Forty Companies Speak Up on CompCore's SoftDVD

Business Wire, Nov 11, 1996

Dolby Laboratories

"When CompCore told us they had implemented our Dolby Digital (AC-3) audio algorithms in software for the PC, we initially weren't sure it was possible," said Ed Schummer Vice President of Dolby Labs Licensing Corporation.

"CompCore's excellent engineering work resulted in their software being the first to pass Dolby's quality tests. This was a significant accomplishment."

HMC

"We have recently seen CompCore's SoftDVD, and it's very impressive," said Lee Yeong-Fong, R & D Manager of HMC. "We plan to work with CompCore to use SoftDVD in our 1997 PC products."

Hyundai/Odeum

"Odeum's ODM8211 MPEG-2 SAVI decoder and CompCore's SoftDVD technology enable a complete DVD solution with low cost," said Lit Lam, Sr. Marketing Manager of Odeum Microsystems Inc., a subsidiary of Hyundai Electronics.

"This demonstrates the capability and flexibility of the ODM8211 in meeting the requirements of not only Digital Set-Top and Video Server systems, but also PCs."

IBM Microelectronics

"We think CompCore's SoftDVD application is a good match with our MPEG-2 video chip," said John Stamm, business manager of the IBM Microelectronics Digital Video Products group. "We are pleased with the quality of CompCore's software audio decoder and their overall software architecture."

Interactual Technologies

"Our VideoSaver products, including our new STAR TREK versions, are an excellent fit with CompCore's SoftDVD," said Todd Collart, president of Interactual Technologies. "The combination of brand-name content with SoftDVD offers our mutual customers a high-quality, yet cost-sensitive MPEG- 2 and AC-3 decoding solution."

Intel

"Intel's MMX technology provides improved performance for MPEG-2 video playback," said Frank Spindler, Intel Pentium Processor marketing manager. "CompCore's SoftDVD is an excellent example of an exciting new entertainment application which will be able to take advantage of multiple generations of Intel processors with MMX technology, when available."

LaserPacific Media

"LaserPacific's Digital Compression Facility is fully operational, encoding and authoring titles for both DVD and DVD-ROM. Our customers who are producing content for computer platforms have shown a strong interest in software solutions for DVD," said Leon Silverman, executive vice president, LaserPacific Media Corp. "CompCore's SoftDVD represents an elegant approach for DVD on Intel's new microprocessors."

Macronix

"We plan to support SoftDVD with our MX86250 graphics chip," said David Liao, director, Multimedia Products, Macronix America, Inc. "Its video and audio quality make it an ideal application to use with our graphics chips."

Matrox

"CompCore has been a valued supplier of MPEG technology to Matrox since 1994," said Lorne Trottier, president of Matrox Graphics, Inc.. "SoftDVD has impressed our engineering staff and we are working closely with CompCore to make sure it works well with our graphics products."

Matsushita

"CompCore's SoftPEG MPEG-1 player has been an extraordinary success in Japan," said Etsushi Hamasaki, general manager of new business development, Corporate International Trade Division, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. "We think SoftDVD has the potential of becoming even more successful based upon its high audio quality and fast frame rate."