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• Softworks Group and Philips Semiconductors Team to Provide Complete Connectivity Platform for Gateways and Multimedia Networked Appliances

  - 2002-01-14

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• Philips Semiconductors Debuts Multimedia Applications Suite for Big Cats VGCS; Windows 95/NT Software Establishes Desktop Access; Updates Applications and Drivers for Multimedia Chips via the Internet

  - 1997-04-08

  SAN FRANCISCO--BUSINESS WIRE--April 8, 1997--Philips Semiconductors today announced the Multimedia Center Applications Suite, an unprecedented Windows 95 and Windows NT central desktop application which fully exploits the capabilities of its PC Video Graphics Controllers. The Multimedia Center will ship with the Big Cats SAA 9725 and SAA 9726, also...

  Tags: desktop, Internet, Microsoft Windows, multimedia, Philips Semiconductor, software

• Philips Semiconductors' TriMedia multimedia processor wins BYTE Magazine's Best Product Award at CeBIT '97; high-performance, programmable TM 1000 media processor honored for Best Multimedia Hardware

  - 1997-03-19

  SUNNYVALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--March 19, 1997--Philips Semiconductors was awarded top honors by BYTE Magazine for "Best Multimedia Hardware" at CeBIT '97 in Hannover, Germany.

  Tags: high-performance, multimedia, Philips Semiconductor

• Philips Semiconductors' TriMedia Group Drives Open Multimedia Development By Partnering With Leading Software Companies; Leading Digital Audio Developer, InVision Interactive, Supports TriMedia's TM-1 Programmable Multimedia Chip

  - 1996-06-06

  SUNNYVALE, Calif.--BUSINESS WIRE--June 6, 1996--As part of its strategy of providing an open platform which will drive the development of new, innovative multimedia applications, Philips Semiconductors' TriMedia Product Group today announced a development partnership with InVision Interactive, Inc., a leader in digital audio technology.

  Tags: digital audio, multimedia, Philips Semiconductor, software

• Philips, ESS roll multimedia chips - Philips Semiconductors' OM5604 Smart-Radio FM receiver module, and ESS Technology's ES938, ES690, and ES1868 chips for PC audio - Product Announcement

  - 1995-11-20

  Las Vegas--Multimedia enthusiasts banking on a spate of new technology announcements here at Fall COMDEX hit the jackpot last week as several OEMs including Philips Semiconductors and ESS Technology rolled out chips targeting this rapidly growing market segment.

  Tags: chip, multimedia, PC, Philips Electronics N.V., Philips Semiconductor

• Philips in deals with WD, SPEA - Philips Semiconductors acquires Western Digital's multimedia products unit and joins with German software vendor SPEA Software AG to develop 3D-capable multimedia ICs

  - 1995-10-02

  Philips Semiconductors completed two deals last week designed to further the company's strategy of establishing itself as a leader in the multimedia processor market, even as the company at the same time continues to wind down its aging analog technologies business.

  Tags: 3D, integrated circuit, multimedia, Philips Electronics N.V., Philips Semiconductor, Western Digital Corp.

• Philips Semi foresees multimedia press - Philips Semiconductor developing new approach to digital signal processing

  - 1994-11-21

  Sunnyvale, Calif. - Philips Semiconductor, here, is mobilizing its multimedia forces - the recently assembled Tri-Media group (EN, Aug. 15) - to develop its own approach to digital signal processing that will surely butt heads with the likes of Intel and Texas Instruments.

  Tags: DSP, multimedia, Philips Electronics N.V., Philips Semiconductor