AudioDev Delivers Signal Test Equipment for Xbox.Business Editors STOCKHOLM, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2001 AudioDev AB has signed a contract with DCA (1) (Document Content Architecture) IBM file formats for text documents. DCA/RFT (Revisable-Form Text) is the primary format and can be edited. DCA/FFT (Final-Form Text) has been formatted for a particular output device and cannot be changed. , Inc., to supply test equipment for electrical testing of the game discs for the Xbox video game system from Microsoft. The Xbox is due out later this year, and although volumes can not be disclosed the deal is of considerable sales value to AudioDev. AudioDev has been selected by DCA, Inc. as its technology partner for the electrical testing. DCA has signed an exclusive agreement with Microsoft and will provide the pre-mastering and data verification systems for the Xbox video game system. The test systems will be integrated and delivered to replicators authorized au·thor·ize tr.v. au·thor·ized, au·thor·iz·ing, au·thor·iz·es 1. To grant authority or power to. 2. To give permission for; sanction: by Microsoft to produce the Xbox game discs. Deliveries of the test systems will begin in the spring 2001. About Xbox Xbox, (http://www.xbox.com/) is Microsoft's future-generation video game system that delivers new and unforeseen game play experiences. With more than three times the graphics performance of the newest generation of game systems, Xbox unleashes game designers' creativity to produce games that are challenging, exhilarating, surprising and fun. About AudioDev AB AudioDev, (http://www.audiodev.com/) is a world leading manufacturer of test equipment for CD and DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. . AudioDev is the manufacturer of test equipment for optical media with the broadest market coverage with strong presence in Europe, the USA and Asia. AudioDev's test equipment is marketed under the name CATS which is a well-known and highly respected brand within the industry. About DCA, Inc. DCA, formerly Doug Carson & Associates, (http://www.dcainc.com/) is the industry leading provider of world class signal processing See DSP. technology. Since 1988, CD and DVD manufacturers This aims to be a complete list of DVD manufacturers. This list is not necessarily complete or up to date - if you see a manufacturer that should be here but isn't (or one that shouldn't be here but is), please update the page accordingly. world-wide have relied on DCA's pre-mastering, mastering and verification products for optical discs, including copy protected discs. DCA's products include MIS (Mastering Interface System), SVS SVS - OS/VS2 + (Signal Verification System), INMS INMS Institute for National Measurement Standards (Canada) INMS Integrated Network Management System INMS Ion and Neutral Mass Spectrometer (instrument on Cassini orbiter, NASA) (Integrated Network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. Mastering System). DCA has also been responsible for the signal processing of many special formats for the optical disc industry, including Sega Dreamcast and, more recently, Dataplay. ------------------------------------------------------------ This information was brought to you by BIT http://www.bit.se The following files are available for download: http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/28/20010328BIT00090/bit0001.doc http://www.bit.se/bitonline/2001/03/28/20010328BIT00090/bit0001.pdf |
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