Zapex MPEG Chips Become Encoder Platform for TeraOptix Stand-Alone Digital A/V CD Recorder.Business Editors/High Tech Writers MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 2000 Quality Image, Low Total System Costs, Experience in Digital Design Wins Socket Zapex Research LTD LTD 1 Laron-type dwarfism 2 Leukotriene D 3 Long-term depression, see there 4. Long-term disability , the quality-performance leader in digital encoding, announced it is shipping its Z1011, high quality, 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 encoder to TeraOptix of Singapore. TeraOptix is the first Asian-Pacific manufacturer to produce a digital CD audio video recorder See DVR, DVD-R and DVD drives. and player product in Asia. The product is named `Terapin.' "TeraOptix's Terapin CD audio video recorder and player is the first consumer digital audio and video recorder that records on optical media instead of magnetic. It is a stand-alone system that can automatically record and synchronize See synchronization. an individual video track up to an entire disc from an external video source," said TeraOptix Managing Director, Chin Yeow Hon. Olivier Schiffmann, Zapex Research vice president of marketing and sales, remarked, "The Z1011 has been developed to be perfectly suited for digital audio and digital video recording. TeraOptix had a lot of knowledge of optical drive technology. They came to Zapex Research for help in adapting their knowledge to the digital video market. The image quality and low system cost attributable to our Z1011 MPEG encoder chip's feature set assured them that we are the right partner to get them quickly to market. Based on our digital audio / video experience and direct help, they rapidly brought their design to volume manufacturing." The Z1011 encoder chip was developed by Zapex Research. It is manufactured by Winbond's foundry facilities in Taiwan and marked as the W99200F encoder chip. Schiffmann concluded, "The Asian market is experiencing increased demands for CD authoring capabilities. The annual market growth rate on an installed base of millions is significant. The digital audio video recorder market is booming in Asia. Bringing a low-cost, discrete recording system to market just makes sense. The chip costs of some of our competitors for MPEG solutions alone are at least three times the cost of our solution. The superior quality of our MPEG solution and the lower unit costs made this stand-alone product a natural for our chip. Basing storage on CDs, where the cost of the media is so inexpensive, makes the use of the device very, very attractive." About Zapex Research LTD Zapex Research LTD develops highly integrated digital video chips. Zapex Research's advanced VLSI VLSI: see integrated circuit. (1) (Very Large Scale Integration) Between 100,000 and one million transistors on a chip. See SSI, MSI, LSI and ULSI. (2) (VLSI Technology, Inc., Tempe, AZ, www.semiconductors. solutions are focused on consumer video products including 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. , VCD See Video CD. VCD - Video Compact Disc , and HDTV (High Definition TV) A set of digital television (DTV) standards that offer the highest resolution and sharpest picture. Although some HDTV sets are available in standard (rather square) screen sizes, the overwhelming majority of sets are wide screen, which eliminates . In addition to chip products, Zapex Research's leading edge technology can be licensed for direct use. Zapex Research is headquartered in Natanya, Israel with offices in Silicon Valley and Japan. Zapex Research can be reached at 650-930-1410, on the World Wide Web at http://www.zapex.co.il/, or email at info@zapex.co.il About TeraOptix TeraOptix is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Singapore's Serial System Ltd. TeraOptix has offices in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. . With over 12 years collective research and development experience in designing, manufacturing and marketing digital media based products. These companies are focused on the design and manufacture of emerging digital consumer hardware products. TeraOptix's philosophy is built on the spirit of its employees, their commitment to technological excellence, their creative product design and their culture of continuous improvement. TeraOptix's can be reached at (408) 536-0100 x303 or on the World Wide Web at www.teraoptix.com . NOTE: All product names, trademarks or registered trademark referenced herein are the property of their respective companies. |
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