San Jose, CA. In related news, VLSI Technology, Inc. announces that it has licensed AC’97 technology from Intel. The AC’97 standard describes an interface between advanced digital audio peripheral components and Intel Pentium®-based computers. It will enable PCs to offer CD and broadcast quality 3D sound.
“AC ’97 is an important standard for next-generation 3D audio on PCs,” says Don Maulsby, V-P of VLSI’s Computing Products Group. “Signing up for AC’97 now will help us achieve our goal of introducing new 3D audio products at this year’s COMDEX trade show.”
The PC industry’s transition from 16-bit ISA bus synthesized audio to forthcoming 32-bit, PCI-based 3D audio creates significant opportunities for aggressive new players, such as VLSI, to capture a share of the emerging 3D audio chip market.
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