Pacific Microsonics Introduces New HDCDÆ Chip For CD And DVD

11-Feb-00

Pacific Microsonics has introduced the PMD-200, its next generation HDCDÆ (High Definition Compatible DigitalÆ) chip. The PMD-200 is a feature-rich audio IC that provides HDCD processing for both the CD and DVD formats. For the PMD-200 implementation, Pacific Microsonics chose Motorola's high performance DSP56364 platform. The PMD-200 accepts up to 24-bit input data and operates at sampling rates from 44.1kHz to 192kHz. In addition to featuring HDCD decoding and precision filtering for the over 4,000 HDCD encoded CDs available today, the PMD-200 adds HDCD precision conjugate filtering for DVD-Video and DVD-Audio. These multi-format HDCD capabilities make the PMD-200 ideal for consumer electronics products such as DVD-Video and Audio players, and A/V receivers that must be capable of playing audio from DVD-Video discs, HDCD CDs, conventional CDs and HDCD DVD-Audio discs. ""Pacific Microsonics is very excited to introduce the PMD-200 because it provides our customers with both HDCD for CD and HDCD for DVD on one chip,"" said Alex Limberis, Vice President of Engineering for Pacific Microsonics. ""Our customers will also appreciate the superb price/performance of the PMD-200."" ""Motorola is very pleased that Pacific Microsonics has chosen DSP56364 as the platform for their high quality PMD-200 audio product,"" said Flip Lockhoof, Marketing Manager for Motorola. ""The DSP56364 was designed for customers who require 100 MIPS DSP for extremely cost-effective solutions."" The PMD-200 joins a full line of HDCD ICs covering a broad range of product applications. Additional HDCD ICs are available from Motorola, Analog Devices, Burr Brown, Cirrus (Crystal), Sanyo and Zoran.About Pacific Microsonics's HDCDDeveloped by Pacific Microsonics, HDCD is a patented process for delivering on Compact Disc and DVD-Audio the full richness and detail of the original microphone feed. By correcting distortions found in current digital recording technology, HDCD provides extended dynamic range, a focused 3-D sound stage, and extremely natural musical timbre. HDCD recordings offer improved sound quality on any CD player, and when reproduced on HDCD equipped players they provide true 20-bit sound quality from the 16-bit Compact Disc format. Over 4,000 different HDCD CD titles have been recorded and over 200 million HDCD CDs have been sold. There are more than 100 different HDCD-equipped CD players, DVD players, and A/V receivers now available from world-leading consumer electronics companies including Toshiba, Denon, Harman Kardon, Kenwood, Linn, Madrigal (Mark Levinson), Marantz, Rotel, Sansui and Arcam.HDCD and High Definition Compatible Digital are registered trademarks of Pacific Microsonics, Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective holders.

For more information, contact Pacific Microsonics, Inc., Andy Johnson, 510 475 8000 ext. 102 (U.S. and Europe), ajohnson@hdcd.com, or in Asia, Yuko Sogo, 81 0 3 5355 7147, hdcd@nna.so-net.ne.jp, or visit the Web site at www.hdcd.com.

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