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To: DiViT who wrote (26590)	12/12/1997 1:22:00 PM
From: Terry Caskey	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 50808

Rush Limbaugh and DVD. Rush spent at least 30 min. this morning raving about DVD. Particulaly a recent disk by Mannheim Steamroller Christmas concert. He seems to love them both. TC

To: DiViT who wrote (26590)	12/12/1997 1:48:00 PM
From: Alex Dominguez	Respond to of 50808

Thursday December 11, 8:31 am Eastern Time Company Press Release VisionTech Ltd., Successfully Demonstrated its Single Chip based MPEG-2 Encoding Technology to SUN Microsystems and Eastman Kodak Corporations Tel Aviv, ISRAEL and Palm Beach Gardens, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE) --Dec. 11, 1997--VisionTech, Ltd., which introduced the single chip MPEG-2 MIMD (Multiple Instruction, Multiple Data) scaleable encoder (MVision10(tm)) now in production, announced today the successful demonstration of its MPEG-2 encoding technology to a number of key Hi-Tech companies. During August, 1997, VisionTech successfully demonstrated MVision10(tm) encoding technology to SUN Microsystems and Eastman Kodak Corporations. Both SUN Microsystems and Eastman Kodak have significant interest in the field of Digital Video. The demonstration included the introduction of the MVision10(tm) chip, overview of its architecture and its benefits compared to other MPEG-2 encoders, VisionTech's road-map and a demonstration of the MVision10(tm) capability to encode real time broadcast quality MPEG-2 streams. Complex video materials supplied by SUN Microsystems and Eastman Kodak were encoded using the MVision10(tm) PCI evaluation board, which included the MVision10(tm) chip, S-Video / Composite video inputs, standard video decoder and DRAM memory buffers. ''VisionTech's products are clearly competitive and will provide an attractive option for SUN's visual computing customers,'' said Kirk Shorte, worldwide market development manager for visual computing at SUN. ''As part of our commitment to this growing market, we are dedicated to working with companies such as VisionTech to provide leading-edge solutions''. ''VisionTech's MVision10(tm) sets a new benchmark for performance and price in MPEG-2 digital video encoding technology. We are impressed with VisionTech's road-map of products to come, which will enable the development of high quality, low cost consumer digital video products.'' said Dr. Bob Bowman, Senior Scientist of the Electronic System Integration Storage Technology R&D team at Eastman Kodak. VisionTech installed the MVision10(tm) PCI encoding board at SUN Microsystems and Eastman Kodak research laboratories. Since then, the MVision10(tm) PCI board has been tested through hundred of hours of continuous encoding of complex video materials, and proved to be a very successful, high quality, stable and reliable MPEG-2 encoder. The MVision10(tm) Technology The MVision10(tm) is a single chip MIMD (Multiple Instruction Multiple Data) massively parallel scaleable machine. It encodes broadcast quality, full D1 images (NTSC 720x480 pixel at 30fps, or PAL at 720x576 pixel at 25fps) in real time at bitrates of up to 24 Mbits per second. It also allows to encode perfect still pictures. The motion vector search range is +/-50 pixels horizontally and +/-34 pixels vertically for all frames (Forward reference at P picture, and for both Forward and Backward reference frames at B picture), at half pel resolution. The MVision10(tm) implements programmable adaptive motion prediction mode selection, adaptive DCT type selection, adaptive macroblock type selection, adaptive quantization and rate control. The power consumption is 6W at 3.3VDC. The MVision10(tm) chip is fabricated using 0.5 micron five-layer CMOS technology. Over 5.2 million transistors are integrated on a 13.7mm by 13.7mm silicon die, which is packaged in a 304-pin flat pack. The MVision10(tm) provides glueless interface to standard video decoder, standard DRAM and DRAM FIFO. The MVision10(tm) is now in production. Profile of VisionTech Ltd. Establishment: November 1995 Business: Research and development of multimedia and digital video algorithm and VLSI products. Representatives: Ezra Morad (President and CEO) Amir Morad (VP R&D) Brian Lemelman (VP Corporate Development) Israel Contact: Address: 6 Maskit St. PO Box 2206 Herzliya 46120, ISRAEL. Tel: +972-9-951-2877 Fax: +972-9-951-2878