Texas Instruments Takes the Lead in Programmable Internet Audio DSP
Shipments, Surpassing Three Million Superior Performance and Flexibility Make
TI DSPs the Overwhelming Choice For Internet Audio Among Consumer Electronics
Manufacturers
DALLAS, Jul 18, 2001 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- Exerting its strength in the
digital music market, Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE: TXN) (TI) today
announced that shipments of its Internet Audio digital signal processors (DSPs)
surpassed three million in June of 2001, more than any other programmable
semiconductor manufacturer. In addition, TI announced new design-wins with
Compaq Computer Corporation, Clarion, Olympus, Pioneer and Pontis, as well as
additional products from current customers Thomson multimedia and Digisette LLC.
Over the past year, TI's programmable DSP has become the overwhelming choice for
Internet Audio-enabled products from leading consumer electronics manufacturers
due to its flexible, high performance and low power system solution. (See
ti.com .)
"In today's digital audio hardware market, growth remains strong as consumers
continue to spend on high-quality products," said Mike Paxton, senior analyst at
Cahners In-Stat Group. "TI remains on the leading edge of this market due to
their consistent technological advances, key partnerships with industry leaders
and a growing number of successful design-wins."
"Consumer electronics manufacturers have recognized TI as the leading provider
of DSPs for Internet audio devices by selecting TI's chips for their
next-generation products," said Chris Schairbaum, worldwide marketing manager of
Internet Audio at Texas Instruments. "We expect to see increasingly strong
consumer demand for a variety of devices featuring Internet audio capabilities
as some begin hitting the shelves later this year, including cell phones, PDAs,
Internet appliances, home stereos and car audio players. As the market evolves,
TI will continue to anticipate the needs of this industry and offer
manufacturers the most advanced, feature-rich DSPs available."
In addition to shipping three million DSPs into the Internet Audio industry,
more than any other programmable semiconductor manufacturer, TI's Internet Audio
business had several new design-wins and industry accolades in the second
quarter, including:
-- April -- EDN magazine named TI the winner of its 2000 "Innovation of
the Year" award. TI's power-efficient TMS320C5510 DSP, which is the
core used in TI's Internet Audio solution, the TMS320DA250, received
the award for the "Digital Signal Processors" category. EDN's
exclusive awards program is dedicated to honoring truly outstanding
and innovative engineering products in the electronics industry each
year.
-- April -- TI added two additional products to its stable of design-wins
this month. Digisette LLC, the award-winning company that created the
DUO Digital Audio E-Cassette players, is now using TI DSPs in their
entire product line, including the AR100 and AR300. The Digisette
players are the only players to function as a portable stand-alone
player and a cassette emulation device, requiring no adapters or
accessories to playback digital audio in virtually any cassette deck.
The Digisette DUO won the 2001 Innovations CES Award for Best in Show
-- Audio.
-- May -- Once again Thomson multimedia has chosen TI DSPs to power their
newest Internet Audio product line. Not only does TI power RCA's LYRA
and LYRA2 Internet audio players, but its new compact k@zoo!(TM)
player as well. The k@zoo! offers CD-quality sound in a cool mini-
size player that fits in the palm of the hand and weighs less than two
ounces. It has an LCD display and 32MB of built-in flash memory,
which can be expanded through the use of an additional external memory
card.
-- May -- Olympus' new digital voice recorder/MP3 player, the DM-1 is
powered by TI power-efficient DSPs. TI programmable DSPs provide a
multi-format decoder system enabling the Olympus DM-1 to support both
MP3 and Windows Media Audio (WMA) playback, as well as recording and
playback of the Digital Speech Standard (DSS) voice codec format. TI
DSPs also support Microsoft's Digital Rights Management and SRS Labs'
eXpressDSP(TM)-compliant WOW(TM) technology.
-- May -- Pioneer selected TI programmable DSPs to enhance its new HDD
CYBER NAVI, a car navigation system with the industry's first "Music
Server" feature. TI's DSP enables MP3 recording and playback,
creating a music library in the car. The HDD CYBER NAVI has a built-
in 10GB hard disk drive (HDD), dedicating 2GB to audio storage and
holding 20 CDs' worth of music. Its audio memory also can be expanded
by adding a 10GB HDD, storing a total of 150 CDs. In addition to CDs,
it is able to record audio from a radio, TV, VCR and mini-disc player.
-- May -- Clarion chose TI's advanced DSP technology to drive the audio
capabilities in the Joyride(TM) car multimedia entertainment and
navigation system. With TI DSPs "under the hood," Clarion's Joyride
is the only product that combines advanced audio and video
capabilities with next-generation navigation applications. Clarion's
Joyride packs a comprehensive set of digital music features supporting
DVD video, DVD-Rom, CD Audio, CD-Rom, Windows Media Audio (WMA) and
MP3 formats, as well as Dolby Digital and DTS 5.1 surround sound,
AM/FM radio, voice-activated control capabilities and the ability to
add a large screen display for navigation and rear seat video
monitors.
-- May -- TI DSPs will power Pontis' new SP600 MP3 portable player.
Pontis' SDMI-compliant player supports the leading digital audio
formats including MP3, Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), Windows Media
Audio (WMA) and RealAudio(R). The SP600 is the first audio player to
accommodate multiple memory cards. Its two memory card slots support
MultiMedia Cards, SD (Secure Digital) Cards, ROScards and CompactFlash
Cards offering more than 4GB of memory.
-- June -- Compaq Computer Corporation selected TI's industry-leading DSP
technology to enable audio encoding and decoding in the Compaq iPAQ
Music Center, a digital audio device that serves as Compaq's first
home entertainment system. The iPAQ Music Center, the first TI-
enabled product that allows users to digitally record music from
almost any source, will store and organize up to 400 CDs or 5,000
songs without the use of a PC.
Some of the publicly announced customers and partners utilizing the power of
TI's DSPs include: Clarion, Compaq Computer Corporation, Digisette LLC,
Fraunhofer IIS, Intertrust, LG Electronics, Liquid Audio, LG Electronics,
Microsoft, Olympus, Pioneer, Pontis, RealNetworks, Richfield Innovations Pte
Ltd., Sanyo, Sony Corporation and Thomson multimedia (RCA). |
