Fremont, CA. ESS Technology Inc. today introduced three new devices to its AudioDrive™ series of single-chip audio parts. The new chips are targeted for three distinct OEM market segments: PC motherboard (the ES1869), PC add-in card (ES1887) and PC notebook (ES1879).
All three devices comply with the Microsoft AC’97 standard. Features include 16 bit CD-quality, full duplex stereo sound, PC audio and games support in Sound Blaster™ and Sound Blaster Pro™ modes, FM music synthesis and hardware volume control. They also include a broadside ISA bus interface, advanced power management modes, software addressable selections for Plug and Play (PnP), and support for interfaces to various related devices, including a MIDI synthesizer, a DSP processor and an external wavetable music synthesizer.
Additionally, the ES1869 and ES 1879 include Spatializer 3D audio (simulating a 3D soundstage from two stereo speakers); Enhanced Telegaming Architecture (enables multiple-stream mixed audio playback of WAV, MIDI and FM synthesized audio); and a new high fidelity analog front end.
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