft Mobile Codecs are available now. For more information visit www.arcsoft.com or email bizdev@arcsoft.com About ArcSoft ArcSoft, Inc. develops, markets and distributes advanced digital imaging and video solutions to companies and end-users around the globe. ArcSoft specializes in software for device manufacturers and infrastructure solutions for telecommunications and consumer electronics companies. Established in 1994, ArcSoft is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Fremont, California, with regional offices in Europe and the Far East. For further details, please visit us at our corporate Web site: www.arcsoft.com Note: ArcSoft and the logo are registered trademarks of ArcSoft, Inc. All other brands, products, or service names are or may be trademarks or service marks of, and are used to identify, products or services of their respective owners. |
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