CompCore's audio decoder ships with C-Cube's latest MPEG-1 chip.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. 1, 1995--CompCore Multimedia Inc. today announced that C-Cube Microsystems Inc. has shipped its new CL450SWA adv. 1. So. MPEG-1 digital video decoder chip bundled with CompCore's CD-quality audio software called "SoundPEG." SoundPEG is CompCore's MPEG-1 audio software which runs on personal computers and workstations. 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. ) digital video and audio information. SoundPEG is a software MPEG-1 audio decoder developed by CompCore Multimedia Inc. which generates high quality stereo audio running on PCs or workstations without requiring additional specialized chips or boards. SoundPEG operates at sampling rates of 11, 22 or 44.1 kHz producing CD quality stereo audio. CompCore licenses its SoundPEG software technology to PC manufacturers, graphics chips and card manufacturers, video CD publishers, game makers as well as software developers to provide an inexpensive MPEG-1 audio player. "We are very pleased to have C-Cube ship our SoundPEG audio software technology with their latest MPEG-1 video chip," said George Haber, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of CompCore Multimedia, Inc. "This approach capitalizes on the additional 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. power available in today's personal computers to run CompCore's MPEG audio software while maintaining the performance advantages of MPEG-1 video hardware." CompCore's SoundPEG software audio decoder is the latest member of CompCore's family of MPEG-1 software products. CompCore also offers a full video and audio software application program called SoftPEG which now supports both Microsoft's Windows 95 operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. and the new Video CD 2.0 format. Video CD is an established standard CD format to play full motion pictures 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 and high quality still picture images allowing the user to make playback control PBC (Playback Control) allows you to play Video CDs interactively by following the menu on the TV screen. [Category:Video storage]] decisions through pre-programmed menus. CompCore's new Video CD 2.0 feature supports end user interactivity which is important for entertainment, training and educational applications. This fully contained software application 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-1 CD video titles which can then be played on a PC or other general purpose computers. SoundPEG is the audio component of the SoftPEG application. Evaluation software for SoftPEG or SoundPEG is available on a 30 day trial basis for OEM customers. C-Cube Microsystems Inc. designs and markets integrated circuits and software that implement international standards for the compression of digital images and video. Compression allows digital video to be used in fast-growing applications such as multimedia computing, CD-based consumer electronics and digital television. C-Cube Microsystems has its headquarters in Milpitas, Calif., and has offices in the United States, Europe and Asia. The company employs 195 people worldwide. Its stock is traded on the 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 National Market System under the symbol CUBE. CompCore Multimedia Inc. is a major 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. Windows 95 is a registered trademark of Microsoft. C-Cube logo is a registered trademark of C-Cube Microsystems. C-Cube and C-Cube CL450 are trademarks of C-Cube Microsystems. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. CONTACT: CompCore Multimedia Inc. Ron Richter, 408/567-0552 ron@compcore.com |
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