Sigma Designs teams with leading PC mail order company to bring full-motion video to multimedia PCs.FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 18, 1996--Sigma Designs 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 :SIGM), the world's leading manufacturer of MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). interactive multimedia products, has been chosen to supply full-motion MPEG accelerator cards for pre-installation in Royal Computer's new MPC (1) (Mobile PC) A handheld or laptop computer. See handheld computer, laptop computer and Ultra-Mobile PC. (2) (MultiPath Channel) See multipath. Level 3-compliant multimedia systems. The partnership will bring 30-frame-per-second full-motion, TV-quality video and high-quality CD sound to Royal's new 3D Interactive Media system. The system marks the first entry into the home entertainment market for Royal, a leading mail-order system integrator of leading edge technology and high performance PCs. "The evolution of computer technology has created a strong consumer demand for interactive multimedia systems, and Sigma's REALmagic cards offer the best multimedia features on the market today," said Royal President Howard Chan. "We believe the combination of Sigma's REALmagic Maxima and Diamond's Edge 3D accelerator give us one of the most attractive multimedia packages in the home PC marketplace." Under the agreement Sigma will provide its REALmagic Maxima MPEG card, the first card to use the company's new REAL Overlay technology for merging video and graphics on the PC at very high resolution. REALmagic Maxima makes it possible to offer MPEG'S life-like motion on PCs while preserving the high-resolution graphics demanded by users. It also eliminates the need for a feature connector See VGA feature connector. on graphics cards, removing a major cause of compatibility problems and making MPEG video playback cards 100 percent compatible with all graphics cards. The Royal multimedia system will come bundled with the REALmagic Maxima card, the Virtua Fighter 3D game from Sega and five MPEG software titles. The system will also run any of the more than 60 interactive MPEG titles now on the market and is available direct from Royal at 800/486-0008. Royal is also offering a pre-release special on Sigma's Interactive PC GAMEGUN, scheduled for March introduction. Used in place of a joystick, the gun will increase the sense of action for the gameplayer and is available as an option with Royal's 3D Interactive Media systems. "This agreement is indicative of the increasing sophistication so·phis·ti·cate v. so·phis·ti·cat·ed, so·phis·ti·cat·ing, so·phis·ti·cates v.tr. 1. To cause to become less natural, especially to make less naive and more worldly. 2. of multimedia users and the rising demand for MPEG technology," said Thinh Tran, chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Sigma Designs. "MPEG is coming of age, and that bodes well for consumers as well as for the industry." Founded in 1982, Sigma entered the full-motion video, multimedia market in 1993 with products based on the MPEG (Moving Pictures Expert Group) standard for compressing and decompressing de·com·press v. de·com·pressed, de·com·press·ing, de·com·press·es v.tr. 1. To relieve of pressure or compression. 2. digital audio and video signals. Since then, Sigma has been a driving force behind the advancement of the MPEG technology that is at the center of today's multimedia explosion. Sigma Design's products include affordable MPEG chipsets, video and audio encoding and decoding MPEG hardware and the industry's richest line of MPEG software titles. All Sigma Designs' products are sold worldwide through a network of dealers, distributors and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). For additional information, call 800/845-8086, 510/770-0100, or fax at 510/770-2640. Royal Electronics Inc., 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. , with headquarters in City of Industry, Calif., is one of the leading PC mail order houses in the U.S. with projected sales of $120M for 1996. For additional information, call 800/486-0008 or fax at 818/330-2717. 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