Ampex is a pioneer in the field of digital imaging. Technology it developed for the government, to store digital imagery from satellites, has recently been applied in consumer devices; including digital cameras, video cameras, DVD recorders, and possibly camera phones, HDTV receivers and set top boxes. The company recently signed licensing agreements with several of the largest players in these markets and continues to pursue such agreements with others.
Ampex is one of the original Silicon Valley companies, with a long and distinguished history of research and innovation in the field of applied magnetics. Beginning with the invention of the first high fidelity microphone, it went on to develop an audio tape recorder that set the standard for the industry. It invented the video tape recorder and licensed its VTR technology to all the top Japanese manufacturers. The company has garnered hundreds of patents and many awards and acclamations from the military, entertainment, commercial, and industrial fields for over sixty years. |
