Sigma MPEG-2 Silicon Featured in New Series of Convergence Set-Top Boxes by Samsung and Octal.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2001 Based on Microsoft TV Microsoft TV is a division within Microsoft Corporation that develops software platforms for use in set top boxes to access programming over a Cable TV network. It provides integrated audio, video and data services over a single network. Advanced Digital Platform These New Products Offer Video-on-Demand and 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. Playback as well as Digital TV Broadcast Sigma Designs (Nasdaq:SIGM), a leader in 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). decoding solutions, announced today that its EM8400 MPEG-2 decoder solution has been incorporated into a new series of advanced digital set-top boxes being co-developed by Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics (SEC, Hangul:삼성전자; KSE: 005930, KSE: 005935, LSE: SMSN, LSE: SMSD) is a South Korean multinational corporation and the world's largest and leading electronics and information technology company. and Octal A numbering system that uses eight digits. It is used as a shorthand method for representing binary characters that use six-bits. Each three bits (half a character) is converted into a single octal digit. Okta is Greek for 8. . These set-top boxes are targeted for broad deployment starting this year into European DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) An international digital television (DTV) standard that is the European and Far Eastern counterpart of the North American ATSC standard. , North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. Cable, and Asian markets. This new platform is a significant offering, representing a combination of Samsung's global leadership in electronics and Octal's technology for set top boxes based on the Microsoft TV platform. The two companies are co-developing the necessary hardware and software as well as jointly marketing the products to cable, satellite, and terrestrial broadcast companies around the world. As one of the first commercialized digital cable set-top boxes to use the Microsoft TV Advanced Digital Platform, these products will be capable of receiving digital video broadcasts, broadband internet access Broadband Internet access, often shortened to just "broadband", is high speed Internet access—typically contrasted with dial-up access over modem. Dial-up modems are generally only capable of a maximum bitrate of 56 kbit/s (kilobits per second) and require the full use of a , video on demand, integrated WEB DVD player, and other digital media services. "Ensuring very high quality video output was one of our top goals for this set-top box," stated Dr. Hee-Won Park, senior manager of Set-top Box Development for Samsung. "Sigma's EM8400 silicon solution delivers this level of quality for streaming video on demand and DVD playback." "This is the future of TV, and we are proud to be a part of it," said Nuno Duarte, managing director of OCTALTV. "With the EM8400 MPEG decoder and software drivers from Sigma, our digital set-top box uses a proven quality solution for video on demand and DVD playback." "This selection by Samsung and Octal represents a significant design win for Sigma," stated Ken Lowe, Sigma's vice president of Business Development, "Our EM8400 is being used to deliver video on demand and DVD playback on a new flagship product, being offered by leading manufacturers for worldwide consumption. This is a strong indication of acceptance of our REALmagic(TM) Video Streaming Technology, which is at the core of all of our silicon solutions." About Sigma Designs, Inc. Sigma Designs specializes in silicon-based MPEG decoding for streaming video, progressive DVD playback, and advanced digital set-top boxes. The company's award-winning REALmagic Video Streaming Technology is used in both commercial and consumer applications providing highly integrated solutions for high-quality decoding of MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4. Headquartered in Milpitas, Calif., the company also has sales offices in China, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. For more information, please visit the company's web site at www.sigmadesigns.com. About Samsung Electronics Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., with sales revenue of US$30 billion in 2000, is a world leader in the electronics industry. The Korea-based concern has operations in about 50 countries and 54,000 employees worldwide. The company consists of three main business units: Digital Media, Semiconductors and Information & Communications Businesses. For more information, please visit our website at http://samsungelectronics.com. About Octal OCTALTV is a 51% owned subsidiary of Novabase SGPS SGPS Sociedade Gestora de Participações Sociais (Lisbon BVL BVL bovine viral leukosis. "NBAN NBAN National Business Angels Network (UK) NBAN Next-Generation Broadband Access Network .IN"). The Company offers a wide range of Interactive Digital Cable, Satellite, and Terrestrial set-top box devices for Microsoft based TV platforms. Novabase is one of the leading IT companies in Portugal, with more than 800 employees in Portugal and Brazil. Novabase is headquartered in Lisbon, Portugal, and listed in the Lisbon Stock Exchange Lisbon Stock Exchange (LSE) Stock exchange trading stocks, bonds, and unit trusts. The BVL general index is the exchange's official index. (Lisbon BVL "NBAN.IN"). It has built a track record for innovation and high growth (45% per year) in the past 8 years. Its activity is structured in 5 main business areas: Novabase e-Consulting (a leading systems integrator); Novabase ASP (addressing the IT needs for SMEs), Novabase e-Talent (operating in the areas of recruitment, selection, and outsourcing), Novabase Interactive TV and Novabase Capita; (investor in companies with strong synergies with other Novabase businesses). For more information, please visit http://www.novabase.pt. Note to Editors: Sigma Designs, REALmagic and the REALmagic logo are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Sigma Designs, Inc. in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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