Analog Devices To Incorporate DolbyÆ Headphone In New Chipset

11-Aug-00

Analog Devices, Inc., announced that it will include DolbyÆ Headphone technology on its new Melody chipset, the ADSST-MELODY-1000. This is the first hardware-based, standalone solution of Dolby Headphone to be certified.Dolby Headphone, a patented technology developed by Lake Technology and licensed to Dolby Laboratories, is a unique signal processing system that enables any pair of stereo headphones to realistically portray the sound of a 5.1 loudspeaker playback system. The technology can be incorporated into any type of audio or video product normally featuring a headphone outlet.The ADSST-MELODY-1000 chipset uses SHARC DSP chips and features a 32-bit, floating-point implementation of the Dolby Headphone process. The chipset is designed to accept a number of digital audio formats, including 5.1-channel Dolby Digital, MPEG-2 AAC (licensed by Dolby Laboratories), MPEG-2 Audio Layers 1 and 2, MLP, MP3, or PCM. It can also process the outputs of Dolby Surround Pro LogicÆ and Pro Logic II decoders, as well as all regular stereo audio formats. ""Dolby is excited that the new ADSST-MELODY-1000 chipset now features Dolby Headphone technology,"" said Roger Dressler, Director of Technology Strategy, Dolby Laboratories. ""This opens the door to realizing Dolby Headphone in a wide range of consumer electronics products such as A/V receivers, DVD players, headphone processors, and even ërear seatí car entertainment systems.""About Analog Devices With revenues of $1.1 billion for the first half of fiscal 2000, Analog Devices is a leading manufacturer of precision high-performance integrated circuits used in analog and digital signal processing applications. Headquartered in Norwood, Massachusetts, the company employs approximately 8,200 people worldwide and has manufacturing facilities in Massachusetts, California, North Carolina, Ireland, the Philippines, and Taiwan. Analog Devicesí stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange and the company is included in the S&P 500 Index.About Lake Technology Lake Technology (previously Lake DSP) is an innovative Australian company with a primary focus on researching, developing, commercializing, and licensing digital signal-processing (DSP) technology. Founded in early 1991, Lake Technology has established an industry reputation in advanced DSP applications, developing products for leading researchers and multinational organizations in the fields of communications, automotive acoustics, consumer audio, and acoustic research. The companyís stock is traded on the Australian Stock Exchange under the ASX code LAK.About Dolby LaboratoriesDolby Laboratories is the developer of signal processing systems used worldwide in applications that include motion picture sound, consumer entertainment products and media, broadcasting, and music recording. Based in San Francisco with European headquarters in England, the privately held company also has offices in New York, Los Angeles, Shanghai, Beijing, and Tokyo.