Web Camera Processor enables Web 2.0 applications.
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Suited for use in attachable web cameras and laptop-embedded cameras, VC0336 offers functions for HD video recording, audio recording, auto focus, and audio noise cancellation. It can stream video at 20, 30, and 60 fps with respective resolutions of 2.0, 1.3, and 0.3 megapixels and is equipped with 2 audio channels that allow PC cameras utilizing processor to sample 2 streams of audio signals from 2 different microphones simultaneously.
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Vimicro Launches a New Generation of High Performance Web Camera Processors to Enable Web 2.0 Applications
BEIJING, June 11 -- Vimicro Corporation (NASDAQ:VIMC), a leading fabless semiconductor company that designs advanced mixed-signal multimedia products and solutions, today announced the launch of its latest web camera processor, the VC0336, targeting attachable web cameras and laptop-embedded cameras. The VC0336 offers a vast array of functions for enhancing web camera multimedia experiences such as HD (High Definition) video recording, audio recording, auto focus, and audio noise cancellation, etc. This state-of-the-art design is a versatile web camera solution that brings a new and enhanced experience to Internet users in the era of Web 2.0, in that the everyday Internet user can create and share video content freely and conveniently.
"Vimicro is the leading supplier of web camera image processors, and the VC0336 is the most advanced web camera processor in the market today," said Jun Zhu, vice president and general manager of PC multimedia Product Unit of Vimicro. "The VC0336 represents a significant advance in web camera processor technology, as it not only supports high-quality video conference, but also the creation of personal digital movies in HD resolution, which is critical for Internet video applications in the era of Web 2.0."
The VC0336 is the premier choice for providing the advanced streaming video capabilities critical to some of the latest PCs and notebooks targeting high-end web camera applications. Vimicro's innovative processor already has been adopted in some of the latest products offered by the world's leading web camera and notebook vendors. The VC0336 can stream video at 60 frames per second (fps) with a resolution of 0.3 mega pixels, 30 fps with a resolution of 1.3 mega pixels, and 20 fps with a resolution of 2.0 mega pixels.
The VC0336 is also equipped with two high-quality audio channels, which allow PC cameras utilizing the processor to sample two streams of audio signals from two different microphones, simultaneously. The VC0336 offers users a high-quality audio experience and is fully compliant with Microsoft's UAA (Universal Audio Architecture) standard and is integrated with the newest Microphone Array technology. As a result of Vimicro's new HFA (High Fidelity Audio) and Beam-Forming technology, the VC0336 supports extremely clear audio conversation regardless of a web camera user's environment.
"Powered by the latest breakthrough in audio/video processing from the Microsoft-Vimicro Multimedia Technology Center, the VC0336 represents a significant advance in web camera processor technology," said Mike Yu, Director of Microsoft-Vimicro Multimedia Technology Center and vice president of Vimicro. "Over the past four years, Vimicro and Microsoft have cooperated in real-time multimedia communications and 3C convergence areas. The collaboration has already resulted in cutting-edge web camera and embedded notebook-camera solutions. We will keep the fast pace of innovation in this field to empower more and more web 2.0 applications."
About Vimicro
Vimicro International Corporation is a leading fabless semiconductor company in China designing, developing and marketing proprietary digital multimedia signal processing chips and solutions enabling multimedia applications for mobile phones over 2.5G/3G networks and PCs over broadband Internet.
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Sheena Shen / Haizhen Du of Vimicro Corporation, +86-10-6894-8888, or sheenshen@vimicro.com, or duhaizhen@vimicro.com
