Texas Instruments Demonstrates Digital Entertainment Technologies at CES 2002

Subscribe to BestStuff using any reader

Jan. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, Texas Instruments will demonstrate all of its audio technologies, together with its broadband, connectivity and wireless networking solutions for home entertainment at the 2002 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), which will be held January 8-11 at the Las Vegas Convention Center. TI also will demonstrate its DLP technology that enables a wide range of commercial and consumer entertainment products. (See www.ti.com/sc/ces2002nr ) TI, which is celebrating the 20th anniversary of its first digital signal processor (DSP), will showcase its comprehensive digital entertainment solutions spanning consumer electronics markets such as home theater, portable audio, digital radio, telematics and wireless networking. TI's industry-leading DSP and analog solutions offer the performance headroom for customer innovations; flexible, open platforms for differentiated consumer products; compact form factors for cool product designs; and easy-to-use software and tools for faster time to market.

Demonstrated Technologies:

In Booth #13737, TI will feature a digital living room that illustrates the future of home entertainment. These solutions offer performance, breadth of product offering, code compatibility and TI's expertise in analog and digital signal processing. See solutions for:

Portable Internet audio players
IBOC and Eureka digital audio broadcasting
Home theater/surround sound and digital audio amplifier technologies
Broadband solutions including, cable, DSL modems and 802.11 wireless LANs
Long distance 1394b data transmissions

In Booth #2015, see TI's DLP product demonstrations showing the broad range of entertainment projectors and displays enabled by TI's DLP technology. From the de facto standard in digital cinema -- DLP Cinema technology -- to the smallest, lightest portable projectors, DLP technology is unique in the breadth of entertainment display solutions it enables. Of particular interest will be demonstrations of TI's newly announced large screen, tabletop TVs from a number of manufacturers.
Other TI Activities at CES: TI's telematics group will be in the IDB-1394 pavilion, offering the only automotive solution for audio and video streaming across a UTP-5 bus.

TI has five experts scheduled to speak at CES covering a wide range of topics, including:

"Is There a Winner in the Digital Revolution? An Entertainment and Technology Industry Roundtable" on Tuesday, 1/8/02 at 3:00 p.m. at North Hall LVCC Room N261. See Chris Schairbaum, worldwide marketing manager of TI's Internet audio group.
"The PC Connected Home -- Extending to Portables, ITV, and other Appliances" on Wednesday, 1/9/02 at 3:00 p.m. at North Hall LVCC Room N259. See Tom Flanagan, director of strategy for TI's broadband communications group.
"Streaming Toward Us Fast: The MPEG - 4 Update" on Wednesday, 1/9/02 at 3:00 p.m. at North Hall LVCC Room N254. See John Daniels, program manager of TI's Internet media appliances group.
"The Bluetooth Revolution: How Soon? How Revolutionary?" on Wednesday, 1/9/02 at 1:30 p.m. at South Hall LVCC Room S202-S203. See Bryce Johnstone, marketing manager of TI's short distance wireless business.
"The Resolution Revolution: What Consumers are Looking for in Display Technology" on Thursday 1/10/02 at 10:30 a.m. at North Hall LVCC Room N257. See TI speaker Peter van Kessel, manager of TI's DLP component design.

Additionally, see TI's TMS320C6000 DSP-based Imaging Developers Kit running RealNetworks' RealVideo codecs in the RealNetworks booth #14824 at CES.

Texas Instruments Incorporated is the world leader in digital signal processing and analog technologies, the semiconductor engines of the Internet age. The company's businesses also include materials and controls, and educational and productivity solutions. TI is headquartered in Dallas, Texas and has manufacturing or sales operations in more than 25 countries. Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the web site at www.ti.com .

MAKE YOUR OPINION COUNT - Click Here

SOURCE Texas Instruments Incorporated