VIA and WorldVibrations Introduce Radio Station-in-a-Box.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. & TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 2003 Compact VIA EPIA EPIA European Photovoltaic Industry Association EPIA Encontro Português de Inteligência Artificial EPIA El Paso International Airport EPIA European Packaging and Interconnection Industry Association EPIA Empresa de Proyectos de Ingeniería y Arquitectura M10000 based broadcasting enables communities, schools, businesses and artists to produce and stream professional quality radio An international silicon chip giant and a former broadcaster are poised to set radio on its ear with a complete digital radio station in a box. VIA Technologies, Inc., a leading innovator and developer of silicon chip technologies and PC platform solutions and WorldVibrations, a California-based developer of multimedia production solutions, today launched the WorldVibrations Radio Station, an all-in-one professional quality appliance based on the VIA EPIA M10000 Mini-ITX mainboard Same as motherboard. and VIA's highly-acclaimed Envy24 audio controller, for on-the-air, Internet, corporate network, satellite or in-house broadcasting. Designed to empower communities and communicators, the WorldVibrations Radio Station makes it easy for people with no previous radio experience to program anything from a professional round-the-clock music or information radio station to corporate programming, local arts performances, sporting events, church services and more. At the heart of the small form factor, Microsoft(R) Windows(R)-based production studio and streaming station is the VIA EPIA M10000, a 6.5" x 6.5" mainboard, which integrates digital audio outputs See S/PDIF and Toslink. with rich connectivity options including networking, USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. and Firewire. The power-efficient, native x86 architecture The generic term x86 refers to the "CISC" type instruction set of the most commercially successful CPU architecture[1] in the history of personal computing, used in processors from Intel, AMD, VIA, and others. VIA C3 processor enables studio-quiet operation, requiring just 12 volts and so eliminating the need for a noisy cooling fan. "The WorldVibrations Radio Station enables people and organizations to communicate music, education, news and entertainment beyond their borders using the Internet, and into their own communities," said Richard Brown Richard Brown can refer to:
Housed in a sleek aluminum case that has the look of a high-end stereo component, the easy to use WorldVibrations Radio Station performs all of the functions of a radio station, offering a live or fully automated "on-air" studio, a production studio and streaming media encoding in one studio-quiet, small, low power consuming package. Outstanding audio quality is achieved with the VIA Envy24 audio controller, a standard in professional recording studios worldwide. The WorldVibrations Radio Station has audio input connectors for professional studio microphones and audio consoles, and outputs for amplifiers or public address systems for stores and shopping malls and, if licensed, radio transmission equipment. "Internet and low power community radio are powerful and increasingly popular alternatives to generic, centralized mainstream media," said Russell Johnson, president of WorldVibrations. "The WorldVibrations Radio Station is for an organization with passion, a company with a message, a musical group with talent, a sports team with fans around the world, a church with inspiration, and anybody else who needs to be heard. The low power consumption, low noise, connectivity and professional audio features of VIA's technologies have allowed us to pack a whole studio of equipment into a system about the size of a VCR VCR: see videocassette recorder. VCR in full videocassette recorder Electromechanical device that records, stores on a videotape cassette, and plays back on a TV set recorded images and sound. and bring the cost within the reach of professional broadcaster and hobbyist alike." The WorldVibrations Radio Station can operate fully automated and unattended, precisely scheduling programs, music and announcements 24 hours a day, seven days a week or it can be taken to a remote location to broadcast live performances, conferences, news or sporting events. It can run in the background while its professional audio interfaces and software are used to record, organize, store and schedule new programming, print out logs and automatically create Web program schedules. WorldVibrations Radio Station Pricing and Availability The WorldVibrations Radio Station will be available in January, 2004 at an estimated price of US$2,495 Additional product and order information can be found at: www.worldvibrations.com. About the VIA EPIA M10000 Mini-ITX Mainboard The VIA EPIA M10000 Mini-ITX Mainboard is the second generation 17cm x 17cm platform optimized for today's killer digital video and audio applications, and is compatible with Microsoft Windows 2K/ME/XP and a variety of Linux-based operating systems. Featuring the new 1GHz VIA C3(TM) processor with enhanced digital media performance, and the VIA UniChrome CLE Cle total elimination clearance. 