C-Cube can be reached at 408/490-8000 or at http://www.c-cube.com. C-Cube's DiviCom Division is based in Milpitas, California and can be reached at 408 944 6700 or at http://www.divi.com.
First Generation of C-Cube Based PC/TV, TV Timeshifting And Video Editing Products To Be Showcased at COMDEX `99
C-Cube Microsystems (Nasdaq: CUBE) and four industry leading hardware and software companies today announced that at COMDEX `99 they will demonstrate the first generation of consumer PC products based on C-Cube's Dvxploreô MPEG-2 CODEC silicon. ATI, Dazzle Multimedia, Metabyte and Ulead Systems will each showcase products that leverage C-Cube's engineering innovation in high quality MPEG-2 encoding for PC/TV viewing, simultaneous MPEG-2 encoding/decoding for TV timeshifting applications as well as frame accurate MPEG-2 editing and realtime special effects for home video editing applications. ""C-Cube is enabling an exciting new category of consumer PC applications,"" said Patrick Henry, vice president of marketing and systems solutions for C-Cube's Home Media Division. ""These demonstrations illustrate the broad range of products that will dramatically enhance PC users' interaction with high quality digital video - making it fun and easy to view, record and timeshift live television as well as edit home videos."" Demonstrations will include: - ATI ATI-Video Wonder: TV timeshifting and video editing PC add-in board - Booth No. L6126, LVCC (Las Vegas Convention Center) - Dazzle Multimedia Dazzle Digital Video Recorder: PC add-in board for realtime TV timeshifting, video editing and DVD playback - Meeting room No. EL01, LVCC - Metabyte MbTV-PC: personal television software for the PC At C-Cube - Booth No. L214, LVCC/North hall - Ulead Systems Ulead VideoStudio 4: consumer video editing software - Meeting room No. LN208, LVCC and C-Cube booth No. L214, LVCC/North hall C-Cube COMDEX Demonstrations At COMEX '99, C-Cube will demonstrate the technical achievements of DVxplore. C-Cube's booth number is L214 in the North hall of the Las Vegas Convention Center. About DVxplore DVxplore is C-Cube's single-chip MPEG-2 CODEC (encoder/decoder). With DVxplore, C-Cube is driving the development of consumer electronics devices, PC add-in boards and software that perform the functions of realtime TV timeshifting (pause, rewind, fast-forward and instant replay of live television), encoding from analog to digital for archiving and later viewing as well as video editing. The DVxplore silicon is in use by NEC for their new GigaStation optical recorder and JVC for their newest generation of D-VHS products. C-Cube has also partnered with Western Digital to provide consumer manufacturers with a reference platform for hard disk drive based DVR (Digital Video Recorder) devices. About C-Cube Microsystems C-Cube Microsystems Inc. is the industry leader in the development and delivery of highly integrated digital video silicon and systems solutions. C-Cube's Semiconductor Division delivers highly integrated digital video silicon and systems solutions for the communications and consumer electronics markets. C-Cube's DiviCom Division is a leader in the deployment of digital video networks. C-Cube is headquartered in Milpitas, California with offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. Its stock is traded on the Nasdaq under the symbol CUBE.