CompCore's MPEG-1 software bundled with Twinhead's new multimedia notebook computer.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 1995--CompCore Multimedia Inc. today announced that Twinhead Corp., a leading manufacturer of multimedia notebook computers, will ship its latest Slimnote 8 notebook computer with CompCore's MPEG-1 video and audio player software called SoftPEG. SoftPEG will be demonstrated by CompCore at Comdex in Las Vegas Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. from Nov. 13 - 17 at the Sands Exposition and Convention Center, booth number S7001. Twinhead will also be demonstrating SoftPEG running on its notebook computer in booth number S1650 at the Sands. MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). is an international standard for the encoding (compressing) and decoding (decompressing de·com·press v. de·com·pressed, de·com·press·ing, de·com·press·es v.tr. 1. To relieve of pressure or compression. 2. ) of digital video and audio information. SoftPEG is a software MPEG-1 video and audio decoder developed by CompCore Multimedia Inc., which generates high quality video and stereo audio which run on PCs and workstations without requiring additional specialized chips or boards. CompCore licenses SoftPEG to PC manufacturers, graphics chips and card manufacturers, video CD publishers, game makers and software developers to provide an inexpensive MPEG-1 video/audio player. "Twinhead is one of the leaders in mobile multimedia computing," said George Haber, president and chief executive officer of CompCore Multimedia Inc. "SoftPEG is an ideal application for this system, providing end users with high quality video and audio playback capabilities at a very low cost." CompCore's latest version of SoftPEG, which will also be demonstrated at Comdex, now supports Windows 95 and the new Video CD 2.0 format. Video CD is an established standard CD format which can play full motion video by using the Compact Disc (CD) format. The latest version of this CD format, Video CD 2.0, supports the ability to navigate through numerous MPEG video files allowing the user to make playback control decisions through pre-programmed menus. CompCore's new Video CD 2.0 version of SoftPEG now features end user interactivity for video CDs which is important for entertainment, training and educational applications. SoftPEG is a fully contained software application which includes video and stereo audio decoding and a new easy-to-use graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to . This new version of software also supports the most popular CD formats (Video CD 1.1/2.0, CD-I (Compact Disc-Interactive) A compact disc format developed by Philips and Sony that held text, audio and animated graphics. It required a CD-I player that contained its own operating system. , Karaoke, Sigma Designs) and display graphics accelerator chips/boards which utilize Display Control Interface (DCI (Display Control Interface) An Intel/Microsoft programming interface for full-motion video and games in Windows. It allowed applications to take advantage of video accelerator features built into the display adapter. ) and Direct Draw commands. SoftPEG can be packaged with OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and hardware products for added value, or bundled with MPEG video titles which can then be played on a PC or other general purpose computers. Evaluation software for OEM customers is available on a 30-day trial basis from CompCore. Twinhead Corp. is North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. sales and marketing for privately held Twinhead International Corp. of Taiwan. Entering their second decade, Twinhead manufactures notebooks and subnotebooks for several OEMs as well as marketing these products under its global brand name. CompCore Multimedia Inc. is the leading video and audio technology provider for MPEG (Moving Pictures Expert Group) products. Founded in 1993, CompCore is a privately held California corporation headquartered in Santa Clara. As one of its primary businesses, CompCore offers MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 audio and video hardware designs to enable its OEM customers to manufacture and ship the highest quality, lowest cost MPEG products in the industry. In addition, CompCore also provides its OEM customers with a software version of its MPEG-1 technology called "SoftPEG." SoftPEG runs on most standard workstations and PCs and enables end users to play MPEG-1 CDs on their personal computers without requiring specialized hardware. CompCore's technologies have been adopted by many of the largest PC, graphics boards and chip manufacturers in the world including NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Hitachi, Packard Bell, Cirrus Logic, ATI (ATI Technologies Inc., Markham Ontario, http://ati.amd.com) A leading manufacturer of graphics chips and display adapters. Founded in 1985 by K. Y. Ho, Benny Lau and Lee Lau, ATI chips and boards are widely used by OEMs. and others. -0- NOTE TO EDITORS: SoftPEG is a trademark of CompCore Multimedia Inc. Slimnote is a registered trademark of Twinhead Corp. Windows 95 is a registered trademark of Microsoft. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. CONTACT: CompCore Multimedia Inc., Santa Clara Ron Richter, 408/567-0552 (U.S.) Email: ron@compcore.com Web Page: http://www.compcore.com/ |
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