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| Aureal's Vortex2 Audio Processor Featured in Cahners'
1999 Electronics Industry Yearbook Alongside 3Dfx's Voodoo Banshee and Nvidia's Riva TNT
Chips |
| Aureal Semiconductor Inc.,
leaders in digital audio imaging, today announced that its Vortex2® audio processor has
been chosen as one of the top 25 digital ICs of 1999 by Cahners Electronics Group.
Featured in Cahners' 1999 Electronics Industry Yearbook, the Vortex2 and PC audio products
based on it have won many other prestigious awards including PC Magazine's Editor's Choice
and Computer Gaming World's Gaming Hardware of the Year. "It is truly an honor to be recognized for an outstanding product by an organization such as Cahners," said Kip Kokinakis, President and CEO of Aureal. "Our inclusion in this distinguished (and very short) list is just a small example of the huge success we've seen with our Vortex product line and the Vortex2 audio processor in particular." About Vortex The members of the Vortex audio processor family are high-performance PCI audio chips designed to dramatically raise the quality level of PC audio by delivering advanced features including positional 3D audio, pro-quality wave table music synthesis, DirectSound acceleration and telephony support - while maintaining full support for existing DOS legacy audio functions. Vortex chips also have the unique ability to interface to existing ISA telephony/modem solutions, thus allowing OEMs to eliminate the need for an ISA bus in their systems. About Aureal Semiconductor Aureal is a leading provider of advanced audio solutions for the computer, consumer, entertainment, Internet, and professional audio markets. The company designs, builds and distributes advanced audio semiconductor and software solutions for personal computers and consumer electronics devices through the OEM, integrator/reseller/VAR and direct-to-customer channels. Aureal also licenses technology designed to define and improve advanced audio standards in the marketplace. Leading industry partners include Compaq Computer Corporation, Dell Computer Corporation, Sony Electronics and Diamond Multimedia Systems. Aureal's award-winning product line includes A3D positional audio technology, Vortex audio processors and Vortex-based sound cards, and A3D Pro sound design software. For more information on Aureal or its products and industry leading audio technologies, please visit our Websites at www.aureal.com and www.a3d.com. Forward-Looking Statements Forward-looking statements in this release are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Act of 1995. Investors are cautioned that such forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to, dependence on the PC and consumer electronics industries and on product lines based on new technologies; foundry capacity, availability and reliability; competition and pricing pressures; and other risks detailed from time to time in the company's periodic reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. |
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