Taipei, Taiwan----July 12, 2001----CyberLink Corp., one of the world's leading providers of digital video and streaming multimedia solutions, is proud to announce that PowerDVD-Linux is the first Linux-based DVD software player/decoder to support DVD playback acceleration standard interface (XvMC) for the Intel 810 and 815 chipsets. These powerful chipsets, in combination with PowerDVD-Linux, offer IA developers robust performance and an affordable DVD-ready total solution for various information appliances and consumer entertainment devices.

PowerDVD-Linux now takes full advantage of motion compensation and alpha blending supported on the Intel 810 and 815 chipsets, which highly reduces CPU loading for DVD playback and makes fast and easy multi-tasking possible on DVD-enabled IA devices. This achievement follows PowerDVD-Linux's recent certification by Dolby Laboratories for Dolby Digital and Dolby Surround Pro Logic decoding on the Linux platform, further illustrating why PowerDVD-Linux is the optimal solution for Linux based Information Appliances.

This announcement exemplifies CyberLink's industry leading developmental capabilities to implement cutting edge technologies with their revolutionary software solutions. According to Alice H. Chang, CEO of CyberLink, "PowerDVD-Linux has received a good deal of interest from the Linux community by being the first pure software solution to provide DVD playback on the Linux OS. It is designed to deliver the award-winning playback quality and many unique features from the Windows version of PowerDVD to give Linux IA Developers an ideal solution to bring DVD playback to Web Pads, Game Consoles and virtually any Set Top Box consumer device as well."

With PowerDVD-Linux now supporting DVD playback acceleration standard interface (XvMC) for the Intel 810 and 815 chipsets, IA manufacturers will be able to build more responsive and cost-effective systems, such as DVD playback enabled consumer entertainment devices that also have the ability to perform various applications such as e-mail and Web browsing.

About PowerDVD-Linux
PowerDVD-Linux, the best solution for IA developers, is a pure software DVD decoder that can playback DVD titles at a full frame rate, with minimal CPU requirements (only an Intel Celeron 366 or above is needed). In addition, PowerDVD-Linux also has the ability to playback VCD titles and MPEG-1 & 2 multimedia file formats and includes fully certified Dolby Digital and Dolby Pro Logic decoders capable of delivering the best possible multichannel sound and S/PDIF digital output. Many of the advanced features on the Windows based version, like dynamic skin selection, multiple bookmark functions, on screen display, support for remote control interface and karaoke, are also available on PowerDVD-Linux. PowerDVD-Linux also supports numerous video acceleration chipsets under Linux, and its code size is minimized to 600 KB. PowerDVD-Linux can operate under various Linux operating systems (such as Red Hat, Caldera, SuSE, and Mandrake) and supports both X-Free and non X-Free solutions.

About CyberLink Corp.
CyberLink Corporation develops award winning software solutions utilizing digital video and audio kernel technology. The company fully utilizes the powers of today's personal computer and Internet connectivity to create new applications that maximize personal video entertainment, enhance visual communication and increase corporate productivity. Today, CyberLink offers complete digital video solutions from video recording, editing, authoring, and writing to playback and content streaming. The products are categorized into two major lines: Digital Video Applications and Streaming Multimedia Solutions. Digital Video Applications focus on providing video/audio playback and recording capabilities on the personal computer. These award-winning software applications are ideal solutions for turning today's mainstream computers into powerful home theaters and digital video centers. The company's Streaming Multimedia Solutions offer breakthrough technologies to stream and manage high-quality, media-rich contents over corporate intranets or the Internet.

About Intel
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