CompCore Demonstrates MPEG-2 Software Supporting Microsoft's New ActiveMovie Interface.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 4, 1996--CompCore Multimedia Inc. today demonstrated its latest MPEG-2 software technology running under Microsoft's new ActiveMovie interface at the Intermedia Intermedia - A hypertext system developed by a research group at IRIS (Brown University). trade show now being held in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden . CompCore's MPEG-2 software technology demonstration can be viewed in Microsoft's and CompCore's booth at the Moscone Convention Center March 5 to 7. Today, CompCore is showing the first public demonstration of its MPEG-2 software decoder utilizing ActiveMovie technology. ActiveMovie is Microsoft's new Windows 95 architecture and software services for managing and processing multimedia data using modular components. MPEG-2 is the latest 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). video and audio technology being incorporated into DVD players, set-top-boxes, and personal computers. MPEG-2 offers higher quality video than MPEG-1, but typically requires significantly more processing power for video playback. CompCore expects to deliver its MPEG-2 software to key 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 partners during the second half of 1996. "CompCore has successfully leveraged its extensive experience in MPEG-1 software and MPEG-2 hardware to produce one of the first all software MPEG-2 decoders in the world," 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 software will be a major building block for CompCore's future products which utilize the capabilities of Windows 95 and ActiveMovie Technology. "CompCore's MPEG applications are excellent examples of technologies which can take advantage of ActiveMovie functionality," said Cristiano Pierry, ActiveMovie project manager for Microsoft. "Microsoft is encouraging multimedia companies like CompCore to develop leading edge technologies using ActiveMovie interfaces." MPEG-1 and MPEG-2 are international standards for the encoding and decoding of digital video and audio information. CompCore currently offers a full line of MPEG decoder Software or hardware that decompresses and renders MPEG-encoded data. Because MPEG uses lossy compression, the decoded images are not 100% identical to the original. In most cases however, the differences are not easily detectable. See MPEG. hardware designs and software products. SoftPEG, CompCore's MPEG-1 software decoder, is currently being shipped by 30 companies worldwide. The latest version of SoftPEG supports the most popular CD formats including Video CD 2.0. SoftPEG can be bundled with hardware products (PCs, graphics and video boards, CD-ROM drives CD-ROM drives, which today typically means a CD-RW drive that is a combo CD-ROM, CD-R and CD-RW drive, come in a variety of speeds. The original drive (1x) transferred data at 150KB per second. ) for added value Added value in financial analysis of shares is to be distinguished from value added. Used as a measure of shareholder value, calculated using the formula:
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, Calif. 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 Hitachi, 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. , Packard Bell, Matsushita, Cirrus Logic, Diamond Multimedia, 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. , Matrox, C-Cube, Twinhead and others. -0- Note to Editors: SoftPEG is a trademark of CompCore Multimedia Inc. Windows 95 is a registered trademark of Microsoft. ActiveMovie is a trademark of Microsoft. All other trademarks are the property of their respective companies. CONTACT: CompCore Multimedia, Santa Clara Ron Richter, 408/567-0552 ext. 29 Email: ron@compcore.com Web Page: http://www.compcore.com/ |
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