Array Microsystems Builds Distribution Channel for New Hardware Videoconferencing Accelerator.LOS GATOS Los Gatos (lôs gä`tōs, lŏs, găt`əs), city (1990 pop. 27,357), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1887. It is an affluent residential community and health resort. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 17, 1999-- VideoONE Communicator -- On Display at PC Expo A trade show for resellers, corporate managers and technical professionals from CMP Media LLC, a subsidiary of United Business Media. First held in New York in 1983 with 120 exhibitors and 9,600 attendees, the show grew from the personal computer's early years to 550 vendors and more than Next Week -- Adds Desktop Conferencing See videoconferencing and data conferencing. With Windows NetMeeting to Resellers' Portfolio Array Microsystems Inc. today announced that it has signed ten leading resellers of videoconferencing and networked multimedia systems to market and distribute the new VideoONE(tm) Communicator(tm), the only hardware video accelerator A hardware component on a display adapter that speeds up full-motion video. The primary video accelerator functions are color space conversion, which converts YUV to RGB, hardware scaling, which is used to enlarge the image to full screen and double buffering which moves the frames into recommended by Microsoft Corp. for use with Windows(R) NetMeeting(tm). The VideoONE Communicator is a plug-and-play PCI card A circuit board that plugs into the computer's PCI bus and contains the control electronics for a peripheral device. Starting in the latter half of the 1990s, PCI became very popular. See PCI. that accelerates Windows NetMeeting performance on any H.323-compliant local- or wide-area network. It significantly enhances real-time collaboration by supporting two-way interactive video and audio conferencing See audioconferencing. at data rates of 128 Kbps or more. The card currently supports Windows NetMeeting 2.1, and Windows NetMeeting 3.0 (beta). Array Microsystems will demonstrate the VideoONE Communicator at PC Expo, June 22-24 in the Jacob J. Javits Convention Center, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . PC Expo attendees can find Array in Microsoft's Solutions Pavilion, in the Windows NetMeeting Section (Booth 2636-103). "We are pleased to sign on these top integrators of multimedia conferencing See videoconferencing and data conferencing. systems as resellers for Array," said Roger Westberg, vice president of sales for Array. "With the VideoONE Communicator in their portfolios, they will be able to offer their clients high-quality desktop computer-based videoconferencing at a substantial savings in comparison to traditional room-based conferencing systems. "This significantly broadens the market for data collaboration See data conferencing. and videoconferencing based on Windows NetMeeting software, which is available to millions of computer users worldwide." Array began adding to its national network of resellers when the company introduced the VideoONE Communicator in April of this year. The new resellers who will sell and support the card are: -0-
-- AAC Inc., Dayton, Ohio, www.aacvtc.com, 937/259-5800
-- Acoustic Communications Systems Inc., Plymouth, Minn.,
www.acoustic-com.com, 800/733-5053
-- Allstar Systems, Houston, Texas, www.allstar.com,
713/795-2000
-- Computer Shoppe Inc., Missoula, Mont., www.cland-mt.com,
406/329-7660
-- CritiCom Inc., Lanham, Md., www.criticom.com, 301/306-0600
-- Frebon Intl., McLean, Va., www.frebon.com, 703/848-8200
-- Insight Research, Atlanta, Ga., www.insightresearch.com,
770/518-4062
-- Intellysis Group, Mountain View, Calif.,
www.intellisysgroup.com, 800/828-6464
-- Review Video Services Inc., Oakbrook, Ill.,
www.reviewvideo.com, 630/889-7171
-- TVR Communications, Woodside, N.Y., www.tvrc.com,
718/335-3031
-0- These resellers specialize in the integration and support of multimedia conferencing systems for corporate markets in the U.S. and Canada, and have sales offices in more than 30 cities. About The VideoONE Communicator The VideoONE Communicator uses hardware to perform video and audio acceleration, producing clear digital video and audio with minimal impact on CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. performance. In typical corporate LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. or WAN installations, full-motion two-way video at up to 30 frames per second (fps) can be delivered to desktop computers at data rates varying from 128 Kbps to 768 Kbps on a host system using a Pentium II (233MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. ). The size of the video window on the desktop display ranges from a thumbnail image to approximately one-quarter of the available screen. The VideoONE Communicator is marketed at a suggested retail price of $899 (Model VF300C) and $999 for a system with videoconferencing accessories and a copy of Windows NetMeeting 2.3. About Array Microsystems Inc. Founded in 1990 and headquartered in Los Gatos, Array Microsystems Inc. is a leading developer and manufacturer of PC-based digital video solutions. The company's VideoONE products integrate the latest video standards with Array's proprietary VideoFLOW(R) chipset to provide customers and strategic partners with a comprehensive line of affordable, high-quality digital video products. Array's VideoONE products deliver the highest quality of digital video and audio for real-time MPEG-1 encoding/playback, desktop videoconferencing, IP-multicasting, video-on-demand, distance learning, live broadcasting, and video surveillance applications. Note to Editors: VideoFLOW is a registered trademark and VideoONE is a trademark of Array Microsystems Inc. All other products/services and trademarks mentioned are properties of their respective owners. Products and specifications are subject to change without prior notice. |
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