Zoran Digital Audio Signal Processors in Over 12,000 Dolby Digital Theaters.SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 22, 1997-- Zoran's Digital Audio Processors Are Used For Bringing the Exciting Sound Of Dolby Digital In All Dolby Digital Cinema Equipment Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ZRAN), the world's leading supplier of Dolby Digital AC-3 decoders, announced today that Zoran's Digital Audio Signal Processors are now powering over 12,000 Dolby Digital theaters throughout the world. Used in both the CP500 Dolby Digital Cinema Processor and the Dolby DA20 Digital Sound Adapter, Zoran Digital Audio Signal Processors provide advanced features above and beyond Dolby Digital decoding for a superior surround sound experience in movie theaters. The CP500, a multi-input cinema processor which accepts optical, magnetic, digital, and microphone inputs for complete theater sound management, uses three Zoran processors for Dolby Digital AC-3 decoding, Dolby matrix decoding (for the analog tracks), and multi-band equalization In communications, techniques used to reduce distortion and compensate for signal loss (attenuation) over long distances. of the three front and two rear surround channels. Designed for digital audio signal processing Audio signal processing, sometimes referred to as audio processing, is the processing of a representation of auditory signals, or sound. The representation can be digital or analog. , the Zoran processors allow simultaneous front and split surround speaker equalization to be achieved in a cost-effective design, at distortion levels typically below 0.05%, and over 92 dB dynamic range. The CP500 provides twenty-seven 1/3 octave band equalization for each of the three front speakers, plus nine octave-band equalization for each of the rear speakers. This enables thrilling sound to be coaxed from even the most demanding venues. The use of Zoran signal processors helped package all of this processing capability in the CP500s compact 7-inch high rack mounted chassis, leaving plenty of rack space for the increased number of amplifiers necessitated by multi-channel surround sound. "We are very pleased by the phenomenal success of Dolby Digital in motion picture theaters throughout the world," said Paul Goldberg, vice president System Solutions/Audio Products of Zoran Corp. "It is most gratifying grat·i·fy tr.v. grat·i·fied, grat·i·fy·ing, grat·i·fies 1. To please or satisfy: His achievement gratified his father. See Synonyms at please. 2. to have been selected by Dolby Laboratories to be part of the Dolby Digital cinema product family." "The availability of Zoran's Digital Audio Signal Processing ICs enabled Dolby to introduce the DA20 and CP500 just in time to meet the fast growing demand for Dolby Digital installations in both new and existing cinema complexes," said David Watts, vice president/marketing of Dolby Laboratories. "Zoran's support during the development of both of these products made it possible for Dolby to provide movie theaters with products that have high performance specifications, along with an uncompromising array of features. We believe that these products will remain the standard in the movie industry, for some time to come." About Zoran Corporation Zoran Corporation (NASDAQ:ZRAN) develops and markets integrated circuits, integrated circuit cores and software for digital video and audio applications enabled by compression for the consumer audio, multimedia, and PC markets. Zoran's product line includes JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. codecs, 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). and 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. decoders, Dolby Digital and MPEG audio decoders, real-time Video CD and DVD software for the PC and 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. cores. Zoran ICs are used in professional and consumer digital audio systems, video editing systems, filmless digital cameras, PC-based or stand-alone Video CD systems and DVD players. Established in 1983, the company headquarters are in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. and has additional operations in Haifa; Israel; Toronto, Canada; and Tokyo, Japan. Zoran's products and technologies have been adopted by many of the world's largest manufacturers including Acer, ATI (ATI Technologies Inc., Markham Ontario, http://ati.amd.com) A leading manufacturer of graphics chips and display adapters. Founded in 1985 by K. Y. Ho, Benny Lau and Lee Lau, ATI chips and boards are widely used by OEMs. , Avid Technology, Compaq, Denon, Diamond Multimedia, Fujifilm, Fujitsu, Harman Kardon, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) , Iomega, Kenwood, Marantz, Matrox, Matshushita, miro/Pinnacle, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Packard Bell, Pioneer, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, Toshiba, Truevision, Yamaha and others. For more information about Zoran, call 408/919-4111, or visit our website at www.zoran.com . -0- Note to editors: (TM) Dolby Digital, Dolby ProLogic, CP500 and DA20 are trademarks of Dolby Licensing Corporation. CONTACT: Zoran Corp. Tanya Del Vecchio, 408/919-4229 tanya@zoran.com or Dolby Laboratories Corp. David K. Watts, 415/558-0200 dkw.dolby.com or Virtual Public Relations Carey Mitchell, 650/369-7833 carey@virtualpr.com |
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