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CONTACT:          Julie Montez, VP Business Development                                                   (714) 998-9003 ext. 111   DATE:                  August 30, 2004   SUBJECT:           OrangeWare® Corporation announces a 1394 Audio Driver for Windows®   Anaheim, CA – Today, OrangeWare Corporation, announced a Windows® based software driver for 1394 Audio supporting the IEC 61883-6 specification. The 1394 Audio Driver supports Windows 2000 and XP.  It is the only driver available which facilitates the Pro Audio technology embodied by the IEC61883-6 specification.  The 1394 Audio Driver permits a PC equipped with a 1394 port to send 5.1 or 7.1 surround sound down a single 1394 cable to an A/VR or amplified speaker set which supports the IEC 61883-6 specification.   The Market The current method for PC sound cards to deliver surround sound involves a host of analog cables and the resultant loss of quality.  The new 1394 Audio technology delivers high quality digital sound while using only one 1394 cable!   Applications include external 1394/FireWire speakers, A/VR, DVD players, DVHS, AVHDDs, DTVs, external sound cards and midi/mixers e.g. “Garage BandTM” type pro consumer audio capture products.   Technical Information The OrangeWare 1394 Audio driver will support both the TI  iceLynx-Micro and the Oxford FW970 chip.  Support is provided for 1394 streaming on 6 or 8 channels of audio at speeds up to 400 Mb/s for receiving and processing 32-bit audio data sampled at up to 192kHz.    A second phase of the driver development will culminate next month with support for an ASIO interface.  This will facilitate Pro Audio applications for Midi/Mixer environments.   Company Information OrangeWare is a software design and development company specializing in driver and application development for emerging technologies.  Its customers include Intel, VIA, nVidia, Gigabyte, Micro Star, 3Com and many others.  OrangeWare is known worldwide for its first to market development of the USB 2.0 drivers for Windows and Mac operating systems.  OrangeWare holds additional copyrights on driver technologies  for 802.11a/b/g wireless, 1394b, Windows audio/video utility products, and now, 1394 Audio.  Looking ahead, OrangeWare has committed its support for UWB/WirelessUSB development with the intention to be first to market with driver support for this exciting new technology.    Sample software drivers are available to interested OEM’s and prospective licensees.   For more information about OrangeWare, please visit our website at www.orangeware.com or contact Julie Montez directly at (714) 998-9003 x111 or via email at