Nokia Ships FOCUS Enhancements' FS460 ASIC In New Mediaterminal; New FS460 ASIC Powers Next-Generation Set Top Box to Enable Easy Navigation and Web/TV Video Functionality.Business/Technology Editors CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 23, 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 that Nokia is using the FOCUS FS460 Interactive TV Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (hardware) Application-Specific Integrated Circuit - (ASIC) An integrated circuit designed to perform a particular function by defining the interconnection of a set of basic circuit building blocks drawn from a library provided by the circuit manufacturer. (ASIC (Application Specific Integrated Circuit) Pronounced "a-sick." A chip that is custom designed for a specific application rather than a general-purpose chip such as a microprocessor. ) as the core of its innovative video Mediaterminal capabilities. The FS460 delivers striking state-of-the-art video performance that the Nokia Mediaterminal relies on to deliver the highest quality TV output of any Set Top Box in the world. The Mediaterminal received the Best of Show award at the 2001 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). Aimed at the home markets, the Nokia Mediaterminal integrates convergence technologies including, Interactive TV, digital video recording, multimedia file storage, and Web viewing. By seamlessly blending TV and computer video capabilities, the FS460 chip enables users to interact 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 or interactive TV, video-on-demand, online games and e-commerce. The FS460 is the highest quality and most cost-effective solution for Intel architecture based 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 to providers of set-top boxes, gateway devices and interactive TV products. "We anticipate the FS460 to play a significant role in defining the next generation of set-top box and interactive TV appliances," said Thomas Hamilton Thomas Hamilton may be:
The FS460 is the most recent addition to the FOCUS Enhancements' line of ASICs for the convergence market. Unique to the FS460 is a pixel-resolution alpha blender and effects generator that scales and combines two digital video channels and an Intel computer graphics channel. The FS460 outputs the blended information as standard 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. or PAL video for display on a standard television screen. The FS460 brings digital video blending to an already strong product family including the industry-leading FS400, for 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. , 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 commercial television solutions, and the FS450, designed for Gaming, PC and laptop graphic systems and Internet set-top boxes. Complete specifications and additional information on all three FOCUS Enhancements ASICs can be found at www.FOCUSinfo.com or by contacting Bill Schillhammer at billhammer@FOCUSinfo.com. ABOUT FOCUS ENHANCEMENTS INC. 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 ASICs, and affordable, high quality, digital-video conversion and video production equipment. Semiconductor products include the FS400, FS450 and FS460 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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