FOCUS Enhancements Announces Availability of New FS460 Interactive TV Chip.Business Editors/High Tech Writers CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2001 FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (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 :FCSE FCSE Frequency Control Symposium and Exhibition ), announced today the availability of its new FS460 Interactive TV chip. The FS460 merges the computer's desktop display and up to two independent television sources into one television signal utilizing a pixel-based alpha blender and effects generator. It is the only device that can perfectly size the desktop onto the TV while blending multiple video channels and preserving the full analog and digital quality of each of the sources. The FS460 is the highest quality and most cost effective solution for alpha blending In computer graphics, the combining of the alpha channel with other layers in an image in order to show translucency. The alpha channel is an additional eight bits used with each pixel in a 32-bit graphics system that can represent 256 levels of translucency. available in the 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. , gateway device and interactive TV market segments utilizing Intel architecture. The chip was developed in collaboration with Intel Corporation (company) Intel Corporation - A US microelectronics manufacturer. They produced the Intel 4004, Intel 8080, Intel 8086, Intel 80186, Intel 80286, Intel 80386, Intel 486 and Pentium microprocessor families as well as many other integrated circuits and personal computer networking and it involves technology licensing agreements under which Focus Enhancements will market the FS460. In addition to enabling the display of both TV video and computer graphics on the same monitor, the FS460 chip allows user interaction with on-screen on·screen or on-screen adj. & adv. 1. As shown on a movie, television, or display screen. 2. Within public view; in public. content for applications such as pay TV, interactive TV, web surfing Refers to jumping from page to page on the Web. Just as in "TV channel surfing," where one clicks the remote to go from channel to channel, the hyperlink on Web pages makes it easy to jump from one page to another. , online games and e-commerce. The FS460 complements Intel's graphic systems and is supported by the Intel(R) 810 or 815 graphic chipsets and is compatible with Intel(R) Celeron processors and Intel(R) Pentium(R) III processors. "The FS460 is a high quality, single-chip solution for devices bridging digital, analog and interactive applications", said Brett Moyer, Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. , FOCUS Enhancements. "We're talking about products in both established and nascent markets, including cable set-top boxes, media terminals, and home gateway devices." "Intel's goal is to promote initiatives that support new market segments with the Intel(R) Architecture," said Bob Ferrar, Director, Customer Premises Business Unit for Intel. "Our collaboration with FOCUS Enhancements on this new chip demonstrates the breadth of solutions available utilizing Intel processors and chipsets." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Moyer, the FS460 chip combines flat, artifact-free, independent XY scalers, an advanced 2D flicker filter, and broadcast quality encoders with a powerful, pixel-addressed video blender and special effects special effects, in motion pictures, cinematographic techniques that create illusions in the audience's minds as well as the illusions created using these techniques. generator. The result is a chip that can produce stable, sharp, precise images, which maintain the detail necessary for reliable performance in interactive applications. ADDITIONAL TECHNICAL FEATURES The FS460 incorporates four new features essential for advanced interactive TV and powerful video and computer integration, including: independent PC and video scalers supporting picture-in-picture (PIP), and perfect TV sizing with independent X&Y 2D scaling; pixel addressed three-layer video mixer with per-pixel alpha blending, plus channel color for shadows and borders allowing flexible combinations of satellite, terrestrial and cable front ends with digital information; advanced video effects See digital video effects. processor, including fades, wipes, moves, scales, and other transitions; and a fully programmable color keyer with soft borders. It also utilizes the FS450 iNetTV Video Encoder core that provides high-performance PC-TV interface for both NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. and PAL TVs, including Macrovision encoding and a broadcast quality encoder for optimal TV quality. ABOUT FOCUS FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ:FCSE) and Videonics, Inc. (previously NASDAQ:VDNX), both formerly independent public companies, completed a merger on January 16, 2001. The merged company, operating under the FOCUS Enhancements name, is a leading designer of world-class solutions in advanced, proprietary video scan conversion For conversion of vector images to raster images, see . Scan conversion or scan rate converting is a technique for changing the vertical / horizontal scan frequency of video signal for different purposes and applications. ASICs, and affordable, high quality, digital-video conversion and video production equipment. Semiconductor products include the FS400, and FS450 series ASICs for scaling, scan conversion, Internet TV and interactive TV applications. Commercial products for video presentation include desktop PC-to-TV scan converters, scalers, and line quadruplers. Video production products include application controllers, edit controllers, mixers, and character and effects generators. The company's products and technologies are sold globally through Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and resellers to the broadcast, education, cable, business, industrial, presentation, internet, gaming, home video production and home theater markets. FOCUS Enhancements stock is traded on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market under the symbol FCSE. More information on FOCUS Enhancements may be obtained from the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the FOCUS Enhancements home page at http://www.focusinfo.com. Statements about future results made in the above referenced (press release/presentation/conference call ) constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (PSLRA) implemented several significant substantive changes affecting certain cases brought under the federal securities laws, including changes related to pleading, discovery, liability, class representation and awards fees and of 1995. These statements are based on current expectations and the current economic environment. The Company cautions that these statements are not guarantees of future performance. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements. Such projections are based upon many estimates and are inherently subject to significant economic and competitive uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond the control of management of FOCUS. Important assumptions and other important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements are specified in the Company's Form 10-KSB for the year ended December 31, 2000 and other filings with the SEC by both FOCUS and Videonics. |
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