New Videophone Accelerator to Make Videophones Affordable to Consumers.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1998--NeoParadigm Labs, Inc., (NPL 1. NPL - New Programming Language. IBM's original (temporary) name for PL/I, changed due to conflict with England's "National Physical Laboratory." MPL and MPPL were considered before settling on PL/I. Sammet 1969, p.542. 2. ) today announced the first in a family of video accelerator engines that will set a new price/performance point for videophones. The NP501 video accelerator is the first in a family of system-level ICs based on NPL's RapidVideo(tm) proprietary architecture designed for optimum video communication in consumer applications. Targeting video phone applications, the NP501 supports H.324 standards for video conferencing over analog telephones lines (POTS). The application specific device has been designed for highest system flexibility at the lowest system bill of materials The list of components that make up a system. For example, a bill of materials for a house would include the cement block, lumber, shingles, doors, windows, plumbing, electric, heating and so on. (BOM) cost, to enable the most cost-effective solution in the market. The video accelerator will be usideo accelerators will enable mainstream consumer multimedia communications in the home and office at a cost consumers can afford." First Customer Announced for Videophone (1) (VideoPhone) A line of videophones (definition #1 below) from AT&T that were introduced in the early 1990s and later pulled off the market due to poor sales. The first models came with a price tag above $1,000, and a pair were needed. See Picturephone. IC Royal Information Electronics, a leading Taiwanese comheir videophone in Taiwan. Royal's videophone ue bringing to market a videophone that most consdVideo Architecture The RapidVideo archifor the communications channel. Proprietary inpulete system implementation is kept at a low BOM t for digital video inputs. It also supports a broad array of display types, both analog and digital, and is specifically optimized to provide direct interface to low cost "picture on glass" type LCD panels. Key features of the RapidVideo, NP501 Video Phone solution are: -- Simultaneous encode/decode at 30fps, QCIF See CIF. QCIF - Quarter CIF to enable high quality full color over normal phone lines -- Dedicated hardware processing blocks guarantee Video CODEC performance regardless of other features used -- Fully supports H.263 Advanced Prediction Mode and Unrestricted Motion Vector Modes which improves image quality at low bitrates -- Provides direct drive to TFT LCD Panel including scan controls and analog RGB (Red Green Blue) The computer's native color space, which is the color system for capturing and displaying images. RGB was derived from our own perception of color because human eyes are sensitive to red, green and blue (see trichromaticity). outputs which results in a lower system BOM cost by allowing use of lower cost displays -- RapidVideo software and hardware provide the system developer with a solution to enable fastest time to market, with easy end system differentiation. -- PIP, Self-View, Zoom capabilities, Graphics display and Display background control allows end-user feature differentiation by the equipment manufacturer. -- Enables consumer priced, H.324 video phone solutions. Evaluation Kits for Customers The RapidVideo evaluation kit is a complete reference system for a videophone. It includes an evaluation board with the NP501, a bill of material, PCB PCB: see polychlorinated biphenyl. PCB in full polychlorinated biphenyl Any of a class of highly stable organic compounds prepared by the reaction of chlorine with biphenyl, a two-ring compound. schematics, Gerber files, and software implementing the ITU-R ITU-R ITU Radiocommunication Sector H.324 standard. Included with the reference software is RapidVideo API which enables system manufacturers to develop a customized videophone. Price and Availability The NP501 video accelerator is available now for sampling. Volume pricing is $55 per unit in quantities of 10,000. The complete NP501 Evaluation Kit is also available directly from NPL. The product is available through NPL's direct sales offices in US, Taiwan and Japan. Videophone Demo at Comdex NeoParadigm Labs will be showing a demo of the Royal Information Electronics videophone at their hospitality suite during the Comdex trade show, November 16-20, at the Las Vegas Hilton The Las Vegas Hilton is a hotel, casino, and convention center in Las Vegas, Nevada. It is a joint venture between Colony Capital, which owns 60 percent, and New York City-based REIT Whitehall Street Real Estate Funds, which owns the remaining 40 percent. , 3000 Paradise Road in Las Vegas. Contact Patricia Smith at (408) 952-4790 to make an appointment or during Comdex, call the Las Vegas Hilton at (702) 732-5111 and ask for the NeoParadigm Labs hospitality suite. About NPL NeoParadigm Labs, Inc., (NPL), 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. founded in December 1995, supplies complex system-level ICs to the electronics industry. Its integrated product development processes and systems-level expertise offer total turnkey solutions for the communications and consumer markets in a fraction of the time of traditional IC houses. NPL is headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , and has sales offices in Taiwan and Japan. For more information about NeoParadigm Labs, call 408/432-0900 or visit its web site at www.neoparadigm.com. Note to Editors: RapidVideo is a trademark of NeoParadigm Labs. All trademarks are property of their respective owners. |
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