Yaskawa Information Systems Corp. Starts International Sales of JACOperetta, an IEEE1394 Protocol Stack for Audio-Visual Applications.KITAKYUSHU CITY, Japan -- Yaskawa Information Systems (OTC OTC See: Over-the-counter. OTC See over-the-counter market (OTC). :YISCF) (with head office in Yahatanashi Ward, Kitakyushu City, Takeo Ishimatsu 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. ) has already implemented JACOperetta on Nihon Texas Instruments See TI. (company) Texas Instruments - (TI) A US electronics company. A TI engineer, Jack Kilby invented the integrated circuit in 1958. Three TI employees left the company in 1982 to start Compaq. 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 products for IEEE1394 AV software, and dominates the Japanese domestic market The Japanese domestic market (JDM) describes the trade mechanisms solely within Japan, including imports and exports. The term Japanese domestic market, more often used as the acronym JDM rather than the full term, may also refer to a style of modifying automobiles and a . Sales are now being extended overseas. Yaskawa Information Systems has developed and marketed the IEEE1394 audio-visual protocol stack The set of protocols used in a communications network. A protocol stack is a prescribed hierarchy of software layers, starting from the application layer at the top (the source of the data being sent) to the data link layer at the bottom (transmitting the bits on the wire). JACOperetta for the communications networks The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. of digital consumer products. The new product has been formally adopted within Japan by six audio-related companies for 11 products and by one visual-related company for one product, and two of these products are already shipping. The company is now starting to strengthen its marketing activities to overseas audio-related companies. Preparations will begin early next fiscal year for deployment of a new digital transmission content protection Digital Transmission Content Protection, or DTCP, is a digital rights management (DRM) technology that aims to restrict "digital home" technologies including DVD players and televisions by encrypting interconnections between devices. (DTCP DTCP Digital Transmission Content Protection (method) DTCP Dynamic Tunnel Configuration Protocol DTCP Digital Transport Content Protection DTCP Digital Transmission Copy Protection )-over-IP business model. The Purpose of JACOperetta As part of the company's commitment to a society using next-generation information-oriented consumer products, it has been promoting HAVi (Home Audio-Video interoperability) as the infrastructure for home networking. It joined the HAVi Organization in 2000, and released the first Japanese domestic HAVi-compatible software development tools in July 2001. In February 2002, the company joined DTLA DTLA Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator DTLA Digital Transmission Licensing Administration DTLA Digital Transmission Licensing Authority (the Digital Transmission Licensing Administrator organization) and was recognized as a small adapter. This was followed, in May 2002, by participation in IEEE1394TA. Yaskawa Information Systems has a track record of diverse developments in the control sector, from the development of microcomputer software for incorporation in production equipment to chip control systems, etc. With the adoption of IEEE1394 as the means of interconnecting AV products, for example by iLINK, IEEE1394 will become widely used as the standard for such interconnections. JACOperetta facilitates the provision of an IEEE1394 development environment by equipment manufacturers. This software can also be embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. in AV products. This enables very significant reductions in the development process cost of prototypes -- Yaskawa's actual experience suggests reductions to less than one eighth. The entire development process can also be completed in as little as three months. Yaskawa Information Systems remains committed to the coming society using information-oriented consumer products -- planning, developing and marketing both hardware and software components -- and intends to contribute to the progress of society and the expansion of the market.
A[paragraph] Main Features of JACOperetta
A[paragraph] Software
A[paragraph] IEEE1394 protocol stack (individual unit sales possible)
A[paragraph] Basic module -- Middleware -- Authentication module
A[paragraph] IEEE1394's required AV/C commands are available as standard
A[paragraph] For Amps, disk players and other visual components.
A[paragraph] Lineup of compatible media software
A[paragraph] Super audio CD/DVD-Audio/MPEG2-TS/DV
A[paragraph] Can be provided in the form of objects (or libraries)
A[paragraph] (separate licensing fees are payable)
A[paragraph] Individual customization is also possible.
A[paragraph] Evaluation Boards
A[paragraph] Virtually all debug functions are provided.
A[paragraph] No special requirements for host PC environments
A[paragraph] Any PC with an RS232C connection and available terminal
software can control the configuration registers.
A[paragraph] Data configuration possible
A[paragraph] All necessary data can be transferred simultaneously as a text
file. Text data can be readily edited.
A[paragraph] Software boot loader provided
A[paragraph] The boot loader provided will load firmware
A[paragraph] JTAG port provided
A[paragraph] Firmware debugging possible by connecting to an in-circuit
emulator (ICE).
A[paragraph] Marketing Plan
A[paragraph] Pricing
A[paragraph] Software -- negotiable (typically between 3m and 9m yen/unit)
A[paragraph] Hardware -- negotiable (typically 300,000 yen)
A[paragraph] Sales Target
A[paragraph] 100m yen in fiscal 2005
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