To: BillyG who wrote (31841 ) 4/6/1998 10:06:00 AM From: John Rieman Respond to of 50808
More C-Cube codecs....................... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Monday April 6, 8:46 am Eastern Time Company Press Release C-Cube Debuts Revolutionary MPEG-2 Codecs for Professional and Prosumer Markets at NAB '98 LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 6, 1998-- C-Cube Microsystems today debuted its new family of MPEG-2 codec products, leveraging the critical market advantages of its combined encoder/decoder (codec) architecture to advance professional and prosumer video applications. C-Cube offers the industry's most comprehensive set of solutions for the digital broadcast, professional studio, post production and content authoring markets. C-Cube today introduced the DVxpress family of nonlinear editing solutions, establishing MPEG as a viable format for editing. The DVxpress 7112 and DVxpress 7110 are the industry's first single-chip MPEG-2 codecs to offer Frame Accurate MPEG Editing (FAME) as well as dual-stream decoding in a single processor. The DVxpert 6110 codec is the industry's first single-chip 4:2:2 codec for professional studio applications, providing a high-performance solution for professional broadcast editing and manipulation applications. ''Increased digital video bandwidth offers new application opportunities industry-wide,'' stated Fermi Wang, general manager for C-Cube Microsystems' PC/Codec Division. ''C-Cube is driving the industry's fundamental shift to MPEG by delivering advanced video solutions that address critical image quality and creative control issues for industry professionals.'' While other companies deliver encoder-only solutions, C-Cube developed its codec architecture to simplify the use of high-quality, highly compressed digital video and enable OEMs to deliver it to their users at a low cost. Encoder-only solutions must rely on discrete decoders to view or playback encoded video streams, complicating design issues and increasing the overall system cost. C-Cube's complete family of MPEG-2 compression and codec products include: DVxpert 6120 - MPEG-2 Dual-Chip 4:2:2 Codec for High-End Studio Applications DVxpert 6110 - Single-chip MPEG-2 4:2:2 Codec Introduced Today! DVxpert 5110 - Single-chip 4:2:0 Broadcast Codec CLM4730Z - DVD Authoring Encoder with Statistical Variable Bit Rate. DVxpress 7112 - Professional Nonlinear Editing Codec Introduced Today! DVxpress 7110 - Prosumer Nonlinear Editing Codec Introduced Today! About C-Cube Microsystems C-Cube Microsystems Inc. is the industry leader in the development and delivery of highly integrated digital video silicon solutions that address the consumer electronics, communications and convergence markets. C-Cube is headquartered in Milpitas, California with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its stock is traded on the Nasdaq National Market under the symbol CUBE. C-Cube can be reached at 1-408/490-8000 or on the World Wide Web at c-cube.com . NOTE TO EDITORS: The C-Cube logo is a registered trademark of C-Cube Microsystems Inc. C-Cube is a trademark of C-Cube Microsystems Inc. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contact: C-Cube Microsystems Mary Giani, 408/490-8628 mgiani@c-cube.com or Molly McCarthy, 408/490-8628 molly.mccarthy@c-cube.com