SONICblue Names Two Engineering Fellows; Don Woodward and Hugo Fiennes Receive Company's Prestigious Technical Honor.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 4, 2002 SONICblue(TM) Incorporated (Nasdaq:SBLU), the Company at the cutting-edge of digital audio and video technology, announced that Don Woodward and Hugo Fiennes have been named the first two SONICblue Engineering Fellows. This award of distinction acknowledges the contributions Woodward and Fiennes have brought to SONICblue, the influence they have had on the Company's technical vision, and the role they have played in creating and delivering some of SONICblue's innovative products to consumers. "A SONICblue Engineering Fellow is an individual who has reached the highest level of technical expertise and innovation, and has successfully applied this expertise to positively influence his or her field," said Jeff Hastings Jeff Hastings (born c. 1960) was a US ski jumper who competed in the Olympic Winter Games in Sarajevo in 1984. Hastings finished 4th on the large hill behind Pavel Ploc, Czh, just 2/10ths of a point out of the medals. , vice president of Engineering, SONICblue. "Don and Hugo have initiated new directions of research and development, which have had a positive impact on SONICblue, both internally and externally. SONICblue created the position of Engineering Fellow to acknowledge outstanding technical contributions and to establish a significant career path to attract and retain top technical talent." Woodward came to SONICblue via the Company's August 2001 acquisition of ReplayTV(R), Inc. At ReplayTV Woodward held the position of principal software architect, where he played a key role in the development of the award-winning ReplayTV software. Don was a founding engineer of ReplayTV and designed and implemented much of ReplayTV's application software. Over the next few years, Woodward designed the fundamental architecture for ReplayTV's platform independent modular software See modular programming. technology which gave ReplayTV a solid position in the software technology licensing business. Woodward earned a B.S. in Cognitive Science cognitive science Interdisciplinary study that attempts to explain the cognitive processes of humans and some higher animals in terms of the manipulation of symbols using computational rules. from the University of California The University of California has a combined student body of more than 191,000 students, over 1,340,000 living alumni, and a combined systemwide and campus endowment of just over $7.3 billion (8th largest in the United States). at San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. and holds a key patent in the personal television area, with several patents pending. Fiennes joined SONICblue via the Company's November 2000 acquisition of empeg, Ltd. As technical director and co-founder of empeg, Fiennes was instrumental in both the hardware and software design of the Rio(R) Car and Rio Receiver The Rio Receiver was a home stereo device for playing mp3 files stored on your computer's hard drive over an Ethernet or HomePNA network. It was later rebranded and sold as the Dell Digital Audio Receiver. devices. He then went on to play a significant role in the design and creation of the Rio Central(TM) home audio server. Fiennes earned a degree in Computer Systems Engineering from Warwick University. A long time audio fanatic, he wrote the first soundtracker player for ARM processors in 1988 and created the first dedicated in-car MP3 player A digital music player that supports the MP3 format, which was the audio format that started a revolution in online music downloads and distribution. All portable music players, the iPod being the most popular, support MP3 along with one or more other audio formats. , the mp3mobile, in 1998. About SONICblue Incorporated (www.SONICblue.com) SONICblue is a leader in the converging Internet, digital media, entertainment and consumer electronics markets. Working with partners that include some of the biggest brands in consumer electronics, SONICblue creates and markets products that let consumers enjoy all the benefits of a digital home and connected lifestyle. SONICblue holds significant financial assets Financial assets Claims on real assets. , global marketing capabilities and a focused technology portfolio that includes Rio digital audio players; ReplayTV personal television technology and software solutions; and Go-Video(R) integrated DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. +VCRs, Dual-Deck(TM) VCRs, and digital home theater systems. Note to Editors: SONICblue is a trademark of SONICblue Incorporated. ReplayTV, Go-Video and Rio are registered trademarks of SONICblue Incorporated. All other products and brand names as they appear in this release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders |
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