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The table below describes the Company's video communication semiconductors and their applications:
- VCP --
Video Communications Processor. The Company's VCP is an integrated video communication semiconductor, which allows OEMs to
develop video communication systems based on the H.320 standard for ISDN video communication or on the H.323 standard for LAN video
communication or internet phone calls. In recent quarters, the VCP accounted for the majority of the Company's semiconductor product sales.
The Company's proprietary RISC and DSP technology allows a single VCP semiconductor to output up to 30 frames per second of H.320
based video over an ISDN line. The VCP includes video processing circuitry that compresses and decompresses video images. Systems
designed using multiple VCPs are capable of providing full-duplex video quality approaching that of a television. The VCP can reside on PC
add-in cards or non-PC based corporate conference room systems.
- LVP -- Low bit-rate Videophone Processor. The LVP semiconductor is designed to support H.324 based videophones using standard POTS
phone lines. Systems based on the LVP benefit from the same RISC and DSP technology found in the Company's VCP product, and are
designed to deliver video at up to 15 frames per second over a standard POTS telephone line. The LVP can be designed into systems in a
variety of form factors, including non-PC based systems that utilize a telephone and either a television or LCD display. The LVP can also be
designed into PC videophone add-in boards and used for multimedia compression applications which require high processing power to
compress high bandwidth digital video, such as cameras with embedded compression, PC add-in boards for video capture and editing and CD-
ROM title development. The LVP is the core video communication semiconductor inside the Company's ViaTV products.
- VPIC -- Video to PCI Interface Chip. The VPIC is a companion semiconductor to the Company's video communication semiconductors. The
VPIC provides a direct interface between the Company's compression semiconductors and the high speed PCI expansion bus found in PCs. By
providing a direct path into the PC's graphic display memory, the VPIC allows PC board designers to improve the performance and quality of
their designs based on the Company's video communication semiconductors.
- VCPex. The Company recently announced the introduction of its VCPex semiconductor, which is the successor to its VCP and LVP
semiconductors. The VCPex provides greater functionality and operates at greater speeds than the VCP and LVP.
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PRODUCT DESCRIPTION APPLICATIONS
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Video H.320 compression semiconductor - PC ISDN video communication add-in
Communications for ISDN video communication boards
Processor (VCP) systems; or H.323 Semiconductor - ISDN group video communication
for LAN video conferencing systems systems
or internet phone calls. - LAN video communication systems
- Internet phone calls
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Low bit-rate H.324 compression semiconductor - Consumer video telephones for POTS
Videophone for POTS video communication - PC videophone add-in boards for
Processor (LVP) systems Compression semiconductor POTS
for video capture and encoding - Cameras with embedded compression
systems - Video capture PC add-in boards
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Video to PCI Interface chip which connects the - PC (POTS, ISDN or LAN-based) video
Interface Chip VCP/LVP devices to the PCI Bus communication boards
(VPIC)
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VCPex Recently announced successor to - See VCP and LVP applications above
the VCP and LVP
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