Chips and Technologies, Sony Corporation Support Live Video on Notebook Computers; Sony Offers Zoom Video Peripherals and PC Cards Utilizing Chips Controllers for Portable TV and Digital Video Applications.SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 1995--Chips and Technologies, Inc. and Sony Electronics, Inc. have announced support for Zoom Video, an extension of the PCMCIA (Personal Computer Memory Card International Association, San Jose, CA, www.pcmcia.org) An international standards body and trade association that was founded in 1989 to establish a standard for connecting peripherals to portable computers. PCMCIA created the PC Card. See PC Card. standard that brings full motion, live video to notebook computers. Sony will offer a family of Zoom Video PC Cards and peripherals including a digital video camera and a TV tuner card A TV tuner card is a computer component that allows television signals to be received by a computer. Most TV tuners also function as video capture cards, allowing them to record television programs onto a hard disk. with an integrated antenna. Chips and Technologies Chips and Technologies (C&T) was the first fabless semiconductor company, a model developed by its founder Gordon Campbell. Its first product was an EGA IBM compatible graphics chip. This was followed by chipsets for PC motherboards and other computer graphics chips. supports these peripherals with a new family of video-graphics controllers which offers a unique video port that enables OEMs to easily implement Zoom Video products for notebook computers. "The new generation of high powered mobile computing platforms provide advanced video capabilities beyond that available on most desktops," said Keith Angelo, vice president of marketing at Chips and Technologies. "With the combination of Chips' new family of HiQVideo graphics controllers and Sony's Zoomed Video peripherals, users can now tune in television feeds, capture live video for video teleconferencing and video mail, and capture on-site video information for later documentation and analysis." Zoom Video (ZV) Port is a low cost, high-performance method of streaming video without interruption in notebook systems. An extension to the PCMCIA standard, ZV-Port eliminates the need to send video and audio data through the 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. or system bus. Chips' new HiQVideo series of video/graphics controllers supports ZV-Port, allowing video to stream directly from the PCMCIA socket adapter to the graphics controller and the video frame buffer. ZV-Port enables the development of standard PCMCIA form factor cards for multimedia functions such as MPEG decoders and TV tuners for video capture or teleconferencing applications. Sony's Zoomed Video PC Card Products Sony Electronics, the world's largest manufacturer of AV products, has developed a video monitor and PC camera card with ZV-Port interfaces. The digital camera is a CCD CCD in full charge-coupled device Semiconductor device in which the individual semiconductor components are connected so that the electrical charge at the output of one device provides the input to the next device. type with an aspherical a·spher·ic also a·spher·i·cal adj. Varying slightly from sphericity and having only slight aberration, as a lens. Adj. 1. plastic lens that supports 380,000 pixels for NTSC-quality video. The accompanying card is a Type II based on the PC Card standard with Zoom Video interface and is designed to operate with 5 volt standard systems. Sony has also developed a PC TV tuner card with a ZV-Port specification interface. The tuner supports live video using VHF, UHF, CATV (Community Antenna TV) The original name for cable TV. It used a single antenna at the highest location in the community in order to deliver a quality signal to homes in areas with hilly terrain or other interference. and NTSC/PAL. The accompanying Type II PC Card includes a 50 centimeter length antenna which feeds signals to the tuner through an F-type connector. Both the digital video camera and PC TV Tuner are designed to work with Microsoft Windows 3.1 and Windows 95 operating systems. Channel selection, brightness, hue and color are controlled through the keyboard. "Sony is pleased to work with Chips and Technologies in enabling consumers and professionals to enjoy the benefits of full motion live video capture and display on notebooks," said Takao Yamigishi, Director of Components Marketing Division, Sony Electronics Inc. "By offering Zoom Video Ports on its newest video display controllers, Chips is providing a critical building block in the development of the overall market for portable digital video applications." About Chips and Technologies Chips and Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CHPS CHPS Collaborative for High Performance Schools CHPS Certified in Healthcare Privacy and Security CHPS Center for Health Policy Studies (healthcare consulting firm with offices in New York, Maryland, and Illinois) CHPS Combat Hybrid Power System ) is a fabless supplier of highly integrated semiconductor and software solutions which provide graphics, video and other capabilities to portable and desktop computers. -0- Note to Editors: Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft in the U.S. and other countries. HiQVideo is a trademark of Chips and Technologies, Inc. All other trademarks and brand names are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: Chips and Technologies Steve Preston, 408/434-0600 or MQPR MQPR M-Ary Quadrature Partial Response Matthew Quint, 510/651-9744 |
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