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Tuesday May 27 8:02 AM EDT
Company Press Release
E4 Chooses Mpact Technology for DVD Add-in Cards
E4's Mpact-based DVD Card to Deliver Complete, Low-Cost, Home Theater-Quality DVD Playback on PCs
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 27, 1997--E4 (Elecede Technologies Inc.), and Chromatic Research Inc. today announced that E4 has chosen to use Mpact media processor technology for DVD add-in cards it will sell to its PC OEM customers. E4 is also planning broader product offerings in the future that will take advantage of the software-scalable Mpact media processor.
``We're very excited about offering a DVD solution based on Mpact technology,'' said E4 President and Chief Executive Officer James Hwang. ``Mpact technology helps E4 to provide a high-quality, low-cost, extensible DVD solution to its customers.''
The E4 DVD cards with Mpact technology will offer a complete hardware and software solution for home theater-quality DVD acceleration. Features will include 30 frame-per-second MPEG-2 video (at the maximum DVD rate of 9.8 Mbits/second), full 6-channel Dolby Digital audio decoding, SRS TruSurround audio spatialization for Dolby Digital, an intuitive player application, CSS (Content Scrambling System) interim license for the decryption of copy-protected content, sub-picture decoding, navigation, and more.
``E4 has a thorough understanding of DVD acceleration technology and PC OEMs' needs, and fast time-to-market,'' said Mike Ofstedahl, Chromatic Research Vice President of Sales. ``We're very pleased that E4 has chosen Mpact technology for their DVD solution.''
The Mpact hardware/software approach to DVD playback combines the performance benefits of hardware-based acceleration with the flexibility, scalability and cost benefits of software-based acceleration.
Mpact technology is a breakthrough PC multimedia solution that combines the supercomputer-like Mpact media processor with a PC's own X86/MMX CPU to run mediaware modules (firmware) that affordably deliver high-performance multimedia acceleration. Mpact technology is software-scalable to virtually any combination of DVD, home movie editing, videophone, 2D/3D graphics, audio, telephony, modem and more on the PC.
E4 DVD cards using Mpact media processor technology are expected to be available to PC OEMs in June 1997.
About E4
E4 is a developer of state-of-the-art video and graphics products for the PC and Macintosh markets. The company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dooin Electronics, Korea's leading manufacturer of PC cards. For more information, please contact E4 at: 1731 Technology Drive, Suite 800, San Jose, Calif., 95110. Telephone: (408) 441-6060. Fax: (408) 441-6070. E-mail: info@e4.com. Internet: www.e4.com
About Chromatic Research, Inc.
Chromatic Research, Inc. is the pioneer and leader of the fast-growing media processor market. It is also the world's first ``chipless'' semiconductor company, based on a unique business model whereby the company's semiconductor partners LG Semicon, SGS-Thomson and Toshiba co-develop, manufacture and sell the Chromatic-architected Mpact media processor and Chromatic Research develops and sells the enabling software called mediaware. The software-scalable Mpact media processor solution can integrate a full range of multimedia functions, including DVD, home movie editing, videophone, 2D/3D graphics, audio, telephony and modem. Founded in 1993, the company is privately held. Chromatic Research, Inc., 615 Tasman Drive, Sunnyvale, CA 94089-1707.
Reader Contact Information:
Readers who want more information about Mpact can call Chromatic Research at 408-752-9100. Readers can also visit the Mpact World Wide Web site at www.mpact.com, or the Chromatic Research site at www.chromatic.com .
Mpact is a trademark of Chromatic Research, Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
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Contact:
E4
Joe Monastiero, 408/441-6060
joemon@e4.com
or
Chromatic Research
Dave Wilt, 408/752-9217
wilt@chromatic.com
or
Pacifico
Matt Bell, 408/293-8600
mbell@pacifico.com
or
Copithorne & Bellows
George Millington, 408/988-2100
george.millington@cbpr.com
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