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To: John Rieman who wrote (26874)	12/18/1997 5:26:00 PM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

World's fastest DVD player................... Alpine Introduces World's First DVD 5.1 Channel Mobile Multimedia System with Dolby Digital LOS ANGELES--(ENTERTAINMENT WIRE)--Dec. 18, 1997--In collaboration with Dolby Laboratories, Alpine Electronics, a leader in high-quality car audio and navigation products, will debut the first-ever DVD 5.1 channel car-audio system utilizing Dolby Digital at the 1998 Winter Consumer Electronics Show in its booth at the Sands Convention Center, Jan. 8-11. To celebrate introducing DVD and Dolby Digital into its mobile multimedia platform, Alpine will showcase a working prototype vehicle with this system at the show and announce production schedules and new product information at that time. "Our enthusiasm has never been higher for a new concept in car audio," she foresight to bring DVD and Dolby Digital to the mobile environment." Kellogg added: "Introducing 5.1 channel audio into the car environment using the DVD video format and Dolby Digital will instill a new level of confidence tions and motorized flip-up color LCD screens for both the front and rear seats are included, along with surround speakers mounted in the rear ceiling panels and subwoofers in the rear cargo area. The system will showcase a car DVD video player that will also play standard CDs. In addition, the vehicle will also feature Alpine's car navigation system with real-time traffic information. Back seat passengers will also be able to play Nintendo N64 format video games on the system. Alpine's introduction of DVD and Dolby Digital car audio is expected to be a big boost for the DVD format. More than 40 percent of Alpine's specialist dealers are car-audio-only retailers. This will expose the DVD video format and Dolby Digital to a very large group of new retailers and customers who would not likely go looking for it in a hi-fi retail store. With North American operations based in Torrance, Calif., Alpine Electronics is one of the leading manufacturers of high-quality car-audio systems in the world. In addition to its own brand, the company builds OEM systems for Rolls Royce, BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar, Honda, Toyota, Volvo and Chrysler. Dolby Laboratories is the developer of audio signal processing systems used worldwide in consumer audio and video products, on consumer audio and video entertainment software and in professional sound applications that include music recording, broadcasting and motion picture sound. The privately held company has headquarters in San Francisco, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai and Tokyo and European headquarters in England. CONTACT: Dennis Davidson Associates, Los Angeles Elliott Chang or Steve Belgard, 213/954-5858 Fax: 213/954-5850

To: John Rieman who wrote (26874)	12/18/1997 6:14:00 PM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

Texas Instruments to Acquire GO DSP Corporation Acquisition Expands TI's Extensive DSP Software Offering DALLAS, Dec. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (NYSE: TXN - news) today announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase GO DSP Corporation, a leading provider of digital signal processing (DSP) software tools. This acquisition helps TI further expand its extensive software offering to provide customers with more complete digital signal processing solutions. Terms of the agreement were undisclosed. GO DSP, headquartered in Toronto, Canada, is a privately held company that specializes in advanced, fully integrated software tools, which allow DSP system developers to improve productivity and reduce time to market. The company is an industry leader with the only fully integrated programming environment with a graphical user interface. This technology complements TI's strong DSP performance and extends its ease-of-use advantage. Digital signal processors are powerful, specialized semiconductors that are ideal for very fast, math-intensive computing. Used in a variety of electronic end equipment like cellular phones, modems and hard disk drives, the DSP market is projected to grow at a compounded annual growth rate of about 35 percent per year over the next five years, according to market research firm Forward Concepts. ''As the products of the future become more sophisticated, software within a DSP system takes on a greater significance and makes the expertise we're getting with GO DSP invaluable,'' said Mike Hames, SC vice president and worldwide manager of DSP. ''This puts in place additional capabilities to make it easier for our third-party network and customers to develop the multitude of emerging DSP applications.'' ''We have had a successful working relationship with TI since our inception,'' said Greg Da Silva, president, CEO and one of the founders of GO DSP. ''Our joining forces as one company will give us a substantial lead in establishing a framework for building software applications for DSPs.'' GO DSP's products include Code Composer(TM) and Code Explorer. The company was established in 1994 and employs 15 full-time professionals. GO DSP will remain in Canada and will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Texas Instruments. TI has made a number of strategic investments in support of digital signal processing solutions. Acquisitions have included SSi, Tartan and Intersect Technologies, which brought TI additional expertise in the areas of hard-disk drives/mass storage and DSP software tools. Recently, TI announced a $100 million venture fund to seed new markets related to digital signal processing, and $25 million for additional university research in DSP. Last September, TI formally opened a $150 million research and development center in Dallas that will serve as the technology base for the ongoing creation of leading-edge digital signal processing solutions. Texas Instruments Incorporated is a global semiconductor company and the world's leading designer and supplier of digital signal processing solutions, the engines driving the digitization of electronics. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company's businesses also include calculators, productivity products, controls and sensors, metallurgical materials and digital light processing technologies. The company has manufacturing or sales operations in more than 25 countries. Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at ti.com. GO DSP Corporation's objective is to provide advanced and easy to use DSP software development tools to boost performance and minimize time to market for DSP-based products. By focusing on simplifying the designer's daily development activities, GO DSP's innovative tools offer a previously unavailable level of functionality, promoting a more efficient development process that maximizes developers' creativity and productivity, while minimizing debugging time. Code Composer is a trademark of GO DSP Corporation. SOURCE: Texas Instruments Incorporated