Philips Semiconductors' TriMedia multimedia processor wins BYTE Magazine's Best Product Award at CeBIT '97; high-performance, programmable TM 1000 media processor honored for Best Multimedia Hardware.SUNNYVALE Sunnyvale, city (1990 pop. 117,229), Santa Clara co., W Calif., near San Francisco; settled 1849, inc. 1912. A city in Silicon Valley, its many manufactures include semiconductors; machinery and instruments; electrical, electronic, and aerospace products; , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 19, 1997--Philips Semiconductors was awarded top honors by BYTE Magazine for "Best Multimedia Hardware" at CeBIT '97 in Hannover Hannover. For places in Germany thus named, use Hanover. Hannover English Hanover City (pop., 2002 est.: city, 516,415; metro. , Germany. The TriMedia TM-1000 is a high-performance, programmable media processor for the consumer electronics and PC multimedia markets that accelerates audio, video, graphics and communications data for a true-to-life multimedia experience. The TriMedia processor will be featured in the mid-April U.S. edition and the late-April European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. edition of BYTE Magazine. "TriMedia has been called everything from the 'wonder chip' to the 'big bang' at CeBIT this week," said Ray Newstead, Philips Semiconductors' International Product Marketing Manager. "The BYTE award validates the level of quality our customers have come to expect, and the power of delivering sound, video, music and graphics concurrently." Philips Semiconductors TriMedia product group was established in 1994 and is based in Sunnyvale. The mission of the product group is to bring to market high-performance, programmable multimedia processor technology that will power the next generation of multimedia products at an affordable price. Philips Semiconductors, Inc., a subsidiary of Philips Electronics North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. and an affiliate of Philips Electronics NV Philips Electronics NV in full Royal Philips Electronics NV Dutch Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV Major Dutch manufacturer of consumer electronics, household appliances, lightbulbs, and imaging equipment. , headquartered in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, is the eleventh In music or music theory an eleventh is the note eleven scale degrees from the root of a chord and also the interval between the root and the eleventh. Since there are only seven degrees in a diatonic scale the eleventh degree is the same as the subdominant and the interval largest semiconductor supplier in the world. Philips Semiconductors' innovations in digital audio, video and mobile technology position the company as a leader in the consumer, multimedia and wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. markets. Sales offices are located in all major markets around the world and are supported by regional customer applications labs. Additional information on Philips Semiconductors can be obtained by accessing the home page at http://www.semiconductors.philips.com . CONTACT: Philips Semiconductors Jodi Guilbault, 408/991-2332 Jodi.Guilbault@sv.sc.philips.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies Robin Foster, 415/962-9550 rfoster@miller.shandwick.com |
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