Alienware Leverages D2Audio Intelligent Digital Amplifier IC to Enhance New All-in-One Media PC

Business Wire, Oct 11, 2006

New Digital Media Platform Integrates High-Performance 100 Watts /channel 5.1 Amplifier on Standard PC Power Supply

AUSTIN, Texas -- D2Audio[R], developer of the world's only Intelligent Digital Amplifiers(TM), today announced that Alienware[R] will enhance its newest all-in-one Media PC with home theater quality sound with a D2Audio amplifier. The all-in-one system combines a powerful AMD-based digital media platform with PC functionality and an AVR-class internal audio amplifier. The Alienware DHS A Series is an AMD LIVE![TM] full-featured media center computer powered by the award-winning AMD Athlon[TM] 64x2 dual-core processor.

At the heart of the DHS A Series amplifier lays an advanced D2Audio Digital Audio Engine[TM] (DAE-1) Class-D PWM controller with an integrated DSP. D2Audio is known for high quality sound and as the first digital amplifier company to meet THX Ultra2[R] performance levels. This D2Audio amplifier was specifically engineered for use inside digital media devices. Special care was devoted to dynamic thermal management, as well as to high-power and high-efficiency operation, insuring that the CPU power system is unaffected by the amplifier. These D2Audio features help the Alienware platform deliver superior sound quality through an immersive 5.1 channel experience that consumers crave.

"The integration of the D2Audio Intelligent Digital Amplifier inside an Alienware AMD LIVE! media powered PC platform is very exciting for our consumers," said Frank Azor, Alienware Senior Vice-President and General Manager Worldwide Product Group. "Digital media devices are integrating deeper into consumer applications, and the sleek new DHS A Series all-in-one form factor will replace much bulkier alternatives, while still maintaining the audio quality that consumers have come to expect."

"With the new Alienware DHS A Series, consumers have a leading digital media platform combining the connectivity of a PC with the quality of an AVR-class amplifier, all-in-one slim case," said Brian Wong, chief executive officer and president of D2Audio. "The industry has long predicted the convergence of the many boxes into one, we are very impressed to see this vision finally come to fruition with the Alienware DHS A Series."

The D2Audio DAE-1 amplifiers include a full complement of signal processing firmware that handles the digital audio data flows through the amplifier, as well as provides dynamic monitoring and control functions to protect digital media processor operation. This sophisticated systems level engineering delivers robust operation in a consumer electronics platform operating from the industry standard PC power supply. This scalable audio amplifier can be configured to deliver a range of power levels and channel counts.

About Alienware

Alienware offers unique and award-winning technology products that incorporate state-of-the-art components, innovative engineering and design, and unprecedented customer service. Alienware has been recognized by INC 500, won the Shoppers' Choice Award as the Best Performance Desktop by Computer Shopper's reader survey and received PC Magazine's Reader's Choice Award in its 18th Annual Reader Survey. In addition, the company recently earned a spot on PC World's list of the "25 Greatest PCs of All Time." Alienware systems are available direct within the United States, Europe, Australia and New Zealand. For more information, please visit www.alienware.com or call 1-800-ALIENWARE (254-3692).

About D2Audio Corporation

The D2Audio Corporation, developer of the world's only intelligent digital audio amplifiers, supplies a full line of cost-efficient, powerful, multi-channel platforms including ICs and firmware with market leading performance and superior sound quality for digital media applications in consumer, professional, and automotive industries. The patented D2Audio Intelligent Digital Amplifier technologies, now with D2Audio SoundSuite[TM], deliver an immersive audio experience on the D2Audio[R] Digital Audio Engine[TM] (DAE) IC platforms. For more information on D2Audio and its products, please visit www.d2audio.com.

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