Bristol, UK and Sunnyvale, Calif. – August 10, 2010– XMOS® today announced it has joined the AVnu Alliance, an industry forum dedicated to the advancement of professional-quality audio video and increased hardware and software support for the IEEE 802.1 Audio Video Bridging protocol.

The alliance and XMOS share a commitment to high-quality audio; AVnu Alliance strives to ensure AVB interoperability of networked A/V devices, helping to provide the highest quality streaming A/V experience. The alliance promotes Audio Video Bridging (AVB) and the related IEEE 1722 and 1733 standards over various networking link-layers, and XMOS provides a flexible AVB solution to its customers for development on XMOS processors.

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“XMOS has compiled a very excellent portfolio of IP to serve the digital audio community – including their AVB solution,” said Rick Kreifeldt, president of AVnu Alliance. “We are happy to welcome XMOS to this group of industry stakeholders in the quest to bring a standard, affordable high quality A/V experience to the market.”

“The interoperability standards that the AVnu Alliance supports are important for the market growth of networked audio and video,” said Terry Leeder, president and CEO of XMOS. “We have a large number of customers developing products using AVB, which is a great fit for the XMOS architecture. We look forward to contributing to AVnu in supporting this market.”

XMOS AVB Solution

• Integrates AVB protocols, digital audio interfacing, control and signal processing into a single, low cost chip
• Provides a software-only, C-based design flow with a unified development environment for rapid development
• Offers complete flexibility allowing the mix of software and hardware to be matched to an exact specification and even updated in the field at a later date
• Is a field-proven, AVB reference design for fast and successful product introduction

For Additional Information

• XMOS Website
• XMOS AVB Design Guide
• XCore Exchange Community
• XMOS on Twitter
• XMOS on LinkedIn
• AVnu Website
• AVB on LinkedIn

About XMOS

XMOS is transforming the way in which electronic products are designed. Its revolutionary event-driven multi-core processors make it easy to design systems entirely in software. XMOS designers enjoy the fastest route from idea to product, using standard programmable chips to create complete systems combining interface, DSP and control software. For designers in leading electronics brands, entrepreneurs and researchers, XMOS enables innovation and dramatically reduces costs. XMOS is based in Bristol (UK), Sunnyvale (CA, USA) and Chennai (India) with sales offices and representatives across the world.