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To: JPM who wrote (43423)	7/29/1999 10:20:00 AM
From: Peter V	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

C-Cube Named No. 1 in MPEG Digital Video Silicon for Third Consecutive Year biz.yahoo.com Thursday July 29, 8:00 am Eastern Time Company Press Release C-Cube Named No. 1 in MPEG Digital Video Silicon for Third Consecutive Year MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 29, 1999--C-Cube Microsystems' (Nasdaq:CUBE - news) Semiconductor Division has been named the world's leading provider of MPEG digital video silicon for 1998 by Cahners In-Stat Group and Dataquest, two worldwide market research firms. According to the Cahners In-Stat report, C-Cube now holds 51% market share for MPEG-2 decoder chips used in devices such as DVD players, 47% market share for MPEG-1 decoders and 62% in the MPEG-2 video encoder market, which includes the company's industry-leading single-chip CODEC (encoder/decoder) silicon. Cahners In-Stat Group released its MPEG Video Chip Market Share report in May. Dataquest's 1998 Consumer Electronics Semiconductor Market Share report was released on July 25th. ''C-Cube's semiconductor business leads the market with innovative, highly integrated digital video silicon solutions,'' said Umesh Padval, president of C-Cube's Semiconductor Division. ''We lead in the sale of MPEG ICs because of our first mover advantage in the digital video communications and consumer markets, our early involvement in the development of the MPEG standard as well as strong partnerships with our customers.'' About Cahners In-Stat Group Cahners In-Stat Group is a high-technology market research firm covering the consumer and convergence, networking, wireless, telecommunications, Internet and semiconductor markets. Headquartered in Newton, Mass., offices are also located in Scottsdale, Ariz. and San Jose, Calif. Cahners In-Stat Group is part of Cahners Business Information (http://www.cahners.com), the largest publisher of specialized business publications in the United States, and a division of Reed Elsevier. Visit Cahners In-Stat Group online at cahnersinstat.com. About Gartner Group's Dataquest Gartner Group's Dataquest is the recognized leader in providing the high-technology and financial communities with market intelligence for the semiconductor, computer systems and peripherals, communications, document management, software, and services sectors of the global information technology industry. Additional information about the company is available on the Internet at gartner.com. About C-Cube C-Cube Microsystems Inc. is the industry leader in the development and delivery of highly integrated digital video silicon and systems solutions. C-Cube's Semiconductor Division delivers highly integrated digital video silicon and systems solutions for the communications and consumer electronics markets, including digital set-top boxes, VCD, and DVD. C-Cube's DiviCom Division is a leader in the deployment of digital video networks. DiviCom's products include broadcast encoders, system multiplexers, and network system management equipment. C-Cube is headquartered in Milpitas, California with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its stock is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol CUBE. C-Cube can be reached at 408/490-8000 or on the World Wide Web at c-cube.com. C-Cube's DiviCom Division is based in Milpitas, Calif. and can be reached at 408/944-6700 or on the World Wide Web at divi.com.

To: JPM who wrote (43423)	7/29/1999 1:38:00 PM
From: Black-Scholes	Respond to of 50808

Here's some more: "MPEG Video Encoder Market Share Most MPEG-1 encoders are used in VideoCD production houses to compress a commercially released movie into MPEG-1 format. The movie is then transferred to the VideoCD disc, which can hold a maximum of 144 minutes of video on a single disc. There are also on-line video applications where video clips are used in conjunction with text, animation, graphics, and sound to illustrate a point. The VideoFLOW MPEG-1 encoder chipset from Array Microsystems is used on their VideoONE boards. These board products are targeted toward market segments like video editing, videoCD recording, video authoring, Internet video communications, and video surveillance. Array also sells the VideoFLOW chipsets to OEMs. Array is a privately held company that counts Samsung as a major investor. While hardware MPEG-1 encoders are still shipping, microprocessor speeds have increased to the point where MPEG-1 encoding, as well as decoding, can be done in software on a PC. Xing Technology has developed a software MPEG-1 encoder. In digital Direct Broadcast Satellite and digital Cable TV Systems, MPEG-2 video encoders are used at the system's headend to translate NTSC, PAL, or SECAM video into MPEG-2 compressed digital video. The MPEG-2 encoder must be able to perform its manipulations in real time, converting analog video into compressed digital video before the digital signal is uplinked to a satellite or broadcast onto a digital Cable TV system. Since MPEG encoding video systems work by breaking a frame of video into multiple blocks, most broadcast-quality MPEG-2 video encoders have multiple MPEG-2 encoder chipsets for each video channel compression unit. Lower cost systems for desktop PCs or workstations use only a single MPEG-2 encoder chip. Consumer-quality MPEG-2 video encoders are used in MPEG-2 digital video camcorders, video recorders, and multimedia PCs. C-Cube Microsystems has one of the broadest product lines of MPEG encoders. C-Cube offers the DVxpress family of single-chip MPEG-2 codecs (encoder/decoder) for nonlinear editing, DVD authoring, and video server applications. Matrox Electronic Systems has selected C-Cube silicon for their digital video products. Their first DVxpress-MX based products will be announced at NAB in April. The DVxpert family is targeted at digital video broadcast and distribution applications. The C-Cube DiviCom subsidiary uses DVxpert chips in their encoder products. For use in the consumer PC, C-Cube introduced the DVxplore chip in November 1998. This codec enables consumers to record, edit, author, and store MPEG-2 video data on their PCs. C-Cube still provides MPEG-1 encoder chip solutions as well. Their first MPEG-1 encoders were introduced in 1993. They went on to introduce MPEG-2 encoders in 1995. In 1998, C-Cube shipped 142,000 MPEG video encoders, a 50% increase over their 1997 unit shipments. "