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Out in Front: June 20, 1996

Dolby-certified AC-3 IC powers consumer products

Eleven manufacturers from Japan and the United States are shipping consumer products based on the AC-3 IC. The companies include Angstrom, Audio Design Associates, JBL, and Lexicon.

AC-3 is an audio-coding technique that Dolby Laboratories (San Francisco) developed in 1991 for use with the six-channel Dolby Digital movie-sound system for professional theaters. Recent Digital Video Disk specifications for home distribution of the National Television Standards Committee feature pictures include the AC-3. Multimedia and PC playback also include the device.

—by Anne Coyle

Zoran Corp, Santa Clara, CA. (408) 986-1314, fax (408) 986-1240.

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