Technology agreement between Eicon Technology and Digital Semiconductor sets new standard in multimedia desktop conferencing.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 8, 1997-- Eicon Technology is the First Vendor to Integrate Digital's Multimedia and Videoconferencing Software along with Digital's 21230 Video Codec (1) A hardware circuit that converts analog video (NTSC, PAL, SECAM) into digital code and vice versa. The term may refer to only the A/D and D/A conversion, or it may include the compression technique for further reducing the signal (definition #2 below). See codec. for use with ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. Eicon Technology Corp. announced today a technology agreement with Digital Semiconductor making Eicon the first company to incorporate Digital's advanced multimedia videoconferencing software and video codec technology into a line of ISDN interface cards. Now, Eicon's best-of-breed DIVA Pro ISDN family raises the standard in videoconferencing technology through its innovative combination with Digital's 21230 video codec and software technology. As a result of this partnership, Eicon and Digital demonstrated today how users can, for the first time, access the highest quality videoconferencing, digital images, audio, facsimile and Internet transmissions over a single ISDN connection. The demonstration, which took place at the Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in San Francisco, shows how this combination offers the most advanced multimedia collaborative capability over computing systems linked via ISDN today. "By introducing this technology, Eicon is taking its strength in the connectivity arena and adding to it those products that have the highest quality available on the market," stated Maks Wulkan, executive vice president of Eicon Technology. Wulkan added, "Both existing and new customers will be able to handle multimedia connectivity more cost effectively and with higher quality than ever before. DIVA multimedia technology will provide the finest communications engine that will take collaborative computing to another level." Frank Schapfel, marketing manager for Digital Semiconductor's Multimedia Product Line, said, "Digital Semiconductor is pleased to be partnering with Eicon Technology in bringing to market an H.320 ISDN and H.323 LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. videoconferencing solution designed around the 21230 DSP-based video codec. Eicon's ISDN expertise, coupled with Digital Semiconductor's video compression and Windows experience, will provide users with unparalleled video quality on the desktop for ISDN videoconference calls. The rapid growth of ISDN services in Europe, the U.S. and Japan creates an expanding market for products with superior performance such as Eicon's," Schapfel added. About the DIVA Multimedia Technology This technology breakthrough is unique to the marketplace for a number of reasons. First, the audio and video transmissions are of the highest quality available on the market today. The technology is able to handle high-quality motion picture and still images, including 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). and JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. encoding and decoding. DIVA multimedia technology can simultaneously run multiple applications and establish fax and modem transmissions. This functionality is contained in a product that will be made available this fall, when Eicon will introduce ISDN-based videoconferencing solutions that offer unparalleled multimedia connectivity at the lowest price point in the industry. "As a supplier to OEMs, our goal is to extend the number of viable solutions we can offer to our customers," said Graham Seabrook, business development manager at SSA (Serial Storage Architecture) A fault tolerant peripheral interface from IBM that transfers data at 80 and 160 Mbytes/sec. SSA uses SCSI commands, allowing existing software to drive SSA peripherals, which are typically disk drives. Softwright, a leading kiosk-based software application development company based in the UK. "We are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. the best-of-breed products, and we are confident that the Eicon multimedia technology promises the highest level of quality and price/performance in the videoconferencing market." About Eicon Technology Corp. Eicon Technology Corp. is a worldwide provider of connectivity solutions for personal computers. The company develops, markets and supports hardware and software products for connecting PC-based servers, desktops and notebook PCs to corporate networks, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) host computers and the Internet. The products are sold in more than 70 countries through an extensive distribution network. Eicon is a founding member of the Vendors ISDN Association (VIA). Eicon Technology shares are traded on The Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. and the Montreal Stock Exchange Montreal Stock Exchange See Bourse de Montreal, Inc. (Canadian Derivatives Exchange) under the symbol EIC EIC Editor-In-Chief EIC Euro Info Centre (DIN) EIC Earned Income Credit EIC Excellence in Cities (UK) EIC Enterprise Interaction Center (Interactive Intelligence) . Eicon Technology can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.eicon.com/. -0- DIVA is a trademark of Eicon Technology Corp. Other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. CONTACT: Eicon Technology Chris Chilton 514/745-5500 chrisc@eicon.com or Neva Group Gene Carozza/Lee Pender 617/441-4000, ext. 244/241 gcarozza@neva.com |
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