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Thursday January 8, 8:30 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
Oak Technology Shows Full Line of DVD Reference
Designs and Its Next-Generation VideoCD Solution at
CES
Oak's System Expertise Provides Player and PC Solutions for DVD and
VideoCD Applications
LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 1998-- Oak Technology
(NASDAQ:OAKT -
news), a provider of semiconductor and software technology for DVD and VideoCD,
will
demonstrate its Toccata(TM) and Tableau(TM) DVD reference designs at this week's
Winter CES
'98 in Las Vegas.
In addition, Oak will demonstrate the VideoCD industry's most integrated single-chip
solution, the
OTI-257. These system solutions will be shown at the company's booth 3619 at the
Las Vegas
Convention Center, January 8-11.
New Reference Designs Powered by Oak's DVD Navigation Technology
''DVD is a complicated system task. Piecing together multi-vendor solutions can be
daunting. Oak
has stripped away a layer of complexity by providing customers complete DVD
reference designs
for both the player and PC,'' stated Vince Guaglianone, senior marketing manager of
Oak's DVD
Imaging Business Unit.
''Oak provides its customers a wide range of technical support, software and silicon
that other
vendors find difficult to match.''
Oak's Toccata DVD standalone player board reference design utilizes the
TroikaCSS(TM) DVD
presentation engine and the Toccata DVD Navigation Module (TDNM). The system is
based on
an inexpensive microcontroller running Oak's embedded Real Time Operating System
(RTOS)
specifically designed for DVD applications.
The RTOS module design allows customers the ability to easily add or change
peripheral devices to
meet product differentiation requirements of a fast-paced market.
The Tableau reference design is Oak's 3D/DVD PC solution which integrates Oak's
Interactive
DVD Browser (IDB)(TM) navigation software for Windows DirectShow; the
TroikaCSS(TM)
DVD engine; and the WARP(TM) 5, Oak's 3D graphics accelerator, in a single,
cost-effective
VMI-based reference design.
A cost-cutting solution for OEMs who are also interested in the highest quality 3D and
video
playback, the Tableau offers a complete DVD decoder, with a high-quality 3D
graphics engine as
well as DirectShow navigation.
Next Generation of Video Cd Technology Shown by Oak
Also being demonstrated at the CES show this week is Oak's OTI-257, a single-chip
VideoCD
player system. It integrates MPEG audio and video with a CD-ROM decoder, a
PAL/NTSC
video encoder and a karaoke DSP all in a single 100-pin PQFP operating at 3.3V.
This single-chip
device is ideal for cost-reduced, full-featured VideoCD 2.0 players.
''The VideoCD market has experienced explosive growth in the far east and future
market
expansion will depend on solutions that can deliver the most features at the lowest
cost,'' stated
Gordon Ng, marketing manager of Oak's VideoCD Imaging Business Unit. ''The
OTI-257 will
allow a system OEM to build a complete VideoCD karaoke player at the lowest price
point.''
The foregoing statements may consist of forward-looking statements that involve risks
and
uncertainties. These statements may differ materially from actual future events or
results. Factors
that could cause actual outcome to differ materially from those set forth include,
without limitation,
the rate of adoption of new technology, market acceptance of the product, competitive
pricing
actions and marketing programs, among others. For a discussion of such risks, see the
Company's
most recent SEC form 10-K and 10-Q.
About Oak Technology
Founded in 1987, Oak Technology Inc. designs, develops and markets
high-performance
multimedia semiconductors and related software to original equipment manufacturers
worldwide
who serve the PC, consumer electronics and digital office equipment markets.
Oak has a software design center in Boca Raton, Fla.; a mixed signal design center in
Austin,
Texas; and subsidiaries in Japan (Oak Technology K.K.), Taiwan (Oak Technology,
Taiwan), and
Andover, Mass. (Pixel Magic Inc.). The Company completed its initial public offering
in February
1995. Additional information about Oak Technology and its products can be found on
the World
Wide Web at www.oaktech.com .
Note to Editors: Oak Technology and the Oak logo are registered trademarks of Oak
Technology
Inc. IDB, Interactive DVD Browser, Pixel Magic, Tableau, Toccata, TroikaCSS, and
Warp are
trademarks of Oak Technology. All other product names or company names are
mentioned for
identification purposes only, and may be trademarks of their respective holders. |
