Equator and ImageCom Join Forces to Provide High-Performance H.263 and H.263+ Video Compression Solutions on BSP Platform.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 9, 2002 Equator equator, imaginary great circle around the earth, everywhere equidistant from the two geographical poles and forming the base line from which latitude is reckoned. The equator, which measures c.24,902 mi (40,076 km), is designated as lat. 0°. Technologies Inc., a leading provider of video streaming See streaming video and video stream. and processing engines and platforms, and ImageCom, Europe's leading high-quality video codec (1) A hardware circuit that converts analog video (NTSC, PAL, SECAM) into digital code and vice versa. The term may refer to only the A/D and D/A conversion, or it may include the compression technique for further reducing the signal (definition #2 below). See codec. manufacturer, today announced availability of the ImageCom H.263 and H.263+ software video codec for the Equator BSP BSP Bromsulphalein, a dye used in the study of liver function. See also sulfobromophthalein clearance test. (TM) family of high-performance Broadband Signal Processor(TM) chips. The combined solution is ideally suited for video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. and video surveillance applications, and it can be licensed directly from Equator. "Our H.263 and H.263+ software video codec modules provide Equator's customers with an off-the-shelf solution to shorten their development cycle. Customers no longer require extra time and in-house 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, expertise in order to take advantage of an optimised solution for the Equator BSP platform," commented Thomas Dove, vice president of sales & marketing, ImageCom. "Furthermore, Equator's customers can make use of ImageCom's extensive video development tools -- ImageProve(TM) -- and enjoy the benefit of ImageCom's continual enhancements to the codec modules, following the advances in the standards, to provide feature-rich, fully standards-compliant and fully interoperable The ability for one system to communicate or work with another. See interoperability. software." "Equator has a proven track record in providing high-performance solutions to the video conferencing and video surveillance market segment, and we are very excited about our relationship with ImageCom, a partner whose business focus mirrors our own," said Rich Christopher, senior vice president of worldwide sales and marketing at Equator. Highlights of the ImageCom H.263 and H.263+ software video codec are as follows: -- Fully standards-compliant encoder and decoder -- Optional annexes for H.263+ -- Full frame rate, 30 fps running on Equator MAP-CA -- Optional pre-filtering About the Companies ImageCom Ltd ImageCom is Europe's leading manufacturer of world-class software and hardware video codecs, providing high quality video transmission over telephone, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , wireless and Internet media. ImageCom was established in 1993 and since that time the company's video codecs have been selected by hundreds of different companies for incorporation into their own products. Recently this has included many companies in the semiconductor industry, many of whom have been impressed not only with the video codecs themselves but also with the quality of the ImageProve(TM) video development tools on offer from ImageCom. Equator Technologies, Inc. Equator Technologies is the industry's choice for video streaming engines and platforms. The company's family of Broadband Signal Processor(TM) or BSP chips is a unique, fully functional, software-programmable system-on-a-chip solution designed for the development of platforms for demanding video applications -- from "Pixels to Packets." Equator's unmatched compiler technology delivers 100% C programming -- enabling the rapid introduction and field upgradeability of new applications and devices. With more than 120 customers, Equator offers time-to-revenue for consumer, business and industrial digital media communication markets including, head-ends, set-top boxes 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. , video conferencing, video security and imaging. Headquartered in Campbell, Calif., with additional offices worldwide, 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, the Equator logo, Equator Around, the Equator Around logo, MAP, MAP1000, MAP1000A, MAP-CA, MAP Series, Broadband Signal Processor, BSP, FIRtree, DataStreamer, DS, iMMediaC, iMMediaTools, iMMediaToolsLite, Media Intrinsics, VersaPort, SofTV, Shark, StingRay stingray: see ray. stingray or whip-tailed ray Any of various species (family Dasyatidae) of rays noted for their slender, whiplike tail with barbed, usually venomous spines. , Dolphin, EagleRay, and Orca. Other product and company names in this news release may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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