Equator Showcases Digital Communications Applications and Video Processing Capabilities for the Broadcast Industry at NAB2001.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001 NAB, Las Vegas Convention Center The Las Vegas Convention Center is owned and operated by the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and is located in Clark County, Nevada. It is one of the largest Convention centers in the world. At the end of 2004, the center had 3. , Booth No. L559. Demonstrations of Equator's Family of MAP-CA(TM) Digital Signal Processors Integrated with Acer, Media 100 and On2 Products to be Offered at the Equator Booth; Other Customers Including Snell & Wilcox, NDS See eDirectory. NDS - Netware Directory Services , Media 100 and Optibase to Exhibit Products Integrated with Equator's MAP-CA(TM) digital signal processors at NAB2001 Equator Technologies, Inc., the leading provider of comprehensive broadband digital communications Transmitting text, voice and video in binary form. See communications. and media processing See media control. infrastructure for the consumer technology market, announced today that the company will showcase broadcast industry-specific product demonstrations at the Equator booth (No. L559) and throughout exhibit locations at NAB2001 (hosted by the National Association of Broadcasters). Demonstrations at the Equator booth will highlight the enhanced functionality that results from the integration of Equator's family of MAP-CA(TM) digital signal processors. At Equator's booth, attendees will be able to view a broad range of digital communications solutions that have embedded Equator's system-on-a-chip, including: Acer's set-top box The cable TV box that sits on "top" of the TV "set," although it is often located several feet away in an equipment rack. The set-top box descrambles the premium channels and provides a tuner for the higher cable numbers that very old TVs did not support. , Media 100's encoding tool and On2's video codecs. Other customers showing products with Equator's (BSP BSP Bromsulphalein, a dye used in the study of liver function. See also sulfobromophthalein clearance test. (TM)) digital signal processors at NAB include Snell & Wilcox, NDS, Media 100 and Optibase. Additionally, at NAB, Equator will also announce Samsung's integration of Equator's platform into their SMT (1) (Surface Mount Technology) See surface mount. (2) (Station ManagemenT) An FDDI network management protocol that provides direct management. Only one node requires the software. SMT - Station Management F300 set-top box, which will be in volume production in Q4 2001. "Broadcast industry players understand the necessity to provide new products, services and features to their customers quickly, and at a reasonable price," said Avi Katz, 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 Equator Technologies. "We offer a core technology that enables multiple services in one box, using a customizable system-on-a-chip solution -- an alternative that makes multiple consumer broadcast applications, like time shifting See timeshifting. (programming) time shifting - A technique used to work around problems due to the Year 2000 and the "millennium bug". Time shifting involves translating date fields in a database back by a fixed number of years to avoid year 2000 problems with the database , Internet services and interactive TV, a cost-effective reality for the masses. No better forum exists to showcase Equator's capabilities for the consumer broadcast market. As NAB2001 will focus on the future of broadcasting, we're here to let the industry know that the future is now." NAB2001 is the world's leading conference and exhibition for the converging electronic media communications industries. Hosted annually in April by the National Association of Broadcasters, the NAB Show delivers the most comprehensive showcase of digital communications technologies including every element of television and radio broadcasting The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. , film/video production and post production, audio production, multimedia, the Internet, satellite and telecommunications. As the broadcast industry's Convergence Marketplace, NAB2001 offers specialized educational forums within multiple conference tracks, 1,700+ cutting-edge exhibits and dozens of high-profile networking events. Acer Demonstration (Equator booth No. L559, LVCC LVCC Las Vegas Convention Center LVCC Las Vegas Country Club LVCC Liverpool Victoria County Championship (England, cricket) LVCC Lakewood Village Community Church LVCC Lucas Valley Community Church (San Rafael, CA) ) Equator and Acer will demonstrate the first programmable BSP MAP-CA digital signal processor running in a DMS (1) (Document Management System) See document management. (2) (Defense Messaging System) An X.500-compliant messaging system developed by the U.S. Dept. of Defense. (Acer subsidiary) enhanced streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. set-top box, using Enreach's video server. The demonstration will show how Equator's technology can be used today to transform a set-top box into a multi-purpose video service solution. (A concurrent press release has been issued including additional information.) Media 100 Demonstration (Equator booth No. L559, LVCC and Media100 booth No. i6551, Sands Expo Center) Media 100, the leading supplier of software, systems and services for streaming media on the Internet will be conducting a demonstration of their Cleaner XL, (ChrystaLICE) encoding tool for creating on-demand, dynamic streaming media with superior image quality for digital distribution in multiple formats. Using Equator's family of BSP MAP-CA digital signal processors, Cleaner XL will be able to support multiple parallel stream processing -enabling faster encoding and the best image quality available for today's market. (A concurrent press release has been issued including additional information.) On2 Demonstration (Equator booth No. L559, LVCC) On2.com Inc., a leading broadband technology and services company specializing in providing the highest-quality streaming video at the lowest possible data rates, will demonstrate their VP4 codec (1) (enCOder/DECoder) A hardware circuit that performs analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) conversion. When analog signals are entered into a computer, cellphone or other device via a microphone or video source such as VHS tape or analog TV, on Equator's BSP MAP-CA digital signal processor. Targeted to the digital set-top box market, the use of Equator's BSP MAP-CA digital signal processor offers a platform of choice to process a unique set of intellectual properties, achieving an unprecedented video quality at low bit rate. Snell & Wilcox Demonstration (Snell & Wilcox booth No. L10428, LVCC) Snell & Wilcox will showcase the MPD MPD maximum permissible dose. MPD abbr. 1. maximal permissible dose 2. multiple personality disorder Multiple personality disorder (MPD) 2000-M, a professional MPEG decoder utilizing the company's patented MOLE(TM) Technology with Equator's BSP MAP-CA digital signal processor. The MPD2000-M is the product of Snell & Wilcox's extensive research into 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). coding, test and measurement. The product provides unparalleled transcoding, editing and switching performance when used with a MOLE-compliant encoder such as the MPE MPE abbr. Master of Public Education 2000-M Encoder. NDS Demonstration (NDS booth No. S4119, Sands Expo Center) NDS, a leading supplier of solutions and services for entertainment and information over digital broadcasting media to television and PCs, will demonstrate the Streamshaper -- a multi-channel bridging solution that enables broadcast digital television content to be properly transformed for broadband/IP delivery. With the integrated BSP MAP-CA digital signal processor, the Streamshaper offers bit rate reduction of broadcast digital television channels for secure delivery over broadband networks. Optibase Demonstration (Optibase booth No. i6331, Sands Expo Center) Optibase, a leading provider of media gateway solutions that bridge the gap between the digital broadcasting domain and IP broadband networks, will demonstrate, MGW MGW Media Gateway (3GPP) MGW Maximum Gross Weight MGW Morgantown, WV, USA - Morgantown Municipal Airport (Airport Code) MGW Mission Gross Weight (aviation) -- a family of plug-and-play, rack-mounted, multi-channel streaming servers that are capable of encoding and transmitting live and pre-recorded streams simultaneously. Using the software programmable MAP-CA digital signal processor, Optibase's servers provide the flexibility needed to allow operators and service providers to employ different modules for accommodating various formats and changing application needs. About Equator's BSP MAP-CA Digital Signal Processor The BSP MAP-CA digital signal processor delivers 30 GOPs (Billion Operations per Second) of processing power, offering more than ten times the performance of other available solutions. The highly integrated, system-on-a-chip solution delivers core functions through software rather than dedicated hardware and is designed for high-performance, video-intense broadband applications. By using software downloads to update the functionality of products, even after they are launched and in the field, the life cycle of the equipment can be greatly extended, enabling companies to decrease their time-to-market and their time-to-revenue with new broadband services and devices. The programmable chip allows service providers to offer more services and more functionality, such as time shifting, broadcast media security, video security, VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand , DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. playback and per viewer advertising. About Equator Technologies, Inc. Equator Technologies is the leading provider of comprehensive broadband digital communications and media processing infrastructure for the consumer technology market. The company's family of MAP-CA Broadband Signal Processor digital signal processors, which is built on a smart silicon platform, couples a uniquely fully functional system-on-a-chip solution with software tools. Equator's unmatched compiler technology delivers 100% C programming -- enabling the rapid introduction and field upgradeability of high-performance, video-intense systems. With over 100 customers, Equator has gained traction in the consumer technology industry, having secured major market share in video conferencing and the digital head-end sector by offering rapid time-to-market and time-to-revenue solutions. Headquartered in Campbell, Calif., with additional international offices, Equator is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . For more information, visit www.equator.com. Note to Editors: The following are trademarks of Equator Technologies, Inc., and may be used to identify Equator products only: Equator, MAP, MAP1000, MAP1000A, MAP-CA, MAP Series, Broadband Signal Processor, BSP, FIRtree, DataStreamer, iMMediaC, iMMediaTools, Media Intrinsics, VersaPort, and SofTV. Other product and company names in this news release may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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