Dolby Certifies Yamaha XG-Movie 5.1 Digital Surround Card for PC Enthusiasts and Gamers.

SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 1, 1999--

Dolby(TM) Laboratories Licensing Corporation has completed its engineering studies and sent approval and certification to Yamaha for the XG-Movie 5.1(TM) Digital Surround Card. The Yamaha XG-Movie 5.1, targeted at PC enthusiasts and game users, includes Yamaha's YMF744 and YSS912 audio chips, which support Dolby Digital, and DTS(TM) Digital Surround. The new audio card provides a variety of surround effects such as church, jazz, hall, disco, live, stadium and theatre using a sub-DSP (digital signal processor) in the Yamaha YSS912.

The Yamaha XG-Movie 5.1 is a high fidelity, PCI sound card that outputs 6 channels of audio (left, right, left-surround, right-surround, center and LFE, sometimes referred to as subwoofer) and delivers cinema quality effects. The card accepts both analog and digital input sources and provides both analog and digital output. Signal to noise ratio (S/N) is greater than 96 dB.

"Combining Yamaha's audio expertise with Dolby sound systems is certain to please those PC enthusiasts and gamers who experience the result in their PCs," said Larry Poor, Director of Technical Marketing for Dolby. "We enjoy working with Yamaha because their audio designs are both elegant and of high quality."

"Dolby is such a widely recognized player in the sound industry that they are an excellent partner for Yamaha's audio technologies," said Jose R. Villafuerte, Director of Sales and Marketing, Yamaha Systems Technology, Inc. "The Dolby certification tests are stringent, so we are proud to have met their requirements."

Features of Yamaha XG-Movie 5.1 Sound Card -0-

--   Complete Dolby Digital/Dolby Pro Logic/DTS Digital Surround
     solution providing 6 channels of audio (left, right,
     left-surround, right-surround, center and sub-woofer.)
--   6 analog inputs (TAD, Mic, AUX, Video, CD and Line-in).
--   Full DOS mode through a TSR.
--   Full duplex hardware for telephony functions.
--   PC99 compliant (Microsoft WHQL certified).
--   SPDIF I/O with coaxial/optical connectors.
--   PCI Bus Master Interface (PCI 2.2 compliant).
--   Supports 4-channel AC97 output.
--   MPU-401 UART-compatible MIDI interface on a second bracket
     (option).
--   S-YXG-50 software included.

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Price and Delivery

The XG-Movie 5.1 sound card will ship to OEMs and distributors in November 1999. The expected retail price is $199. ***

Yamaha Systems Technology, Inc. was founded to manufacture and market integrated circuits, board level products and complete systems to OEMs and Distributors. The product line includes multimedia audio, graphics and communications products, as well as custom and semicustom ASICs, and CD Recorder products. www.yamahayst.com.

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