VividLogic Partners with TeraLogic; Company to Deliver Its FireBus IEEE 1394 and HAVi Interoperable Software Package on TeraLogic's Digital Television Platform.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers FREMONT, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 2000 VividLogic, Inc., a leading supplier of Home Networking software, based on 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 protocols and Home Audio Video interoperability (HAVi) middleware, today announced its agreement to partner with TeraLogic, Inc. to deliver its FireBus(TM) software on TeraLogic DTV (Digital TeleVision) Transmitting TV using digital signals. The major DTV standards are ATSC (North America), DVB (Europe) and ISDB (Japan). All three use MPEG-2 video compression and Dolby Digital audio compression. DVB and ISDB also include MPEG audio compression. platform. The partnership would deliver end-equipment manufacturers developing DTV and Digital Set Top Boxes, an integrated, network ready, 1394 protocol stack and HAVi infrastructure on TeraLogic's TL850 based Cougar cougar: see puma. cougar or puma or mountain lion or panther Species (Puma concolor) of large, graceful cat that lives in a wide variety of habitats in the Americas, from southern Alaska to Patagonia. digital TV reference platform, along with a choice of operating systems and IEEE 1394 chip sets. This announcement comes in conjunction with VividLogic's recent press release announcing its multi-year technology development agreement with Mitsubishi Digital Electronics of America (Nasdaq:MIELY) to deploy FireBus software in Mitsubishi DTV. "FireBus is accepted as a leading interoperable IEEE 1394/HAVi software of choice, and has been adopted by major CE manufacturers," said Kishore Manghnani, Vice President of Marketing at TeraLogic. "Partnering with VividLogic reinforces TeraLogic's position as the technology leader in digital video solutions." "We are very excited to partner with TeraLogic in offering comprehensive IEEE 1394/HAVi software on the Cougar DTV reference platform" said Shiva Patibanda, Chief Executive Officer, VividLogic, Inc. "The combined solution of FireBus software and TeraLogic TL850 IC gives our customers the necessary edge to quickly deliver network ready CE devices". "We were very impressed with the demonstration of VividLogic's robust 1394/HAVi software running together with TI's 1394 silicon," said Tom Ballew, Marketing Account Manager, Texas Instruments (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TXN TXN Texas Instruments (stock symbol) TXN Transaction (databases) TXN Tunxi, China (Airport Code) TXN Tarxien (postal locality, Malta) ). "TI is very excited to see companies like VividLogic and TeraLogic create solutions, which enable end equipment manufacturers to quickly bring innovative CE products to market." VividLogic noted that FireBus is a comprehensive, off-the-shelf solution designed specifically to build Digital Products such as Digital TVs, Set Top Boxes, Printers, DVDs, Digital Video Recorders, etc. The software comes complete with a highly portable HAVi (Full, Intermediate and Base Audio Video) software stack (including Java based org.havi.ui), On Screen Display using EIA (Electronic Industries Alliance, Arlington, VA, www.eia.org) A membership organization founded in 1924 as the Radio Manufacturing Association. It sets standards for consumer products and electronic components. 775, Copy Protection based on 5C, AVC (1) (Advanced Video Coding) The video compression techniques used in the H.264 standard, jointly developed by ISO and the ITU-T. See H.264. (2) (Audio Visual C Commands, IEC 61883 protocol, Portable IEEE 1394 device drivers that support different IEEE 1394 chip sets and Operating Systems. The software will be available on WinCE, VxWorks, PSOS PSOS Provably Secure Operating System PSOS Profiler Surface Observing System PSOS Portable Scalable Operating System (Alcatel) PSOS Plug-in Silicon Operating System and Linux OS for several hardware platforms and supports several IEEE 1394 chip sets, including TI's recently announced ceLynx family of devices for consumer electronics applications. For additional information about VividLogic, visit http://www.vividlogic.com. For additional information about TeraLogic, visit http://www.teralogic-inc.com. |
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