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To: John Rieman who wrote (25336)	11/16/1997 9:47:00 PM
From: J Fieb	Respond to of 50808

John R,Your info nets are getting broader all the time. It must be frustrating to put those discs in the player and it just won't go. Good idea to search the Usenets. Would you like to attend an intense course on digital images? From bgoodin@unex.ucla.edu Organization University of California, Los Angeles Date Wed, 29 Oct 1997 00:45:36 GMT Newsgroups sci.engr.television.advanced,sci.engr.television.broadcast Message-ID <345686ed.5676788@news.ucla.edu> ------------------------------------------------------------------- On December 3-5, 1997, UCLA Extension will present the short course, "Digital Video Technology", on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. The instructors are Charles A. Poynton, Poynton Vector Corporation, and Robin Wilson, DiviCom. Each participant receives the text, "A Technical Introduction to Digital Video", Charles A. Poynton (John Wiley & Sons, 1996), as part of the course materials. Using computers and communication systems, it is easy to acquire, process, transmit, and display photographic-quality still color pictures. But ensuring smooth motion and accurate color reproduction in graphic media is elusive. Digital video technology is required to achieve these goals, but for various reasons this technology has remained largely inaccessible to computer professionals. This course provides an intensive three-day overview of the state of the art in studio quality digital video. It is intended for computer system designers, engineers, programmers, and/or technicians and is intended to show how to use digital video technology to bring smooth motion and accurate color to computing. For those involved in the television industry, this course should impart an understanding of digital images in computing to facilitate the application of video systems, equipment and techniques to the rapidly expanding area of multimedia. The fee for the course is $1295, which includes the text and extensive course notes. These course notes are for participants only, and are not for sale.

To: John Rieman who wrote (25336)	11/17/1997 1:10:00 PM
From: DiViT	Respond to of 50808

Phillips won't be using Sigma's DVD card for long... Philips Semiconductors Announces DVD Video Support for TriMedia Processor ÿ 11/17/97 Business Wire (Copyright (c) 1997, Business Wire) ÿ LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 17, 1997-- Award-Winning Media Processor Brings DVD Video Support and Video Encode and Decode Multimedia Functions to PCs Philips Semiconductors TriMedia Product Group today announced that the TriMedia processor is now providing support for the DVD video standard, bringing DVD capabilities to PCs and consumer devices. The TriMedia processor already supports multiple video and audio encode and decode functions such as MPEG2, MPEG4 and Dolby AC-3. The first customer to use the DVD capability in a product is Philips Electronics Mastering and Duplication (M&D) Business Unit, which also announced its TriCodec family of PC plug-in cards based on the TriMedia processor today at COMDEX. This product family adds real-time audio and video capture, as well as MPEG1 encoding and decoding, MPEG2 decoding, and DVD video to a PC environment on a low-cost PCI plug-in card. The programmable TriMedia Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) architecture processes multiple data types, including audio and video, concurrently. For DVD , the data types include MPEG2 video decode, as well as Dolby AC-3 multi channel audio decode. With the ability to execute up to four billion operations per second, TriMedia easily implements popular multimedia standards in a variety of applications. "Philips has long been a leader in multimedia playback and storage technologies, first with CD-ROM and now with DVD ," said Koos Middeljans, general manager of Philips Electronics M&D Business Unit. "The addition of the powerful TriMedia processor to our card design has helped us deliver a cost-effective and versatile solution for multimedia workstations." "TriMedia is an ideal building block for any multimedia application that requires concurrent processing of multiple data streams," said Luciane Marques, director of marketing for Philips TriMedia. "The TriCodec DVD cards take advantage of TriMedia's ability to manipulate and process multimedia information for DVD playback and video editing applications." In multimedia applications, the TriMedia processor serves as a single-chip computer platform controlled by a small real-time operating system kernel. It achieves this with a high-speed internal bus and memory system to connect all function units together seamlessly. To further streamline data throughput, the TriMedia incorporates independent DMA-driven multimedia I/O and coprocessing units. These on-chip units manage input, output and formatting of video, audio, graphics and communications datastreams, and perform operations specific to key multimedia algorithms. Philips Semiconductors Philips Semiconductors' TriMedia product group was established in 1994 and is based in Sunnyvale, California. The mission of the product group is to bring to market high-performance, programmable multimedia processor technology that will power the next generation of multimedia products at an affordable price. More information on TriMedia can be found at www.trimedia.philips.com . Philips Semiconductors, Inc., a subsidiary of Philips Electronics North America and an affiliate of Philips Electronics NV, headquartered in Eindhoven, The Netherlands, is the ninth largest semiconductor supplier in the world. Philips Semiconductors' innovations in digital audio, video and mobile technology position the company as a leader in the consumer, multimedia and wireless communications markets. Sales offices are located in all major markets around the world and are supported by regional customer applications labs. Additional information on Philips Semiconductors can be found on the home page at www.semiconductors.philips.com or by calling 1-800/447-1500 ext. 1462. CONTACT: Philips Semiconductors Jodi Guilbault, 408/991-2332 (for TriMedia) jodi.guilbault@sv.sc.philips.com or Miller/Shandwick Technologies (for TriMedia) Robin Foster, 650/962-9550 rfoster@miller.shandwick.com or Philips Electronics (for TriCodec) Marty Gordon, 408/467-3666 marty.gordon@na.km.philips.com 08:42 EST NOVEMBER 17, 1997