These guys have licensed their MPEG core to; Mentor Graphics, LSI , among others......................
BW1005 DEC 27,1996 4:01 PACIFIC 07:01 EASTERN
( BW)(PROFILE/DAVID-SARNOFF) Corporate Profile for David Sarnoff
Research Center, dated Dec. 27, 1996
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Published Date: Dec. 27, 1996
Company Name: David Sarnoff Research Center
Address: 201 Washington Road,
Princeton, NJ 08540
Main Telephone
Number: 609/734-2000
Chief Executive
Officer: Dr. James E. Carnes, president and CEO
Public Relations
Contact: William A. Shumann
Business number: 609/734-3038
Home number: 609/924-8830
e-mail address: wshumann@sarnoff.com
Industry: Research & Development
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Company description: Sarnoff's mission is the creation and
commercialization of innovative electronic and information
technologies for clients in industry and government. These
technologies include:
-- Digital television. As a member of the Digital HDTV Grand
Alliance, Sarnoff played a key role in developing and testing the
technical standard for high-definition television. Sarnoff is also
developing critical technologies needed to merge television and
computers.
-- Computing. Efforts include simulating the human visual system and
improving analysis of intelligence data. In its operation of the
National Information Display Laboratory, Sarnoff is improving the
accuracy of mammograms in the fight against breast cancer.
-- Health care. Using our expertise in microelectronics, Sarnoff is
developing devices that will screen thousands of chemicals for
possible use in new drugs and others that will quickly detect
airborne bacteria.
-- Solid-state electronics. Sarnoff is a custom designer and
manufacturer of integrated circuits (ICs) for critical military uses
and designs and develops visible and infrared focal-plane arrays.
Founded in 1942 as the RCA Laboratories, Sarnoff has been a
wholly-owned, for-profit subsidiary of SRI International since 1987.
Annual revenues exceed $100 million. President and CEO James E.
Carnes leads a growing staff of 800.
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CONTACT: David Sarnoff Research Center
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