Sunplus, World's Leading Consumer IC Design Company, Licenses DTS-ES / Neo:6 Technology.AGOURA HILLS, Calif. -- DTS (1) (Digital Theatre Sound) A digital audio encoding system used in movie and home theaters. Popularized by the movie Jurassic Park, the six-channel (5. , 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 :DTSI DTSI Defense Trade Security Initiative DTSI Digital Twin Spark Ignition DTSI Datron/Transco Systems Incorporated DTSI DataTel Solutions, Inc. (San Antonio, Texas) ) announced today that Sunplus Technology, a world-leading 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). IC manufacturer, has licensed DTS' DTS-ES DTS-ES Digital Theater Systems Extended Surround (6.1 channel surround sound) / Neo:6 technology for inclusion in their chips. Based in Taiwan, Sunplus produces IC chips for manufacturers of DVD players worldwide. This marks the first time Sunplus has licensed DTS-ES / Neo:6; previously, the company has incorporated DTS' Digital Surround 5.1-channel technology. DTS-ES is the only digital audio format capable of delivering 6.1 channels of discrete sound in the consumer electronics market. The technology is licensed in combination with DTS Neo:6, which provides up to six full-band channels of matrix decoding from stereo material. "DTS is pleased to see Sunplus expand its support and incorporation of DTS technologies into their IC offerings," said Brian Towne, Senior Vice President, Consumer Division at DTS. "We look forward to seeing more DVD players worldwide include the capability to play DTS-ES content." "As one of the major IC suppliers for the consumer electronics industry, Sunplus is excited to broaden our licensing agreement with DTS, and to be able to provide extensions to DTS' core 5.1 technology," said Wen-Kuan Chen, Vice President of Home Entertainment IC Design Unit at Sunplus. "As the CE industry continues to evolve, the demand for these technologies increases." About Sunplus Technology Sunplus Technology Company Limited, which was established in 1990, is an IC design company devoted to electrical consumer applications. Sunplus offers not only IC design but also system solutions to maximize customer's profit by differentiating each design. Sunplus uses intellectual properties (IP) such as audio/video, microprocessor and digital signal processor A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally in real-time computing. Characteristics of typical Digital Signal Processors
About DTS DTS, Inc. (NASDAQ:DTSI) is a digital technology company dedicated to delivering the ultimate entertainment experience. DTS decoders are in virtually every major brand of 5.1-channel surround processors, and there are more than 300 million DTS-licensed consumer electronics products available worldwide. A pioneer in multi-channel audio, DTS technology is in home theatre, car audio, PC and game console products, as well as DVD-Video, Surround Music and DVD-ROM DVD-ROM: see digital versatile disc. A read-only DVD disc used to permanently store data files. DVD-ROM discs are widely used to distribute large software applications that exceed the capacity of a CD-ROM disc. software. DTS audio products are featured on more than 24,000 motion picture screens worldwide. Additionally, DTS provides imaging technology and services for the motion picture industry; Lowry Digital Images, a wholly-owned subsidiary of DTS, is an industry leader in image restoration and enhancement. Founded in 1993, DTS is headquartered in Agoura Hills, California For the unincorporated community, see . Agoura Hills is a city (incorporated in 1982) in Los Angeles County, California, and has the ZIP code 91301. The population was 20,537 at the 2000 census. This city on the Ventura Freeway (U.S. and has offices in the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Canada, Japan and China. For further information, please visit www.dts.com. DTS is a registered trademark of Digital Theater Systems, Inc. |
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