Evans & Sutherland to Use Innovative Semiconductors' VIP Core for Future 3D Graphics Chips.Business Editors/Technology Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 28, 2000 Innovative Semiconductors, Inc. (Innovative) today announced a licensing agreement with Evans & Sutherland (E&S) (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 : ESCC ESCC Eastern Shore Community College ESCC East Sussex County Council ESCC Esophageal Squamous Cell Carcinoma ESCC Enhanced Serial Communication(s) Controller ESCC Electrically Self-Calibrating Cavity ), a world leader in high performance visual systems and 3D graphics products. Under the terms of this contract, E&S will use Innovative's Video Interface Port (VIP) core for incorporation in future E&S 3D graphics chips. "With Innovative's VIP support, E&S will be able to design products that handle both standard definition and high definition television signals for streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. and real-time applications," said Jan Bjernfalk, vice president of engineering at E&S. "Innovative's VIP core has been instrumental in providing E&S with a competitive edge in terms of time-to-market, compatibility, and scalability." Innovative Semiconductors is the first company to develop and market Video Electronics Standards Association See VESA. (body, standard) Video Electronics Standards Association - (VESA) An industry standards organisation created in 1989 or 1990 mostly(?) concerned with IBM compatible personal computers. (VESA (Video Electronics Standards Association, Milpitas, CA, www.vesa.org) A membership organization founded in 1989 that sets interface standards for the PC, workstation and computing environments. Note the following VESA standards following this entry. ) VIP cores - a solution which enables semiconductor designers to dramatically cut development costs and time-to-market. VIP specifies the interface between graphics controllers and video devices. As a universal standard, VIP meets the industry's demand for compatibility, cost-effectiveness and high performance. The latest version, VIP2, supports demanding applications such as HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates while maintaining backward compatibility. VESA VIP has gained widespread industry support from both the graphics and video semiconductor vendors. "I welcome E&S to our growing list of VIP Product licensees," said Nabil Takla, president of Innovative. "VIP has gained widespread industry support. I am glad that our silicon-proven VIP products have helped our customers meet their development objectives." Innovative offers a complete family of VIP Intellectual Property (IP) core and validation suites. These cores are silicon-proven and are fully compliant with the VESA VIP2 specification. The core suites comprise of RTL (Register Transfer Level) A high-level hardware description language (HDL) for defining digital circuits. The circuits are described as a collection of registers, Boolean equations, control logic such as "if-then-else" statements as well as complex event sequences; synthesizable cores, video verifier, and validation suites that include the behavioral models, test bench, and sample scripts. Further details can be obtained from Innovative's website at www.isi96.com. About Evans & Sutherland Evans & Sutherland develops and manufactures hardware and software to produce highly realistic 3D images. E&S business units deliver high-quality visual systems for simulation and training in defense and commercial applications, graphics systems for high-performance workstations, and related applications throughout the world. Through its acquisition of San Jose-based AccelGraphics in June 1998, E&S expanded its workstation graphics offerings to include board-level products. Visit the E&S web page at www.es.com. About Innovative Semiconductors, Inc. Established in 1992, Innovative Semiconductors, Inc. develops Intellectual Property (IP) cores, the building blocks for developing high-performance ICs and chip sets for video and communications applications. The company's products include cores that support the Video Interface Port (VIP) standard, the IEEE-1394 standard, the Universal Serial Bus See USB. (hardware, standard) Universal Serial Bus - (USB) An external peripheral interface standard for communication between a computer and external peripherals over an inexpensive cable using biserial transmission. (USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. ) standard and Video Compression standards. The company's customers include 3Dfx, Honeywell, Micron Technology, Nvidia, LSI LSI: see integrated circuit. (Large Scale Integration) Between 3,000 and 100,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, VLSI and ULSI. Logic, Oki, S3, Siemens, STMicroelectronics, Samsung, and Trident. The company is a member of the 1394 Trade Association, VESA, Synopsys IP Catalyst Program and the USB-IF. Innovative Semiconductors is located at 465 Fairchild Drive, Suite 227, Mountain View, CA 94043. Phone: (650) 934-0170, email: sales@isi96.com. For more information about Innovative Semiconductors, Inc., please access the company's web site at http://www.isi96.com. |
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