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New Technologies Mark Industry's First Demonstration of Automatic Room

Correction for Low-Cost to High-End Home Theater Systems

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    INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Delivering the highest quality sound
 for high volume home audio, home theater in a box (HTiB) products and
 professional sound systems, Texas Instruments Incorporated (NYSE:   TXN) (TI)
 and Audyssey Laboratories today announced the patent-pending MultEQ(TM) and
 MultEQ LE(TM) technologies that are the first to automatically calibrate
 entire audio systems for multiple listeners in a room by eliminating frequency
 response distortions inherent in most acoustical environments.  Developed by
 Audyssey exclusively for use with TI's digital signal processors (DSP), these
 technologies will be demonstrated during the CEDIA EXPO (September 4 - 6,
 2003) in TI's demo suite at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown.  (See
 www.ti.com/audyssey1 .)
     Based primarily on pattern recognition and the human hearing system,
 MultEQ and MultEQ LE leverage the performance of TI's DSP to correct Room
 Acoustic Distortion (RAD), audible sound distortions that are caused by
 interactions within a room, ensuring that all listeners experience the same
 level of high quality sound.
     "Sound produced by even the highest quality loudspeakers is distorted by
 room acoustics," said Phil Hilmes, chief executive officer, Audyssey
 Laboratories.  "Most audio systems are either incorrectly set up or do not
 have the ability to accommodate multiple listeners.  Now, MultEQ and MultEQ LE
 optimize sound system performance for all listeners in a room, thus
 eliminating the limitations of the sweet spot."
     To enhance room acoustics for all listeners in a group setting, MultEQ,
 Audyssey's primary solution offering, requires a set up time of less than ten
 minutes to obtain the exact room and audio system characteristics.  By sitting
 in a few different listening positions and pressing a button on the remote
 control, the entire audio system is calibrated automatically within seconds to
 provide the best possible sound for the consumer.  MultEQ LE, which addresses
 the needs of home theater in a box (HTiB) systems and does not require any
 additional consumer set up, is also available.  Both solutions provide an
 effective, multiple listener room correction solution, thereby eliminating the
 need to spatially average different sound distortions between the various
 positions.
     "We are excited to work with Audyssey to enable the first real-time room
 correction technology for multiple listeners in low cost to high end
 products," said Curt Moore, business manager of Performance Audio, TI.  "TI is
 dedicated to providing complete, feature-rich system solutions for multi-
 channel audio, and we believe the combination of MultEQ and MultEQ LE
 technology with TI's cost-effective DSP portfolio will allow manufacturers to
 deliver the most compelling audio experience."
     Available for integration in low-cost, high volume home theater products,
 MultEQ and MultEQ LE audio technologies will be offered exclusively with TI's
 Aureus audio DSP solutions.  TI and Audyssey are engaging with customers today
 on MultEQ and MultEQ LE technology, so for more information, please contact
 Audyssey at www.audysseylabs.com .  To hear a live demonstration of MultEQ and
 MultEQ LE technology at the CEDIA show, please contact TI's suite (the Florida
 Room at the Indianapolis Marriott Downtown) for an appointment at
 (317) 822-3500.
 
     About Audyssey Laboratories
     Audyssey Laboratories, Inc. is an entertainment technology company
 specializing in software development for professional and consumer audio
 electronics.  A spin-off from the highly regarded Immersive Audio Laboratory
 at the Integrated Media Systems Center (IMSC), a National Science Foundation
 Engineering Research Center at the University of Southern California (USC),
 Audyssey Laboratories is set to revolutionize the audio industry by
 significantly raising the bar on audio quality and immersion.  For further
 information, visit Audyssey Laboratories' web site at www.audysseylabs.com .
 
     About TI
     Texas Instruments Incorporated provides innovative DSP and analog
 technologies to meet our customers' real world signal processing requirements.
 In addition to Semiconductor, the company's businesses include Sensors &
 Controls, and Educational & Productivity Solutions.  TI is headquartered in
 Dallas, Texas, and has manufacturing, design or sales operations in more than
 25 countries.
     Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the
 symbol TXN.  More information is located on the World Wide Web at www.ti.com .
 
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     All registered trademarks and other trademarks belong to their respective
 owners.
 
 

SOURCE  Texas Instruments Incorporated; Audyssey Laboratories, Inc.

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