Highly Integrated MS8310 Will Enable Playback of Enhanced Interactive Features
MILPITAS, Calif. & SAN DIEGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Magnum Semiconductor, Inc. and DivX, Inc., today announced that the Magnum MS8310 processor is now DivX Ultra Certified, allowing users to playback DivX format videos with advanced features such as menus, chapters, subtitles and alternate audio tracks in consumer electronics products.
The Magnum MS8310 is a highly integrated video processor that provides all audio and video processing functions needed for the next generation of feature-rich DVD players and recorders, Intelligent Digital TVs and portable DVD devices. With more than 180 million software product downloads worldwide, DivX is a digital media format that enables video to be compressed so that it uses only a fraction of the amount of data required by a standard-length DVD for secure playback on PCs and more than 1,800 models of consumer electronics devices.
“The Magnum Semiconductor MS8310 has become even more attractive for new video recorder devices by becoming DivX Ultra Certified,” said Brian Heuckroth, vice president of marketing for Magnum Semiconductor. “We are seeing significant demand for DivX from our customers and the new features in DivX Ultra are a leap ahead in functionality.”
“As a fully DivX Ultra Certified processor, the Magnum MS8310 gives OEMs the ability to offer their users a complete digital entertainment experience that bridges the gap between the PC and the television,” said Kevin Hell, CXO, Partners and Licensing at DivX, Inc. “Were excited to partner with Magnum to bring this versatile processor to the market.”
Products that bear the DivX Certified logo have undergone a rigorous testing program to ensure interoperability, security and visual quality. DivX Certified products enable consumers to create, play and share high-quality video content across a range of devices and platforms. More than 46 million DivX Certified devices have shipped from the worlds leading brands. To learn more about the DivX Certification program for consumer electronics devices, visit https://www.divx.com/certification/.
About Magnum Semiconductor, Inc.
Magnum Semiconductor is a premier provider of chips, software, reference platforms and engineering support for recording, viewing and managing high-quality audio/video content. Magnum Semiconductor is headquartered in Milpitas, Calif. and has sales and engineering offices in China, Japan, Korea and Taiwan. Further information is available at https://www.magnumsemi.com.
About DivX, Inc.
DivX creates products and services designed to improve the experience of media. Our first product offering was a video compression-decompression software library, or codec, which has been actively sought out and downloaded more than 180 million times in the last four years, including more than 50 million times during the last twelve months. We have since built on the success of our codec with other consumer software, including the DivX Player application. We distribute this software from our website, DivX.com, which was visited on average by more than five million unique visitors per month during the second quarter of 2006. We also license our technologies to consumer hardware device manufacturers and certify their products to ensure the interoperable support of DivX-encoded content. More than 46 million DivX Certified hardware devices have been shipped worldwide, including more than 10 million devices reported to us by our customers during the second quarter of 2006. In addition to technology licensing to consumer hardware device manufacturers, we currently generate revenue from software licensing, advertising and content distribution.
Statements in this press release that are not strictly historical in nature constitute “forward-looking statements.” Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding the adoption and capability of DivX decoding technology. Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause DivXs actual results to be materially different from historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not limited to, risks and uncertainties related to the maintenance and strength of the DivX brand; DivXs ability to penetrate existing and new markets; the effects of competition; DivXs dependence on its licensees and partners; the effect of intellectual property rights claims; and other factors discussed in the “Risk Factors” section of DivXs final prospectus filed with the SEC on September 22, 2006. All forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement. DivX is providing this information as of the date of this release and does not undertake any obligation to update any forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.