266 chipset with an embedded MPEG-2 decoder and the integrated UniChrome 2D/3D graphics core, the VIA EPIA M10000 platform provides smooth 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 and a rich overall entertainment experience. With the sizable memory bandwidth of DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory 266 SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. and the high data transfer speeds of ATA/133, the VIA EPIA M10000 ensures the high performance levels required of today's most popular digital media and productivity applications. The user's digital media experience is further enhanced by support for 5.1 surround sound, courtesy of the onboard VIA Vinyl Six-TRAC audio. The latest in high-bandwidth connectivity is supported with IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394 and USB 2.0 connections provided, as well as S-Video and RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. TV-Out (NTSC (National TV Standards Committee) The committee that developed the television standards for the U.S, which are also used in Canada, Japan, South Korea and several Central and South American countries. Both the committee and the standard are called "NTSC. & PAL) and 10/100 Fast Ethernet for seamless broadband connectivity. The VIA EPIA M10000 also offers support for the latest LVDS (Low Voltage Differential Signaling) A transmission method for sending digital information. LVDS sends data over data high and data low lines rather than data and ground. embedded LCD panels, has one PCI slot for expandability options, and is compatible with a full range of Mini-ITX chassis as well as FlexATX and MicroATX enclosures. For more information on the full range of VIA EPIA M-Series Mini-ITX mainboards please visit: www.viaembedded.com/product/epia_m_spec.jsp?motherboardId=81. About the VIA Envy24 Multi-channel Audio Controller Providing a full featured high performance solution, the VIA Envy24 is a professional, versatile PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). multi-channel I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output controller designed with the audio connoisseur in mind. One of the first Audio Controllers to support 24-bit resolutions, the VIA Envy24 also supports 96kHz sampling rates, and integrates a total of 12 inputs and 12 outputs for analog and digital connections, meeting the most demanding playback and recording requirements. Integrating a high resolution digital mixer, the VIA Envy24 enables up to 20 channels of mixing power, which is aimed specifically for monitoring final outputs and for making master copies for budget conscious studios; it also includes a Microsoft Win9x architecture based DirectSound accelerator that interfaces to AC'97 devices. Applications for the VIA Envy24 include professional high-end PCI audio, computer based telephony, discrete multi-channel audio and general purpose multi-channel I/O. More technical applications include PC-based multi-track audio, PC-based data acquisition, PC-based waveform generation, PC-based instrumentation, and PC-based control and automation. For more information on VIA Envy24 audio controller, please visit: http://www.via.com.tw/en/multimedia/envy24.jsp. About WorldVibrations WorldVibrations is a division of Travelmedia, which has been involved in communications consulting and digital media production since 1982 for international organizations and corporations. Its mission, in developing the WorldVibrations Radio Station, is to empower new voices in media and advance the quality and affordability of media technology. Located in Mill Valley, California, Travelmedia and WorldVibrations were founded by Russell Johnson, a 30-year veteran of broadcasting, journalism and media for international clients. About VIA Technologies, Inc. VIA Technologies, Inc. is the foremost fabless supplier of market-leading core logic chipsets, low power x86 processors, advanced connectivity, multimedia, networking and storage silicon, and complete platform solutions that are driving system innovation in the PC and embedded markets. Headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan, VIA's global network links the high tech centers of the US, Europe and Asia, and its customer base includes the world's top OEMs, motherboard vendors and system integrators. VIA is listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSEC) Established in 1961, the only centralized securities market in Taiwan. (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). 2388) and achieved annual revenues of over US$720 million in 2002. www.via.com.tw Note to reporters, editors and writers: VIA is written in ALL CAPS. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion