Almedio
"Since 1981, Almedio, as the leading company of test media, has been a supplier of test CD, test DVD, and other services and products such as replication and sales of CDs and DVDs, disc testing service, etc. In the year of 2003, we stepped in the measuring instrument field by introducing DVD+RW/+R write strategy evealuation tool SET-P220. http://www.almedio.co.jp/

Atmel
Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, California with manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe. Atmel designs, manufactures and markets worldwide, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and RF semiconductors. Atmel is also a leading provider of system-level integration semiconductor solutions using CMOS, BiCMOS, SiGe, and high-voltage BCDMOS process technologies.

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B.H.A. Corporation
"BHA are thrilled to be able to provide powerful functionality for DVD+RW and every other major optical storage technologies in all of our leading-edge media recording software products: B's B's STUDIO, B's Recorder GOLD, B's DVD and B's CLiP. Combining the versatility of DVD+RW with the mass-adoption of CD-RW makes our products ideal to help users maximize their productivity", said Masaharu Yoshihara, President and Chief Executive Officer of BHA.

B.H.A Corporation is a pioneering developer of recording solutions and has supplied Windows and Macintosh recording software for all major optical storage technologies since 1993. BHA's CD and DVD recording solutions are marketed to the world's leading optical storage OEMs and to end users through distributors and retailers worldwide. Founded in 1991, BHA employs 58 full-time staff and develops its technologies for CD/DVD recording, UDF packet writing, and video encoding in-house. The company is headquartered in Osaka, Japan and has sales offices in Santa Ana, California. For more information, please visit B.H.A Corporation's web site at http://www.bhacorp.com/.

CMC Magnetics Corporation
CMC Magnetics is one of the world's top manufacturers of magnetic and optical storage media companies. Not only producing the highest speed of CD-R with the best quality, the company also has a completed array of DVD products such as DVD-ROM, DVD-R, DVD-RW, DVD+RW and DVD-RAM. Moreover, business-card sharp diskette, small size disc and CD-Jewel Boxes are all added in the production activities to make the service more completed. Led by a dynamic management team and equipped with strong R&D performance, the R&D engineers are now expanding their effort to IA sectors. A series of IA products in PDAs and home/audio entertainment are all ready to the market. For the future, the company will aim on the three major trends: Storage media, IA products and Key components. Please visit the CMC web site at cmc.taiwanet.com.

Cyberlink Corporation
"DVD+RW will soon become the acknowledged standard for DVD-Mastering," according to Brian Lin, Product Manager at CyberLink Corp. "We're set to introduce the next version of PowerDirector, already the world's fastest video editing software, now offering DVD-authoring and writing capabilities as we move towards developing an all-in-one total solution for video publishing. In conjunction with DVD+RW drives, our software will allow any user, from video professionals to home video novices, the ability to import their multimedia files or record directly to MPEG, edit their videos, then author and burn finished movie projects onto DVD+RW discs that can be played on virtually any DVD device."

Founded in 1994, CyberLink Corp. is a world leader and pioneer in bringing advanced digital video and audio software products to market. 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. As a result of the company’s solid growth and profitability, CyberLink became a public company in October of 2000 and is listed on the Taiwan Over The Counter Exchange (OTC: 5203). To keep up with market demands, CyberLink has operations in North America, Europe and the Asia Pacific region including Japan. CyberLink's worldwide headquarters are in Taipei and its Web site is located at www.goCyberlink.com.

Dell Computer Corporation
Dell Computer Corporation is the world's No. 1 computer systems company and is a premier provider of products and services required for customers to build their information-technology and Internet infrastructures. The company's revenue for the past four quarters totaled $32.6 billion. Dell ranks No. 48 on the Fortune 500, No. 154 on the Fortune Global 500 and No. 10 on the Fortune "most admired" lists of companies. Dell, through its direct business model, designs, manufactures and customizes products and services to customer requirements, and offers an extensive selection of software and peripherals. Information on Dell and its products can be obtained on the World Wide Web at www.dell.com.

Fujitsu Siemens Computers
Fujitsu Siemens Computers is the leading European computer company and offers one of the world's most complete product and solution portfolios. Its world-leading technology and innovative IT products span the entire range of personal computing and enterprise computing needs. With extensive manufacturing facilities in Germany and more than 7,000 employees serving our customers, the company operates in 25 countries across Europe, the Middle East and Africa.

Fujitsu Siemens Computers offers unrivalled expertise in enterprise computing with best-in-class Intel- and Unix-based servers, mainframes and enterprise storage solutions. The company is also one of the leading providers of professional PCs, notebooks and workstations to business customers, and is Europe's leading supplier of PCs for home users and small offices.

Fujitsu Siemens Computers is jointly owned by Fujitsu Limited and Siemens AG, and benefits from the combined strengths and innovation of its parent companies. The global cooperation between Fujitsu and Siemens provides access to a worldwide network of service and integration partners as well as more than 80,000 specialists dedicated to the Fujitsu Siemens Computers product and solutions portfolio.

GEAR Software
"We are excited about the possibilities of the DVD+RW format and are looking forward to exploring all of the possibilities. GEAR’s software products for DVD mastering, consumer recording, and also GEAR’s recording SDK, will allow consumers to fully utilize the format's extended storage and backward compatibility to the fullest. We expect that DVD+RW's overall affordability will encourage mass consumer support, which we feel, will have a positive impact upon our future business goals."

GEAR Software has been dedicated to providing award winning CD-Recordable software to the world for more than 10 years. We pride ourselves on producing the most robust multi-platform CD-RW and DVD-R software available anywhere today. In addition to professional pre-mastering and software development products, GEAR is also committed to providing CD-R applications for the desktop market, which combine ease of use with the power and excellence of our award-winning professional products. Web site can be found at www.gearsoftware.com.

Hewlett-Packard
HP is a leading global provider of products, technologies, solutions and services to consumers and businesses. The company's offerings span IT infrastructure, personal computing and access devices, global services and imaging and printing. HP completed its merger transaction involving Compaq Computer Corp. on May 3, 2002. The company would have had combined revenue on a pro forma basis with the Compaq transaction of approximately $81.1 billion in fiscal 2001 and has operations in more than 160 countries. More information about HP is available at www.hp.com.

Imation
Imation Corp. is a $1.07 billion technology company and a worldwide leader in the data storage and information management markets. The company develops, manufactures and markets a wide variety of innovative product and service solutions for data storage & information management applications.

Launched as an independent company on July 1, 1996, the name Imation combines the essence of the company’s core businesses – information and image management – with its central values of imagination and innovation.

Today, Imation is building its business by leveraging its base technology and manufacturing leadership in data storage & information management, global service expertise, worldwide market coverage and solid brand name and reputation for quality and reliability, into the products and services required by customers in these markets.

Imation common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Stock Exchange under the trading symbol “IMN.”

Infomedia
Specializing in optical storage, Infomedia pursues the perfect preservation and the accumulation of mankind’s precious memories. We specialize in being innovative in process and quality improvements. Every CD/DVD disc produced by Infomedia, either recordable or rewritable, meets Infomedia’s high expectations, that is, our mission to capture memories with high quality discs.

Furthermore, Infomedia has adopted a One-stop-shopping strategy for the co-existence of R and RW discs to satisfy the DVD industry status quo and to meet customer demand. Via our full product line distribution system, Infomedia can help customers to keep pace with industry progress.
Information of Infomedia can be obtained at www.infomedia.com.tw

InterVideo
InterVideo is a privately held company that makes audio and video software for PCs. With more than 14 million users, WinDVD, InterVideo's award-winning DVD player, is the world's most popular way to watch DVDs on a PC. InterVideo customers include Compaq, Dell, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Siemens, Gateway, Hitachi, HP, IBM, Micron, Panasonic, Sharp, Sony and Toshiba. The company is headquartered in Fremont, CA and with regional offices in Europe, Taiwan and Japan. For more information contact InterVideo at 510/651-0888 or visit the Web site at www.intervideo.com.

Kitano
KITANO Co., Ltd.
98-1 Tsukinowa Tanocho, Komatsushima City,
Tokushima Prefecture, Japan
Phone: +81-8853-3-1133
Fax : +81-8853-3-1674

Contact person
Mr. Takafumi Sakamoto,
KITANO Co., Ltd.
Business Planning Manager
E-mail address: sakamoto-takafumi@kicja.co.jp

Lead Data
Lead Data Inc., established in 1996 as an optical disc manufacture, is today recognized as a leading global supplier of optical storage and other media products to the OEM marketplace and for the distribution and retail channels.

Lead Data Inc. prizes their ISO 9002 Quality System and ISO 14001 Environmental Management System certifications---the de facto standards for quality management the world over. This valued recognition is backed by the company's state-of-the-art manufacturing, strictly maintained to assure customers of reliable quality and compatible products that rival, even surpass, top brands anywhere---and at the lowest possible cost. For further information, please visit web site at www.leaddata.com.tw.

MedioStream, Inc.
"MedioStream, a technology leader in DV to MPEG-2 video transcoding, is fully committed to support DVD+RW in future video applications."

MedioStream, Inc. delivers the latest digital video technology to the consumer market through innovative, simple and easy-to-use software solutions. MedioStream's digital video solutions include real-time authoring software and multi-format conversion options. As a leader in Host Signal Processing (HSP) technology, MedioStream pioneered the first real-time software MPEG-2 and DVD codecs, which can greatly enhance the functionality and features of digital VCR, DVD authoring, video streaming, and video editing applications. MedioStream is the first company to offer a complete end-to-end software solution that integrates real-time DV to MPEG-2 conversion with DVD authoring and burning, revolutionizing the ease and speed with which the average camcorder user can capture, edit, compress, author and burn DVD files onto their recordable drives. Founded in September 1998, MedioStream is based in San Jose, California. For more information please visit www.mediostream.com.

Memorex Products Europe
Memorex Products Europe Memorex Products is the world-wide market leader in CD-R media and a leading provider of computer peripherals and accessories. The Memorex brand has been knowing for over 25 years for high-quality recording media. Today, it supports many leading and innovative storage technologies. The company targets the consumer and the professional user with a broad range of products.

This includes optical storage Hardware, CompactFlash cards and input devices. Memorex EMEA is present in over 30 countries in Europe, Africa and the Middle East. Memorex Products employs more than 200 people worldwide. During FY2001 the company's sales revenue reached approximately US$ 460 million. Additional information about Memorex and it's products can be found at www.memorexlive.com.

MET Technology
MET vision : As the professional company in the integration of optomechatronic technology and products, MET focuses on the development of technology products and services in connection with multimedia drive. Being the only total solution provider and parts and products suppliers of CD-RW/DVD+RW, MET aims to offer higher value in Digital Media Solution.

MET principle: Commitment In pursuit of the most advanced technological contributions for society. Make a proposal and we’ll add a new value with a global outlook, furthering strategic enterprise. Management Policy Out of the greatest efforts and creativity, come the highest results. Collective individual strength to reach combined results. Sensitivity to the common need.

Action Guideline Rapid and accurate responses corresponding to market changes. Consciously improving actions at all times. Establishing objectives to work towards with vigor.

Corporate Strategy - Meeting the changing market with fast and accurate responses. - Building new working mode with aggressive thinking and continuous improvement based on the past experiences. - Realize the best results with maximum efforts and creativity.

Product Strategy - To downsize Optical Drive to be portable, standardize interface, simplify operation and the concept of appliance oriented. - Develop upstream in CD-RW, Combo, DVD+RW solution kits to supply associated firms and control the key techniques.

MiCO Electric
MiCO Electric (Hong Kong) Limited is a Consumer Electronic manufacturer single minded in the development and production of MPEG technologies. With 800 plus staff in Shenzhen, China (Development & Manufacturing) and Hong Kong (Marketing & Sales), MiCO has a production capacity of 3 millions units annually and well established service networks in both Europe and US serving their customers throughout the regions.

In 1999 MiCO was globally the first to successfully develop the VDR player – MPEG video recording on CD-R/RW, and in early 2001 the first Chinese manufacturer to develop the digital DVD receiver. It owns a broad range of highly advanced and unique MPEG technologies from MPEG decoding to encoding as well as digital broadcast receiving. More recently MiCO launched the Tower 21, the world's first A4 size vertical slot DVD 2.1 Home Theatre system. Besides these products, MiCO offers a full range of DVD recorders, players, receivers as well as HD and SC DTV Set Top Boxes.

MiCO is the only DVD+RW alliance AV equipment member from China and the first globally to launch a ODM DVD+RW player onto the market. This product, available by November, contains over 80% of Philips components inside its circuits and will be equipped with most of the European TV features. For more information on this particular product you can contact their marketing team at sales@micoelectric.com. www.micoelectric.com

Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation
Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation (MCC) is Japan's largest chemical company and one of the world's leading manufacturers of information storage products. In a line-up of data and image storage media, MCC holds a strong market share in markets such as DVD-R discs, CD-R and CD-RW discs, 90 mm and 130 mm MO discs, 130 mm WORM discs, hard disc media, as well as tape cartridges and floppy discs. Many of these products are marketed through Verbatim Corporation, which is a wholly owned subsidiary of MCC. Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation has approximately 10,000 employees, and on a consolidated basis recorded revenues of approximately $13 billion for the year ended March 31, 1999. Interested parties can contact the company by calling 81-3-3283-6631 or by faxing to 81-3-3283-6966.

Moaser Baer
www.moserbaer.com.

Nero
Nero provides state-of-the-art software solutions for the global digital media market. Since the company was founded in 1995, its products have established a loyal clientele of more than 180 million users throughout the world. Nero offers the industry’s most reliable CD/DVD-software applications. Its award-winning flagship product, Nero 6, includes all the applications and functionalities needed in the digital media field. Other Nero products include the MPEG 4 based audio/video technology - Nero Digital™, the simple and complete photo solution - Nero PhotoShow Elite, and SIPPS™ and SIPPSTAR PBX, which provide voice-over IP solutions for private and business customers. Nero products are globally distributed by leading hardware manufacturers, international distribution partners and online portals, as well as directly via www.nero.com. Nero Inc. in Glendale, California, USA and Nero K.K. in Yokohama, Japan are subsidiaries of Nero AG, based in Karlsbad, Germany.

NewSoft
Founded in 1987, NewSoft is an acclaimed producer of award winning imaging, multimedia and Internet-related software. NewSoft focuses on integrating hardware and software. NewSoft is well known for its advanced technology, innovative design, and diverse product lines. NewSoft became a publicly traded company in Taiwan in October 2000. For more informatio nplease visit www.newsoft.com.tw.

NewTech Infosystems (NTI)
"NTI (NewTech Infosystems, Inc.) will fully support the DVD+RW standard. We consider the DVD+RW standard an excellent platform for compatibility and convergence. And with backing from first-tier companies like HP and Philips, it has an excellent chance of market success. Therefore, NTI will invest necessary resources to deliver on-time support of the DVD+RW standard. We plan to build support for DVD+RW into NTI's existing and future product lines of optical-storage oriented, state-of-the-art application software: NTI CD-Maker, NTI Backup NOW!, NTI DriveBackup!, NTI DVD-Maker, and NTI WonderWriter. By doing so we will contribute very positively to DVD+RW's success."

NewTech Infosystems (NTI) provides innovative, user-friendly, and state-of-the-art CD recording and backup software solutions for OEMs, VARs and retailers and has millions of products installed worldwide. Currently, NTI focuses on CD-R/RW mastering, backup and related software solutions for data and multimedia applications. NTI is located at 1395 Warner Ave., Tustin, CA 92780, USA. Phone is 714-259-9700. Fax is 714-259-9727. For information on NTI, go to www.ntius.com.

Optodisc Technology Corporation
Optodisc Technology was founded in April 2000 and is devoted to the goal of becoming one of the leading manufacturers of storage media in the world. DVD+RW is designed to be used for both data and video content across PC and AV applications. We are excited about the compatibility of the DVD+RW format and are looking forward to offer an exceptionally high degree of stability and archival integrity of DVD+RW media. Our professional manufacturing procedures ensuring production of the highest quality Re-Writable phase change optical disks. Optodisc Technology is headquartered in Hsinchu,Taiwan. For further information, please visit website at www.optodisc.com.

Philips Electronics
Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands is one of the world's biggest electronics companies and Europe's largest, with sales of EUR 37.9 billion in 2000. It is a global leader in color television sets, lighting, electric shavers, color picture tubes for televisions and monitors, and one-chip TV products. Its 219,400 employees in more than 60 countries are active in the areas of lighting, consumer electronics, domestic appliances, components, semiconductors, and medical systems. Philips is quoted on the NYSE (symbol: PHG), London, Frankfurt, Amsterdam and other stock exchanges. More information at www.philips.com.

Pinnacle Systems
"More and more video enthusiasts and camcorder owners are looking for a way to archive and share their memories on DVDs," says Bill Loesch vice president of marketing and technology for Pinnacle Systems' Personal Web Video Division. "Offering our customers more video editing products with DVD technology is vital to our business. We've chosen to work with the DVD+RW Alliance on integrating their DVD+RW format into our consumer video editing products because its members are market leaders with a successful track record for developing practical and user friendly products."

Pinnacle Systems' broadcast, professional, business and consumer products provide cutting-edge digital video tools to create, store, distribute and view web enabled digital video more easily and more affordably than ever before. It has received many prestigious industry awards, including a Silicon Valley Fast 50 award for growth. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, California, Pinnacle Systems has a global network of support and service centres. Pinnacle Systems may be found on the World Wide Web at www.pinnaclesys.com.

Primera distributes its products in over 80 countries with support for European customers in Germany through Primera Technology Europe. More information about Primera Technology, its history and products is available on the Internet at www.primera.com.

Prodisc Taiwan
DVD+RW's board compatibility and overall affordability will undeniably become user's first choice when choosing a future storage media. Prodisc is totally committed to support this groundbreaking technology and will provide superior DVD+RW in the nearly future.

Founded in 1990, Prodisc has accumulated eleven years of experience in the development and manufacturing of optical storage media, and has become one of the top-three recordable/ rewriterable CD and DVD manufacturers in the world. In addition to optical storage media, Prodisc has also extended its business territory to optoelectronic components and display components. Prodisc has always launched advanced, high quality optical products faster than its competitors, including a wide variety of storage media, fiberoptic thin film components, optical engine components and rear projection screen products for convenient storage, transfer and demonstration of high quality images and music for your life. Please visit the Prodisc web site at www.prodisc.com.tw.

Ricoh Company, Ltd.
Ricoh Company, Ltd. is a leading manufacturer of office equipment, Including copiers, printers, fax machines, CD-R/RW and DVD+RW/+R drives and media, and related supplies and services, as well as digital cameras and advanced electronic devices. The Ricoh group consists of 133 consolidated subsidiaries and affiliates in Japan and 262 overseas. As of March 2003, the Ricoh group employed 74,600 people with recorded annual revenues of $14.73 billion. Additional information about Ricoh and its products can be found at www.ricoh.com.

Roxio, Inc.
"Roxio is the leading developer of software that enables people to create, manage and move digital media. We are delighted to see the industry wide initiative to bring DVD burning capability to the consumer market. We are committed to developing solid software solutions for the DVD+RW consortium to ensure the technology can be adapted quickly by the mass market. We look forward to partnering closely with companies such as Philips and HP to support the launch of their DVD+RW drive." said Tom Shea, Chief Operating Officer for Roxio, Inc.

Roxio, Inc. (www.roxio.com) provides software that empowers people to create, manage and move digital media. Roxio's suite of digital media products features the best selling CD burning software in the world, Easy CD Creator for Windows, and Toast, for Macintosh platform. Roxio also markets GoBack, premier system recovery software that enable PC users to "Go Back" in time to recover from system crashes. Roxio distributes its products globally through strategic partnerships with major PC and CD-R/RW manufacturers, national retail chains and Internet partnerships. Roxio's products are also available at its website. Headquartered in Milpitas, California, Roxio also maintains offices in Longmont, Colorado; Maple Grove, Minnesota; Wurselin, Germany, and Tokyo, Japan. Roxio currently employs approximately 200 people worldwide.

Sentinel
Sentintel is one of Europe's leading manufacturers of data storage media. Sentinel offers diskettes, CD's , DVD's, CD-R's, CD-RW's, DVD+R's and DVD+RW's to its customers. Our headquarter and production facilities are located in Belgium. Sentinel is a Care4Data group member, with offices in Belgium, The Netherlands, France and Germany. For more information, visit www.sentinel.be.

Software Architects, Inc.
"SAI is excited about the opportunity to support the DVD+RW standard. As the first utility software company in the world to provide plug and play support for recordable DVD drives running on the Windows and Apple operating systems, we believe disk compatibility between different devices and systems is key to broad consumer acceptance. DVD+RW offers the potential for compatibility with legacy drives, as well as consumer video players. SAI plans to add support for DVD+RW in its category leading WriteDVD!™ for MS Windows, DVD-RAM TuneUp™ for Apple Mac OS, and FixDVD!™ disk diagnostic and repair utility for Windows and Apple systems."

Software Architects, Inc. develops and publishes system level utility software and specialty applications for personal computers. The company applies its file system, device driver and image enhancement technology to address the integration and ease of use of input and storage devices with personal computers. Founded in 1987, SAI has fourteen years of commercial experience licensing its technology to OEM camera manufacturers, storage manufacturers and systems integrators worldwide. SAI now markets its software to the general public via resellers and website distribution. As a member of the Optical Storage Technology Association (OSTA) as well as the DVD Forum, SAI plays a leading role in the application of the Universal Disk Format and technology for a variety of computer and consumer applications. Web address is: www.softarch.com.

Sonic Solutions
"DVD+RW will revolutionize video publishing," said Bob Doris, President and CEO of Sonic Solutions, the world's leading provider of DVD publishing software. "When used in combination with Sonic's DVDit! or MyDVD software, video professionals, enthusiasts and home users will have the power to record their movies, slide shows and photos onto DVD+RW discs that can be played on set-top DVD players and DVD PCs. As the first provider of affordable DVD software applications, Sonic is extremely pleased to work with the members of the DVD+RW community to bring this new technology to market."

Based in Marin County, California, Sonic (http://www.sonic.com) is the world's leading manufacturer of solutions for DVD creation. Sonic MyDVD(r) (http://www.mydvd.com) is the first DVD authoring application for consumers, and is the leading DVD solution among DVD recorder and PC manufacturers. Sonic DVDit!(r) (http://www.dvdit.com) is the leading DVD authoring application for videographers and corporate video producers; more than two million copies of MyDVD and DVDit! have been shipped. With its high-performance MPEG decoding engine and support for Microsoft DirectX(r), Sonic CinePlayer provides the highest-quality video and audio playback of DVDs or Video CDs. Sonic DVD Creator(r), Sonic Scenarist(r), Sonic ReelDVD(r) and Sonic DVD Producer(tm) are the most widely-used systems for professional DVD publishing, and are installed worldwide at major studios, post production facilities and in corporate marketing departments. Sonic's AuthorScript(r) engine for DVD formatting and burning is licensed by leading software developers including Adobe, Microsoft and Sony. Sonic is a full voting member of the DVD Forum, the standards-setting body for the DVD format.

