Vweb Express Board Enables Video Distribution Over Cable and Home Networks; MPEG-2 A/V Express Board Enhances Digital Entertainment and Video Over IP Offerings.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 23, 2001 Vweb, an 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). video compression Encoding digital video to take up less storage space and transmission bandwidth. See video codec and data compression. video compression - Compression of sequences of images. and broadband solutions provider for network applications, has made available its MPEG-2 A/V (1) (Audio/Video) Refers to equipment and applications that deal with sound and sight. The A/V world includes microphones, tape recorders, audio mixers, still and video cameras, film projectors, slide projectors, VCRs, CD and DVD players/recorders, amplifiers and express board. The board is designed to compress audio and video for cable and home network and security applications in a PC or embedded environment. Its main application is video over IP, enabling the delivery of value-added services such as streaming video with multicasting technology, video on demand and video conferencing. The express card is targeting the video server/video streaming market. Notes Dr. Sho Long Chen, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Vweb, "according to a Paul Kagan Associates report, broadband connections in the United States are expected to come in at 6 million this year, with growth to 26 million in 2003, so expect huge rollouts of video on demand service in 2001. Those connected households constitute the potential market base for video-on-demand. Our strategy is to be at the forefront of this streaming video trend with the best video quality and network efficiency." The board takes S-video or composite video along with two channels of analog audio as inputs and performs MPEG-2 compression. The board fits into a standard PCI slot and includes Vweb's native or Solaris8 drivers for easy installation and setup. The board also creates an efficient environment for rapid prototyping and reduced time-to-market. The centerpiece of the A/V express board is the VW2000 MPEG-2 video encoder chip from Vweb. The board uses the picture-perfect video quality of the VW2000 at low-bit rates along with the VW2000's need for only 4MB of 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. to allow the creation of low-system cost video distribution solutions. The board requires a PCI slot for power, installation and setup. It does not use the PC's power during operations. The board offers picture-perfect video quality for video distribution over 1394, DVB-ASI DVB-ASI Digital Video Broadcasting - Asynchronous Serial Interface , DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary , cable, satellite, terrestrial, 10/100T/G-bit Ethernet, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. , T1, T3, ATM, OC3, OC48 and OC192 networks. The unit price of the A/V express card is $900, based on 10,000 piece quantities. It includes a Solaris8-based executable code and a product description. The A/V express reference design kit is also available and lists for $8000. It includes board schematics, a Solaris8-based source code, the embedded driver source code, detailed documentation and Gerber files. About Vweb Founded in January 1998 by Dr. Sho Long Chen, Vweb is focused on being the leading provider of solutions for the most efficient distribution of digital video and audio, using MPEG-1, MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 compression, over wired and wireless network. The Vweb solution enables video distribution through network routers and switches, video servers, set-top boxes, personal video recorders, digital camcorders, security camera and Internet video creators. For more information visit www.vwebcorp.com. Vweb Corporation is headquartered at 5300 Stevens Creek Boulevard; Suite 320, San Jose, CA 95129, E-Mail: info@vwebcorp.com and on the web at www.vwebcorp.com. |
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