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CES 2008: ARC Update
CES 2008: ARC Update.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n Arc International PLC\n14 January 2008\n\n\n\nMedia Contact:\n\nLee Garvin Flanagin\nARC International\n+1 408 437 3433\[email protected]\n\n\n\n\n\n CES 2008: ARC-Based(TM) Consumer Devices Fueling the\n \"YouTube Generation\" on Display\n\n\n After 3-Year Licensing Push,\n ARC Customers' Chips Arrive to the Consumer\n\n\n\nSAN JOSE, Calif. and ST. ALBANS, England, January 14, 2008 - ARC International\n(LSE: ARK) today announced that more than fifteen customers and partners\nparticipated in last week's 2008 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)\nin Las Vegas. Displaying some of the latest ARC-Based(TM) solutions included\ncompanies such as: BiTMICRO, Broadcom, Chips&Media, D-Link, Fujitsu, Intel,\nNemeriX, Oki, Qpixel, RealNetworks, SanDisk, Siano, SiConnect, Sony, Toshiba and\nothers.\n\n\nFor calendar year 2007, over 300 million innovative silicon chips from ARC\ncustomers helped enable consumers to connect whenever, wherever to view videos\nand listen to music. These ARC-Based chips are being deployed in markets such\nas mobile digital TV terminals, portable GPS positioning systems, WiFi-enabled\nlaptops, portable media players, home media centers, flash memory devices, and\nset top boxes.\n\n\nOne of the hottest technology trends discussed by OEMs at CES 2008 was how to go\nbeyond the abilities of current multimedia devices and enhance consumers'\nexperiences through higher quality video and audio. Challenges to develop these\nnext-generation multi-standard products are addressed by ARC's \"total solutions\"\napproach. ARC's goal is to bring back the rich visual and aural experiences\nthat have been degraded by digitization of original analog (\"natural\") content.\n\n\nARC customers and partners participating in CES 2008 included:\n\n• BiTMICRO Networks - This leading provider of high performance\nnon-volatile solid state disk, flash disk drive, network storage, and management\nsolutions has a license for the ARC(R) 700 configurable core family. With it,\nBiTMICRO is developing low cost, next-generation system-on-chip (SoC) devices\nfor their state-of-the-art E-Disk(R) solid state storage solutions. The\ncompany's latest product, the industry's highest capacity 2.5-inch serial ATA\nsolid state disk with 832GB, was announced at CES.\n\n\n• Broadcom Corporation - Broadcom demonstrated a variety of new ...