Kenwood To Incorporate Zayante Software in Audio and Video Products Using IEEE 1394 'Firewire/i.Link' Interface.Business/High Tech Editors LONG BEACH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2000 Kenwood Corp. announced today that it will use Zayante TNF TNF abbr. tumor necrosis factor TNF, n an abbreviation for tumor necrosis f (Thirteen Ninety Four) software in all its consumer audio and video products which incorporate the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394 "Firewire/i.Link" interface. The far-reaching commercial arrangement follows up a period of collaboration that has included a series of highly successful demonstrations of Kenwood home entertainment prototypes enabled with 1394 technology. "Firewire/i.Link has the potential to completely revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. the capabilities of home entertainment systems as we know them," said Brian Towne, National Product Manager for Home Electronics at Kenwood USA, the US marketing arm and largest subsidiary of Japan-based Kenwood Corp. "We are very excited to enter the production phase of our 1394 audio-video products in collaboration with our long-standing partner, Zayante. Its highly modular software See modular programming. architecture provides us with the flexibility and time-to-market that is so important for our 1394-enabled products." "We are delighted that we have been selected by Kenwood, a market leader in high quality home entertainment products," said Prashant Kanhere, Zayante's President. "We are fully confident that the introduction of 1394 capabilities into its product family, with the support of Zayante software, will enhance its product reputation even further." The agreement for Kenwood to use Zayante TNF software in its products includes TNF Kernel and link layer drivers, TNF AV/C with appropriate sub-units, TNF support for the EIA (Electronic Industries Alliance, Arlington, VA, www.eia.org) A membership organization founded in 1924 as the Radio Manufacturing Association. It sets standards for consumer products and electronic components. 775 DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. interface and 5C content protection, and TNF IP1394. The ability to support a wide range of protocols and the ability to tailor the software to the requirements of each product are seen as key attributes. About Kenwood USA Founded in 1961, Kenwood USA Corporation is the largest audio specialty company in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. . Offering more than 250 home, car, and personal audio products, Kenwood is recognized by consumers and the consumer electronics industry for developing products that provide superior sound quality, reliability and value. Further information can be obtained by contacting Kenwood USA Corporation, P.O. Box 22745, Long Beach, CA 90801. The company's web site is www.kenwoodusa.com About Zayante Zayante has been providing the computing and consumer electronics industry with leading edge 1394 solutions since 1996. IEEE 1394 is Zayante's only focus and its team consists of some of the world's leading 1394 software and silicon designers. Zayante products include PHY See physical layer and physical. and Link silicon designs (IP) as well as a complete software stack (1) A stack that is implemented in memory rather than in hardware registers. See stack. (2) A generic reference to a set of system programs or a set of application programs that form a complete system. See stack. covering all the major 1394 protocols and HAVi. Its complete modular architectural approach together with its unrivaled 1394 networking technology expertise puts Zayante products in a class of their own. More information is available at www.zayante.com. Zayante, the Zayante logo, TNF, BridgeWise, Radically Distributed Network Architecture and R/DNA are trademarks of Zayante, Inc. Firewire is a trademark of Apple Computer Inc. i.Link is a trademark of Sony Corporation. |
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