Brooktree Corp. To Offer Mediamatics' MPEG Arcade Player With Its BtV MediaStream Chipset; BtV MediaStream (TM) multimedia accelerator chipset will offer MPEG playback capability.

SAN MATEO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 14, 1995--Brooktree Corp. (NASDAQ:BTRE) today is announcing that it will offer Mediamatics' software MPEG solution (called MPEG Arcade Player) with Brooktree's previously announced BtV MediaStream integrated multimedia accelerator solution. The announcement will be made at a press event being hosted by Mediamatics at the Hotel Sofitel in San Mateo at 11 a.m.

The MPEG Arcade Player is based on Mediamatics' proprietary technology for the MPEG video compression standard, known as Collaborative Compression Architecture (CCA). CCA is a scalable-systems approach to partioning functionality between the CPU (via software) and a hardware accelerator (via Brooktree's BtV MediaStream chipset). Solutions based on CCA will deliver cost-effective MPEG based motion video playback at 24-30 frames per second, at prices lower than hardware-based decompression solutions on the market today.

Brooktree announced its BtV MediaStream chipset in November 1994. The three-chip solution combines accelerated video playback, high-quality graphics and a choice of analog, all-digital or software-based Wavetable synthesis sound. An optional fourth chip also provides full, live video capture and preview capabilities. All of these functions have been fully integrated into a single chipset which offers users a seamless multimedia solution that can reside on a single add-in card or right on a PC motherboard, using a single connection to a high-speed PCI or VL local bus. By offering a high-performance software-based MPEG codec, BtV can also provide users with VCR-quality video without the need for expensive dedicated MPEG decompression hardware.

"Mediamatics' Arcade Player, a software-only MPEG solution, allows the BtV MediaStream chipset to deliver full-screen, full-motion video without decompression hardware," said Thomas Clarkson, division vice president of multimedia marketing for Brooktree Corp. "By combining the Mediamatics MPEG Arcade Player with our BtV MediaStream chipset, we can offer BtV users a built-in, high-quality video playback option within what we believe is the industry's most highly integrated multimedia environment."

"Two years ago, we foresaw the emergence of fully integrated multimedia architectures such as BtV MediaStream, and using CCA we were able to deliver software-only MPEG playback at industry-mandated performance targets," said Prem Nath, president, Mediamatics Inc. "Our MPEG Arcade Player is the industry's first demonstration of a TV-quality playback solution that is fully standards-compliant, platform-independent, and has the required performance and quality demanded by consumers."

Mediamatics Inc. was founded in 1993 to provide high-quality, innovative video and audio compression solutions for PC manufacturers. The company's goal is to enable system designers to seamlessly integrate motion video with their current video and graphics products and software applications. Mediamatics offers highly refined compression technology based on its Collaborative Compression Architecture. Mediamatics was the co-founder of the Open PC MPEG(OMI) consortium and drafted the Windows MCI MPEG command set, which is now a Microsoft reference document.

Brooktree Corporation designs and markets high-performance digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits for computer graphics, multimedia and communications applications. The company, which has its headquarters in San Diego, employs more than 575 people worldwide. Revenues for the fiscal year ended Sept. 24, 1994 were $109 million. Brooktree stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market System under the symbol BTRE.

More information on Brooktree Corp. is available from the company's SEC filings, or by contacting the company directly. For more information on Brooktree products and technologies, please call 1-800-2-BTAPPS, or contact the company via Internet at [e-mail].

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