Tensilica Adds Ogg Vorbis Decoder to Popular Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine and Diamond 330HiFi Processor Core.Open Source, Royalty Free Ogg Vorbis Format Popular in Video Games and Digital Audio Players SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Tensilica[R], Inc. today announced that it has added an Ogg Vorbis decoder for its popular Xtensa[R] HiFi 2 Audio Engine and Diamond 330HiFi processor core. The Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine is the most popular audio processor core on the market, designed into devices ranging from cellular phone handsets to prosumer audio. This year, Tensilica's customers will ship tens of millions of products using the Xtensa HiFi Audio Engine. With this software decoder, the capability to play music encoded in the Ogg Vorbis format can be added to any chip that includes the Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine. The Ogg Vorbis format is increasingly popular in video games and digital audio players because it is open source and royalty free. "By adding this Ogg Vorbis decoder, we now have 19 encoders and decoders available for our Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine," stated Larry Przywara, director of strategic alliances for Tensilica. "Most of our customers employ multiple music formats, and the large breadth of codec support will ensure that the products they build will be able to support any audio files." Ogg Vorbis support is on the rise because it delivers higher audio fidelity and because the standard is open and freely available without patents or royalties, making it a suitable replacement candidate for patented audio coding formats like MP3. More information on the Ogg Vorbis audio compression format is available at www.vorbis.com. The Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine uses 24-bit audio processing, giving it inherent advantages over common 16-bit audio processors in use today. It provides superior sound quality of compressed files due to the increased precision available for intermediate calculations in the compression and decompression algorithms. Because it is fully programmable, multiple audio standards can run on the same hardware. Tensilica offers 19 audio packages for the Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine, including: * Dolby[R] Digital AC-3 Decoder * Dolby Digital AC-3 Encoder * Dolby Digital Plus Dolby Digital Plus (DD+), also known as E-AC-3, is an audio compression system that was developed specifically for the introduction of HDTV and HD DVD/Blu-ray Disc. It is a development of the Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio compression system. It supports data rates up to 6. Consumer Decoder * QSound[TM] microQ[TM] * MP3 Decoder * MP3 Encoder * MPEG-4 aacPlus[TM] v2 Decoder * MPEG-4 aacPlus[TM] v2 Encoder * MPEG-4 aacPlus[TM] v1 Decoder * MPEG-4 aacPlus[TM] v1 Encoder * MPEG-2/4 AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. LC Decoder * MPEG-2/4 AAC LC Encoder * Ogg Vorbis Decoder * SONiVOX Sound that Rocks * SRS SRS, SRS-A see slow-reacting substance. WOW XT[TM] and Xspace 3D[TM] * WMA (Windows Media Audio) An audio compression method from Microsoft. Known originally as MSAudio, this proprietary format competes with the MP3 and AAC methods. WMA encodes rapidly and is known to be especially effective at low bit rates. Decoder * WMA Encoder * AMR (1) (Adaptive Multi-Rate) A variable rate speech codec selected by the 3GPP for the 3G evolution of the GSM cellphone system (WCDMA). Using the Algebraic CELP (ACELP) compression technology, AMR provides toll quality sound at transmission rates from 4.75 to 12. Narrowband Speech Codec * AMR Wideband Speech Codec Pricing and Availability The Ogg Vorbis decoder is available now for all licensees of Tensilica's Diamond Standard 330HiFi or the Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine. Pricing starts at $15,000 for a single project license. About Tensilica Tensilica offers the broadest line of controller, CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. and specialty DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive processors on the market today, in both an off-the-shelf format via the Diamond Standard Series cores and with full designer configurability with the Xtensa processor family. Tensilica's low-power, benchmark proven processors have been designed into high-volume products at industry leaders in the digital consumer, networking and telecommunications markets. All Tensilica processor cores are complete with a matching software development tool environment, portfolio of system simulation models, and hardware implementation tool support. For more information on Tensilica's patented approach to the creation of application-specific building blocks for SOC design, visit www.tensilica.com. Editors' Notes: * Tensilica and Xtensa are registered trademarks belonging to Tensilica Inc. Dolby is a registered trademark of Dolby Laboratories, Inc. QSound and microQ are trademarks of QSound Labs, Inc. SONiVOX and EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) A security system for preventing theft in retail stores that uses disposable label tags or reusable hard tags attached to the merchandise. are trademarks of The Sonic Network, Inc. Wow XT and Xspace 3D are trademarks of SRS Labs, Inc. aacPlus is a trademark of Coding Technologies. All other company and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. * Tensilica's announced licensees include Afa Technologies, ALPS, AMCC AMCC Applied Micro Circuits Corporation AMCC Air Mobility Control Center AMCC Ashore Mobile Contingency Communications AMCC Advanced Materials Commercialization Center AMCC allied movement coordination center (US DoD) (JNI (Java Native Interface) A programming interface (API) in Sun's Java Virtual Machine used for calling native platform elements such as GUI routines. 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