Bitstream Licenses TrueDoc to LSI Logic Corporation as Font Rendering Technology for Turn Key Set-Top-Box Chip Set.LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 1998--Cable & Satellite '98 TrueDoc to be core font rendering technology in LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Logic's Integra(tm) set-top-box chip set Bitstream Inc., (Nasdaq: BITS) announced today that it has license its TrueDoc(R) high-quality font rendering technology to LSI Logic. TrueDoc will be the core font rendering in LSI Logic's Integra set-top-box chip sets and future variants to support the Interactive Digital Satellite and Cable marketplaces. TrueDoc will provide complete multilingual capabilities for LSI Logic's worldwide product distribution requirements as part of a turnkey solution. TrueDoc will be implemented in LSI Logic's set-top-box development platforms. "LSI's strategy to provide software with the set-top-box chip set is a significant development for the interactive television (ITV (1) See interactive TV. (2) (iTV) The code name for Apple's video media hub (see Apple TV). ) marketplace," said Greg Porell, Director of Product Management and Strategic Planning Strategic planning is an organization's process of defining its strategy, or direction, and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy, including its capital and people. for Bitstream's Type and Type Technology Division. "This solution resolves the font rendering memory requirements problem the ITV market has stumbled over the past several years. TrueDoc will provide the high-quality, multilingual character generation LSI's customers are demanding without placing high memory demands on the set-top." TrueDoc is an extremely compact and efficient font rendering technology designed to deliver high-quality text across multiple platforms Refers to two or more operating environments, which typically include the CPU family and operating system. For example, if versions of a program run on Windows and the Macintosh, the software is said to support multiple platforms. . Compatible with all industry standard font formats, TrueDoc's low memory requirements and low processor overhead is ideal for embedded environments. TrueDoc delivers scaleable outlines, producing well-formed characters regardless of output size. A number of special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. are available from TrueDoc which enhance text quality on all low-resolution displays. Special effects include antialising and color blending to produce the best possible output for text and background color combinations. TrueDoc can be integrated into a server / client configuration, conserving bandwidth and memory resources on the receiving platform. Multiple language support is provided by TrueDoc, which has the ability to store double-byte data at the server level, or in the set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. configuration. "LSI wants to provided a great font solution for its set-top-box platforms, and Bitstream's TrueDoc is the best solution," said Nicholas Dunn, Product Marketing Manager for set-top-boxes at LSI Logic Corporation. "LSI Logic partnered with Bitstream tp provide the best turn-key solution for our customers." With Bitstream's TrueDoc technology in the chip set, LSI customers will be able to handle all language capabilities for worldwide set-top box distribution. As part of the chip set, Bitstream font technology will provide all start-up menus and electronic programming guide text on screen. LSI customers will have full-licensing opportunities for the Bitstream technology. About LSI Logic Corporation LSI Logic (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :LSI) The System on a Chip Company(R), is a leading supplier of custom high-performance semiconductors, with operations worldwide. The company enables customers to build complete systems on a single chip with its CoreWare(R) design program, therefore increasing performance, lowering system costs and accelerating time to market. LSI Logic develops application-optimized products in partnership with trendsetting customers and operates leading-edge, high-volume manufacturing facilities to produce submicron chips. LSI Logic Corporation is headquartered at 1551 McCarthy Boulevard, Milpitas, California Milpitas (IPA pronunciation: mɪlpitʌs; inhabitants are called 'Milpitans') is a city in Santa Clara County, California. It is located with San Jose to its south and Fremont to its north, at the eastern end of Highway 237 and generally between Interstate freeways 680 and 95035, 408-433-8000. About Bitstream Inc. Bitstream Inc., headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts This article is about the city of Cambridge in Massachusetts. For the English university town, see Cambridge, England. For other places, see Cambridge (disambiguation). Cambridge, Massachusetts is a city in the Greater Boston area of Massachusetts, United States. , develops, markets and supports software technologies and applications for the graphics communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. . Through its Type and Type Technology Division, Bitstream licenses leading text imaging and page layout technologies, such as TrueDoc(R), NuDoc(tm), and Bitstream Jet(tm), to hundreds of independent developers. Through its Archetype archetype (är`kĭtīp') [Gr. arch=first, typos=mold], term whose earlier meaning, "original model," or "prototype," has been enlarged by C. G. Jung and by several contemporary literary critics. Applications Division, Bitstream develops publishing applications, such as its MediaBank(tm) digital asset manager and the InterSep(tm) OPI (Open Prepress Interface) An extension to PostScript that provides color separations. It was developed by Aldus Corporation, which was later acquired by Adobe. server. Thousands of corporations, publishers, ad agencies and prepress houses use the applications. Complementing these products, Bitstream markets and supports an extensive multi-lingual library of over 1,400 typefaces. For more information on Bitstream and its products, please visit the company on the World Wide Web at CONTACT: Bitstream Inc. Dan McDermott, 617/520-8564 dmcdermott@bitstream.com |
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