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November 17, 1998 – Sensaura, a Scipher company, announces its support of Creative Labs’ Environmental Audio Extensions (EAX™) with ESS Technology, Inc. ESS’ Maestro-2E and Maestro-2EM™, premier digital signal processing audio products incorporate 3D positional audio capabilities from Sensaura.

Sensaura enables the Maestro chips with the EAX extension through the Microsoft® Direct3DSound® API – considered the audio standard of the computer gaming industry.

EAX is a property set extension that uses reverberation techniques that allow software developers to incorporate fully-interactive audio into PC games and other applications. With the EAX property set, PC game enthusiasts can experience simulated sound effects that accurately reflect the surrounding game environment. In total, twenty-six different environmental effects are available with EAX, including underwater and stone corridor surround effects.

"We are pleased to see Sensaura using EAX capabilities. This validates EAX as a great mechanism for extending 3D audio. This announcement also benefits the game development industry, as they look for practical ways to implement enhanced 3D audio technology," explains George Thorn, director of developer relations for Creative Labs.

ESS Technology designs, develops and markets highly integrated multimedia semiconductor and software solutions for the personal computer and consumer electronics markets worldwide. ESS is the market leader in PC audio solutions, a major supplier of state-of-the-art video chip products and a developer of high-speed communications chipsets. ESS combines these technical capabilities with strong competencies in software development, proven quality, and dependable on-time delivery to provide cost-effective solutions for the multimedia needs of original equipment manufacturer customers in worldwide PC and consumer markets. Headquartered in Fremont, California, ESS has sales and technical support offices in Hong Kong, Beijing and Shenzhen, China; Tokyo, Japan; Taipei, Taiwan and Austin, Texas. ESS stock is traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol ESST.

For further information regarding ESS Technology and product line, write ESS Technology, Inc., 48401 Fremont Boulevard, Fremont, California 94538, call 510-492-1088, fax 510-492-1098 or visit http://www.esstech.com.

Sensaura

Sensaura technology is licensed by audio chip vendors who currently supply over 65 percent of the PC audio chip market, as confirmed by Mercury Research. Sensaura 3D Positional Audio fully supports the open standard of Microsoft DirectX®, which is supported by more than 130 games currently released or in development.

Editor's Notes: - Maestro-2EM is a trademark of ESS Technology, Inc.

• Microsoft, Direct3DSound and DirectX are registered trademarks of
• Microsoft Corporation.
• EAX is a trademark of Creative Technologies, Ltd.
• ensaura and the Sensaura logo are trademarks of Scipher.
• All other brands and names are property of their respective owners.

Contact:

Farhaan Mirza,
Marketing Communications Executive
Sensaura
Dawley Road
Hayes, Middlesex UB3 1HH

Tel: +44 (0) 181-848-6508

Fax: +44 (0) 181-848-6565