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e.Digital Selects TI's DSP for First Reference Design for DataPlay-Enabled Digital Audio Devices
e.Digital and DataPlay Demonstrate New Reference Design at PC Expo in Japan
TOKYO (September 18, 2001) - Continuing their efforts in driving audio innovations, e.Digital Corporation (OTC: EDIG) selects the Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NYSE: TXN) digital signal processor (DSP) for the first publicly available digital audio reference design supporting DataPlay technology. DataPlay digital media is a universal solution, about the size of a quarter, that is designed to play and record all forms of digital content across all digital devices and platforms, including music, images, software, eBooks, games, video and more. e.Digital and DataPlay are demonstrating the reference design, which leverages TI's high-performance and power-efficient DSPs, at Japan's PC Expo this week (Hall 8, Booth 8030). (See www.ti.com/sc/internetaudio or www.edig.com.)
Based on TI's advanced TMSS320C54x™ DSP, e.Digital's reference design decodes multiple formats, enabling the secure playback of Advanced Audio Coding (AAC), MP3, QDX and Windows Media Audio (WMA) formats. The reference design also supports a USB interface to the PC for playback and access of content via desktop applications and for recording of content on DataPlay digital media using multiple formats. The reference design, which provides the user interface with the DataPlay micro-optical engine, will also support InterTrust's digital rights management (DRM) technology and DataPlay's ContentKey™, a content distribution, marketing and e-commerce tool. In addition, TI's programmable DSPs offer the versatility to support future product features and audio compression formats by means of simple software downloads, rather than costly hardware upgrades.
"Capitalizing on the performance of TI's advanced DSP and e.Digital's MicroOS™ 2.0, we are the first company to successfully integrate and demonstrate DataPlay digital media in a music player reference design allowing OEMs to easily incorporate this important new technology," said Steve Ferguson, Vice President of Sales & Marketing for e.Digital. "This tradeshow debuts our completed reference design which we are currently licensing to OEM customers."
"The development of the first publicly available digital audio reference design supporting DataPlay digital media will help further DataPlay's mission to become the de facto media standard for everything digital," said Ray Uhlir, vice president of marketing for DataPlay. "We believe our technology will dramatically affect the way companies build and sell consumer electronics and distribute digital content, and the e.Digital reference design, utilizing TI's advanced DSP, will vastly reduce the development time necessary to make those next-generation digital audio devices a reality."
"By partnering with a pioneering developer like e.Digital, we continue to be at the forefront of technology innovation," said Chris Schairbaum, worldwide marketing manager of Internet Audio at TI. "As the only chip manufacturer that supports all of the most commonly used digital audio formats, DRM technologies and storage medium, TI provides the most comprehensive tools to OEMs to enable them to meet their business objectives, as well as consumer demand."
For more information or to license the e.Digital reference design, please visit www.edig.com.
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Safe Harbor Statement: Statements contained in this press release regarding product performance, growth in the internet audio market, and other statements of management's beliefs, goals and expectations may be considered "forward-looking statements" as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by these statements. Please refer to TI's most recent Form 10-K for more information on the risks and uncertainties that could materially affect future results of operations. TI disclaims any intention or obligation to update any forward-looking statements as a result of developments occurring after the date of this press release.
Trademarks:
TMS320C54x is a trademark of Texas Instruments Incorporated
ACELP is a registered trademark of the Universite de Sherbrooke.
e.Digital and MicroOS are trademarks of e.Digital Corporation.
All other company, product, and service names are the property of their respective owners.
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