SoCTechnology licenses videantis v-MP2000 SD video IP

Hannover, Germany, and Schwalbach, Germany - August 08, 2006 - videantis GmbH, a leading IP provider of multi-standard video processing solutions, today announced that SoCTechnology GmbH & Co. KG has taken a license for the videantis(TM) v-MP2000 SD video processing subsystem. SoCTechnology, a well established German ASIC & SoC design house, has chosen videantis' v-MP2000 SD subsystem due to its flexibility and superior silicon efficiency.

Martin Damrau, CEO of SoCTechnology, said, "The multistandard functionality of videantis' video solution was one of the key factors for our selection. Another key point for our next generation cost-effective Voice and Video over IP (V2oIP) ASIC was the programmability and to achieve lowest system cost. With videantis, we have a cost-efficient turn-key solution that can carry us into the future."

Hans-Joachim Stolberg, CEO & CTO of videantis, said, "We are proud to have SoCTechnology as one of our new licensees. We regard this as another proof of the competitive position of the videantis video processing solution. We are sure that SoCTechnology will gain major attraction for its Voice and Video over IP solution in the market. "

The videantis v-MP2000 SD is the dual-core architecture out of videantis' family of scalable video subsystems. It supports all video compression standards like MPEG-4, H.264/AVC, and VC-1, as well as a wide range of value-add image enhancements, and is especially suited for simultaneous encoding and decoding applications up to standard definition resolutions.

About SoCTechnology

SoCTechnology is a well established ASIC & SoC Design House with major design and sales activities in Central & Western Europe, providing both, technical and commercial SINGLE CHIP Solutions for VoIP and Video Phones as well as for G3/UMTS, GSM and ISDN Phones. SoCTechnology (www.soct.de) develops Turn-Key System-on-Chip ASIC Designs and manufactures the VI-18xx family of VoIP/MoIP/Video chips for low cost single chip Internet phone solutions.

About videantis

videantis GmbH, Hannover, Germany, is a leading chip, silicon IP, and software solutions provider for mobile, home, and custom multimedia applications. videantis combines the expertise of an application-adapted, yet fully programmable architecture, an extensive portfolio of optimized applications, and system-on-chip integration services to offer comprehensive one-stop video solutions. Based on its application-optimized processor platform family, videantis licenses multi-standard-capable video IP solutions for the most advanced video coding standards including H.264/AVC, MPEG-4, H.263, DivX, WMV9/VC-1, and MPEG-2, and video enhancement. As a fast-growing company, videantis continues to extend its technical expertise with further build-up of personnel at its location Germany. For more information about videantis GmbH, please visit http://www.videantis.com.