FOCUS Enhancements Showcases Ultra Wideband Technology at International CES 20067 March 2006
FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ: FCSE) will
be presenting its industry-leading TALARIA™ Ultra Wideband (UWB)
technology in the WiMedia TechZone, Booth 7923C in the Las Vegas Convention
Center (LVCC) Main Hall January 5th through 8th. Featuring its exclusive
TALARIA UWB technology, FOCUS Enhancements' radios are designed to be
compatible with the WiMedia UWB standard while exceeding the standard's
overall performance. TALARIA is expected to provide transmission rates of
up to 880 Mbps at ranges of up to 8 meters and 37 Mbps at a range of 40
meters. Both specifications exceed existing published competitive
capabilities.
TALARIA UWB technology is ideal for computer, mobile communications, and
consumer electronics manufacturers designing next generation wireless
audio/video products. FOCUS Enhancements is currently taking orders for
Validation Systems, which include all elements needed to test UWB radio
performance in typical home and office user environments. Among the key
elements of the Systems is the two-part chipset. Silicon of the first
chip, the analog/rf chip, was received in September, and tape out of the
digital/baseband companion chip is expected this month. The Systems will
include silicon of the complete chipset and are expected to be available
for shipment in March/April, 2006.
"UWB technology is rapidly emerging as a viable and innovative technology
for use in commercial products," said Brett Moyer, FOCUS Enhancements'
president and chief executive officer. "Our TALARIA UWB technology is
engineered and designed to enable developers and manufacturers to use UWB
in a wide range of physical environments. Our Validation Systems will
demonstrate to developers and product managers real world delivery
capabilities, which we believe outperform anything currently on the market
or being demonstrated."
"The Validation System includes a TALARIA mini-PCI UWB radio module, a
reference design that customers can start to use immediately to pursue UWB
implementation in products and designs they already have in the works,"
said Tom Hamilton, executive vice president and general manager of FOCUS
Enhancements' Semiconductor Group. "Our team will not only assist customers
with the validation of our UWB wireless solution, but we can also help with
the implementation of UWB technology to assure rapid time-to-market and an
immediate competitive advantage."
About TALARIA UWB Technology
TALARIA is a total UWB wireless solution designed to provide
interoperability with the WiMedia UWB Standard and the Wireless USB
(Certified by the USB-IF) implementation of WiMedia UWB technology. It uses
both WiMedia MB-OFDM and the company's DS-OFDM™ modulation techniques.
With DS-OFDM modulation, TALARIA generates more densely packed signals that
cover a wider segment of the available UWB spectrum. This means that FOCUS
Enhancements' UWB radios provide a more robust link that increases transfer
rates over longer distances, making TALARIA ideal for high-speed wireless
and video applications throughout a home or small office. TALARIA provides
an intelligent wireless platform designed to work with all standard WiMedia
UWB products and provides additional performance and ultra high-speed data
transfers required by most digital media files, including audio, photos,
and high resolution video.
FOCUS Enhancements' UWB Validation System
FOCUS Enhancements' Validation System is easy to install and configure.
Users can direct video or data using the Web-based interface from a
selection of sources to the FOCUS UWB radio for wireless transmission. The
Validation System contains two PCI slots, which house a mini-PCI UWB radio
module and a FOCUS Enhancements Gemini MPEG decoder card. The integrated
Gemini MPEG decoder card enables testers to render a compressed media
stream in either standard definition (SD) or high definition (HD) video
formats. Video outputs include IEEE-1394, component video, composite video,
VGA and DVI. Audio outputs include 2-channel audio-out and S-PDIF.
The Web-based interface includes radio set-up, monitoring and control
tools, enabling users to fully evaluate FOCUS Enhancements' UWB radio and
its exclusive TALARIA UWB technology. The UWB radio can be configured and
managed through the validation unit's user interface (UI), which provides
the user with tools to control data input and output. Users can configure
the radio to operate in standard WiMedia mode, FOCUS high-performance mode
or to dynamically switch between the two. This allows users to test
multiple combinations of media access controller (MAC) modes and PHY rates.
The UWB Validation System provides detailed statistics including various
throughput measures, error rates, signal quality and others to help monitor
and evaluate UWB radio performance. It can also display additional details
including net effective rate, throughput (physical rate) and packet error
percentage.
About FOCUS Enhancements, Inc.
FOCUS Enhancements Inc. (NASDAQ: FCSE) is a leading designer of world-class
solutions in advanced, proprietary video technology. Headquartered in
Campbell, CA, FOCUS Enhancements designs, develops, and markets video
solutions in two distinct markets: semiconductor products targeting several
video applications and affordable, high quality, digital-video conversion
and video production equipment. Semiconductor IC products include video
convergence chips designed for PCs, game cards, Internet, set-top boxes,
Internet appliances, and interactive TV applications and Ultra Wideband
wireless integrated circuits (ICs) which are based on the WiMedia UWB
standard and are designed to be compatible with Wireless USB (Certified by
the USB-IF) and are used in PC, CE and mobiles electronics applications.
Semiconductor products are sold directly to original equipment
manufacturers (OEMs). FOCUS Enhancements' complete line of video
presentation and video production devices are sold globally through
resellers and distributors to the broadcast, education, cable, business,
industrial, presentation, Internet, gaming, home video production and home
theater markets. More information on FOCUS Enhancements may be obtained
from the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the FOCUS Enhancements home
page at http://www.FOCUSinfo.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
Statements in this press release which are not historical including
statements regarding management's intentions, hopes, expectations,
representations, plans or predictions about the future are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform
Act of 1995. Such statements include statements regarding management's
expectations of demand for FOCUS Enhancements' products, which impacts
revenue and the gross margin percentage, management's plans to complete its
Ultra Wideband (UWB) semiconductor chip designs, move UWB technology to
silicon, and the performance of its UWB technology in silicon. Because
these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties, there are
important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially
from those in the forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause
actual results to differ materially include customers' acceptance of
recently introduced products, changes in customer order patterns,
unforeseen increased costs in research and development, the company's
ability to maintain adequate funding to develop and implement UWB
technology, the ability of the company to migrate its UWB technology to
silicon in a timely manner, if at all, the performance and acceptance of
its UWB technology if and when successfully moved to silicon, and the risk
factors specified in the company's Form 10-K/A for the year ended December
31, 2004, Forms 10-Q, 10-Q/A and 10-Q for the periods ending March 31,
2005, June 30, 2005 and September 30, 2005, as well as other filings with
the SEC. These statements are based on information as of January 5, 2006
and the company assumes no obligation to update any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future
events, or otherwise.
FOCUS Enhancements:
Mike Kelly
VP of Marketing, Semi Group
503.615.7716
Email Contact
FOCUS Investors:
David Barnard
Lippert/Heilshorn & Assoc.
415.433.3777
Email Contact
FOCUS Press:
Joe Kilmer
FutureWorks, Inc.
408.428.0895 x113
Email Contact
SOURCE: FOCUS Enhancements
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