Vimicro Announces New Milestone: Shipment of 5 Million Advanced Web Camera Embedded...

Vimicro Announces New Milestone: Shipment of 5 Million Advanced Web Camera
Embedded Processors for High-end Notebook PCs

BEIJING, March 31 /Xinhua-PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Vimicro International
Corporation (Nasdaq: VIMC), a leading fabless semiconductor company that
designs advanced mixed-signal multimedia products and solutions, today
announced that Vimicro has shipped more than 5 million VC0336 web camera
embedded processors, the most advanced web camera processor in the market, for
high-end notebook PCs.
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Launched in 2007, Vimicro's VC0336 processor offers notebook manufacturers
advanced functions for enhanced web camera multimedia experiences such as HD
(High Definition) video streaming, high-quality audio recording, auto focus,
and audio noise cancellation, etc. Since then, VC0336 has been adopted by the
world-leading notebook manufacturers as the processor not only provides
stunning audio/video quality, but enables notebook manufacturers to improve
product design to meet customer demand for sleeker, more compact notebooks in
highly competitive markets.
"As the most advanced web camera processor in the market today, the VC0336
has given notebook manufacturers an edge on Internet video applications in the
era of Web 2.0," said Kevin Jin, President of Vimicro. "VC0336's mass appeal
stems from its advanced streaming video capabilities critical to some of the
latest notebooks targeting high-end web camera applications."
About VC0336
The VC0336 processor can stream video at 60 frames per second (fps) with a
resolution of 0.3 mega pixels, 30 fps with a resolution of 1.3 mega pixels,
and 20 fps with a resolution of 2.0 mega pixels. VC0336 comes with the SMIA
(Standard Mobile Image Architecture) interface, the only web camera processor
in the market with such feature currently, enabling high-speed video streaming
at HD resolution as well as much smaller camera module designs to fit into
ever-thinning high-end notebook LCD panels. Additionally, VC0336 provides
advanced image processing such as lens shading correction and image noise
filtering for better video quality, and two audio ADCs (Analog Digital
Converters) enabling advanced audio processing such as noise reduction.
About Vimicro
Vimicro International Corporation is a leading fabless semiconductor
company in China designing, developing and marketing proprietary digital
multimedia signal processing chips and solutions enabling multimedia
applications for mobile phones over 2.5G/3G networks and PCs over broadband
Internet. http://www.vimicro.com/english

For more information, please contact:

Meghan Weber / Angela Ruggiero
Stanton Communications
Tel: +1-212-616-3601
Email: mweber@stantoncomm.com
aruggiero@stantoncomm.com

Sheena Shen / Haizhen Du
Vimicro Corporation
Tel: +86-10-6894-8888
Email: sheenashen@vimicro.com
duhaizhen@vimicro.com

SOURCE Vimicro International Corporation

Meghan Weber / Angela Ruggiero of Stanton Communications, +1- 212-616-3601, or
mweber@stantoncomm.com, aruggiero@stantoncomm.com; Sheena Shen / Haizhen Du of
Vimicro Corporation, +86-10-6894-8888, or sheenashen@vimicro.com,
duhaizhen@vimicro.com