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News Out!! C-Cube Microsystems Confirms Spatializer as the Preferred Provider Of Virtual Surround Sound Technology in C-Cube`s Existing Semiconductor Products Development and Distribution Agreement for the Ziva DSP Series Extended to 2004 SANTA CLARA, Calif., Jan. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Spatializer Audio Laboratories Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SPAZ - news), developer and marketer of the de facto standard for virtual surround sound, announced today that C-Cube Microsystems (Nasdaq: CUBE - news) has extended its license and distribution agreement with Spatializer through July 1, 2004. ``Spatializer is C-Cube`s preferred provider of virtual sound technology and we are pleased to further extend our relationship,`` says Umesh Padval, president and CEO of C-Cube. ``We currently include Spatializer N-2-2(TM) in all our market-leading ZiVA® family of decoder ICs for DVD audio and video players. We look forward to demonstrating future Spatializer developments through our industry leading ZiVA DVD decoder ICs.`` C-Cube`s ZiVA decoders are currently being used in DVD players from several consumer electronic giants, such as Samsung and LG Electronics, and is braced to extend its dominance with the industry`s first complete DVD system processor, ZiVA-5. Under the new agreement, C-Cube OEM customers will now pay royalty fees directly to Spatializer for use of its audio enhancement technology. Spatializer`s Chairman and CEO Henry R. Mandell explains that this was done to facilitate the licensing of multiple feature set options which Spatializer expects to offer in the future and to further C-Cube`s competitiveness in the DVD decoder market. C-Cube is a worldwide leader in digital media processing and is leading the way with new communication processors and networked consumer products. With a focus on DVD, set-top boxes and codec-enabled products, C-Cube is driving the technology for the ``networked digital home.`` The DSP-based Spatializer N-2-2(TM) software used by C-Cube features proprietary psycho-acoustic optimization algorithms, enabling it to reproduce the spatial realism of 5.1 channels of Dolby Digital® through just two standard speakers. Designed to enhance the listener`s entertainment experience, the Spatializer software delivers an ultra-wide, deep and robust optimal listening area (sweet spot). ``It`s particularly rewarding to be confirmed by such an industry leader a C-Cube,`` says Mandell. ``I`m confident that our strategic relationship will provide broader marketing opportunities in the rapidly expanding DVD industry. Our engineers are already hard at work designing new products to meet future applications. It`s the kind of long-term relationship that can easily translate into enhanced shareholder value for both companies.`` About Spatializer Spatializer Audio Laboratories Inc. is a leading developer, licensor and marketer of next-generation technologies for the consumer electronics, computing and entertainment industries. The company`s advanced audio technology is incorporated into consumer electronics audio, video and DVD products from global brand leaders including Toshiba, JVC, Panasonic, Hitachi, Samsung, Acer, Sharp, Sanyo, Goldstar, Emerson, Zenith and Proton, in PC multimedia systems and peripherals from Apple, Dell, Gateway, Hewlett Packard, Sony, Fujitsu, Seiko-Epson, NEC, Micron and Labtec, in silicon from Matsushita, New Japan Radio Corporation, ESS, Zoran, Motorola, C-Cube, OnChip Systems, VM Labs and Acer Laboratories Inc, and in software compatible with MP3 players such as WinAmp and embedded with RISC cores from MIPS Technologies. |
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| aus der Diskussion: | SPATIALIZER AUDIO LABS - technische Analyse: komplette Neubewertung |
| Autor (Datum des Eintrages): | Snare (24.01.01 13:15:48) |
| Beitrag: | 76 von 1,018 (ID:2760892) |
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