VeriSilicon And DTS Announce Strategic Collaboration To Proliferate DTS HD Audio Technologies

VeriSilicon to provide comprehensive range of optimized DTS Technologies for its advanced ZSP G2 family of processors

July 18, 2007

VeriSilicon Holdings Co., Ltd. and DTS, Inc. announced that the two companies have entered an agreement where VeriSilicon will offer leading-edge DTS technologies for both Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD applications. Under the agreement, VeriSilicon is the first company to be able to offer its licensable processor platform solution coupled with DTS audio technologies to customers seeking to develop Blu-ray / HD DVD silicon solutions. As these next-generation formats set new standards in terms of video and audio quality, development complexity is significantly increased compared to previous generation DVD players. The VeriSilicon ZSP G2 family of licensable processors features an eight-stage, four-way issue superscalar, dual/quad architecture to provide a high-performance, efficient solution that is capable of supporting a wide-range of demanding use-cases. The processors have already been adopted by multiple market leaders across a wide range of applications, including Blu-ray / HD DVD devices. Facilitating faster proliferation of DTS technologies into the marketplace, the agreement encompasses the complete range of DTS audio technologies for the consumer electronics market. These range from DTS Digital Surround all the way up to DTS-HD Master Audio, which provides up to 7.1 discrete channels of sound that are bit-for-bit identical to a master soundtrack. “DTS’ goal in working with VeriSilicon is to give our IC licensees flexibility and help them incorporate any of our sound technologies more quickly and easily,” said Brian Towne, Senior Vice President and General Manager, Consumer Division at DTS. “Together, DTS and VeriSilicon are helping the industry to streamline time-to-market for next generation products.” “We are very excited to work with DTS to offer their advanced audio technologies with our industry-leading ZSP platform,” said Federico Arcelli, Corporate VP of Worldwide Sales & Marketing at VeriSilicon. “The final DTS-certified software and ZSP processor licensable solution will enable both our licensees to significantly reduce their product development time whilst offering feature-rich products that showcase DTS’ superior audio technology.” Availability These DTS technologies in VeriSilicon are currently under development and will be available to DTS licensees later this year.

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