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To: George Thompson who wrote (32148)	4/14/1998 9:18:00 AM
From: SIer formerly known as Joe B.	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

From the WSJ today: April 13, 1998 Fujitsu Microelecs Unveils Second Generation Audio Decoder Dow Jones Newswires SAN JOSE -- Fujitsu Microelectronics Inc. (FJTSY) said its second-generation Dolby Digital AC-3 audio decoder, the MB86342, is now available. In a press release Monday, Fujitsu Microelectronics said the audio decoder is a chip designed for advanced audio and video consumer products including DVD movie players, stereo receivers, HDTV sets and laser disc players. Fujitsu Microelectronics said the decoder provides dynamic range compression, dialog normalization with a built-in noise sequencer and a single reference clock. The company said the decoder, which has bit rates ranging between 32 kilobytes per second and 640 Kbps, is available in in quantities of 10,000 for about $12. Fujitsu Microelectronics designs, makes and sells semiconductors and electronic devices.

To: George Thompson who wrote (32148)	4/14/1998 9:20:00 AM
From: BillyG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50808

DiviCom MediaView MV40 Wins "Editors' Pick of Show" at NAB '98; Innovative "Lookahead" Capability Sets New Standard for Digital Television MILPITAS, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 14, 1998--DiviCom Inc. (NASDAQ:CUBE), a leading provider of digital television solutions, received Television Broadcast Magazine's Editors' Pick of Show award at the 1998 National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas. The editors chose to recognize DiviCom's recently-introduced MediaView(tm) MV40 program encoder for its "lookahead" statistical multiplexing feature as the best new product in its class. "Our entire team has done an outstanding job developing and delivering this landmark product," said Tom Lookabaugh, president of DiviCom Inc. "The hard work and dedication of DiviCom's engineering corps has truly come to fruition. This is a tremendous honor, and one that we are proud to receive." At NAB, DiviCom demonstrated DiviTrack with 10 channels of video programming, at full 704 resolution, in 20 Mbps of bandwidth. About the MediaView MV40 Based on the powerful DVxpert(tm) platform by C-Cube Microsystems, the MV40 enables television service providers to optimize their transmission bandwidth. The introduction of the MV40 encoder marks a significant break from previous program encoder solutions with DiviTrack, its innovative "lookahead" capability. The design of the MV40 harnesses the power of two DVxpert single-chip codec "engines" to first analyze program data, then use the data to perform a refined encoding operation. The result is a precise match between program bandwidth requirements and bandwidth allocation. Using DiviTrack statistical multiplexing, service providers can offer more channels of programming while maintaining the same video quality or increase the video quality of their existing channels. DiviCom Inc. DiviCom develops and integrates products that make digital video networking possible. Products include audio/video encoding and decoding systems, and integration consulting and implementation services. Based on the MPEG-2, DVB and ATSC international standards, DiviCom's products enable digital video broadcasting over a variety of networks including satellite, wireless, fiber and cable. DiviCom is a wholly-owned subsidiary of C-Cube Microsystems Inc. (NASDAQ:CUBE), and both companies are based in Milpitas, Calif. C-Cube is the leading provider of digital video silicon solutions for the communications, consumer electronics and computer markets. DiviCom can be reached by phone at +1-408-944-6700, by fax at +1-408-944-6705, or via the World Wide Web at divi.com. -0- Note to Editors: DiviCom, MediaView and DiviTrack are trademarks or registered trademarks of DiviCom Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. --30--ik/sf* azs/sf CONTACT: DiviCom Inc. Anne Hohenberger, 408/490-6688 anneh@divi.com

To: George Thompson who wrote (32148)	4/14/1998 9:40:00 AM
From: BillyG	Respond to of 50808

SGS-Thomson shows single-chip HDTV decoder. Also, Panasonic (CUBE partner?)............ techweb.cmp.com <<SGS-Thomson Microelectronics' first HDTV decoder chip, unwrapped earlier this month at the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) convention, integrates an MPEG-2 Main-Profile@High-Level decoder and an advanced display and format converter into a single chip. SGS-Thomson (Lincoln, Mass.) jointly developed the STi7000 with its strategic partner, Thomson Multimedia. Panasonic AVC American Laboratories, the North American digital-TV research facility of Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., has developed, for its internal use, a similar single-chip DTV video decoder integrated with a format converter. The chip is capable of decoding and displaying ATSC-specified DTV signals in native video formats or in down-converted formats. Panasonic has not unveiled any commercial marketing plans for the chip, however.>>