Sony Corporation
Sony Corporation is a leading manufacturer of audio, video, game, communications and information technology products for the consumer and professional markets. With its music, pictures, computer entertainment and on-line businesses, Sony is uniquely positioned to be a leading broadband entertainment company in the world. Sony's Home Page URL: www.world.sony.com/.

Thomson Multimedia
Thomson (Euronext Paris: 18453; NYSE: TMS) provides end-to-end solutions (technologies, equipment and services) to the entertainment industries. To advance and enable the digital media transition, Thomson has four principal divisions: Content and Networks, Consumer Products, Components, and Licensing. The company distributes its products under the Technicolor, Grass Valley, THOMSON and RCA brand names. For more information: www.thomson.net

Thomson's Consumer Products division is represented by a broad range of home entertainment products, marketed primarily under the RCA brand in the Americas and under the THOMSON brand in Europe. The division comprises Consumer Mainstream (TV, home audio and video), Consumer Essential (accessories, portable audio and video, communication products) and Consumer Product Services. The company's most advanced consumer products are sold under the Scenium banner, emphasizing superior technology and elegant design. For more information: www.rca.com.

Ulead Systems, Inc.
"DVD authoring will be the most popular means of sharing video content at both consumer and corporate levels," said Lewis Liaw, Senior Vice President of Engineering. "Our full line of video editing and DVD authoring software support recording to DVD+RW/+R devices in an effort to popularize the use of DVD for distribution."

Ulead Systems, Inc. develops innovative video, imaging and Web graphics applications to help users communicate their ideas effectively and creatively to audiences around the world. The company's award-winning products include Ulead® PhotoImpact®, Ulead® VideoStudio, Ulead MediaStudio Pro, Ulead Photo Express, Ulead® COOL 3D, Ulead® GIF Animator, Ulead® Photo Explorer, Ulead® GIF-X.Plugin, and Ulead® COOL 360. Ulead also supports the burgeoning Web graphics community with a cutting-edge line of WebUtilities software products that focus specifically on Web graphics and animation design. For more information on the company, its products and services, please visit Ulead's Web site at www.ulead.com.

Ultima
Ultima was founded in 1983 starting from the production of capacitor keyboard and the selling of various computer peripheral products. Ultima has grown into a well-known scanner and optical storage drive manufacturer with tremendous business growth accomplished by over 2,200 worldwide employees engaged in the well-built global sales marketing and RMA service network spanning USA, Germany, Holland, HK, China, Taiwan. Recognizing the huge potential market demand, Ultima has already built two well-established manufacturing plants in WuJiang, DongGuan China to fulfill the customers’ demand with the production capacity over 3.25M units per month.

Ultima is dedicated in the optical storage drive business to provide the full range of ODD products including CD-ROM, CD-RW, DVD-ROM, high-end DVD+RW in order to satisfy the general consumers, SOHO and professionals for the overall needs of audio/video digital applications. In general, Ultima provides customers “ Total Solution” service through One-Stop Shopping to lower customers purchasing costs and strengthen their competitiveness. Backed by extensive service network and flexible delivery schedule specified by the customers, Ultima is engaged in offering the most satisfactory services. For more information, please visit our website at www.artec.com.tw.

Yamaha Corporation
Yamaha Corporation is the world's largest musical instrument manufacturer. While Yamaha products have changed with the times and have seen extensive diversification, neither the products nor the foundation of Yamaha's business has strayed far from its original focus on sound. New Yamaha business ventures are expanding from its fundamental expertise in sound, music and multimedia, and innovative products such as Yamaha sound and image LSIs are used widely in computers and game units. Yamaha also anticipates a substantial increase in sales of CD-RW drives and other products central to the fast-developing field of information technology. The Yamaha Group now has 61 subsidiaries and representative offices in overseas markets in addition to numerous related companies in Japan. More information about Yamaha can be found on their website at www.yamaha.co.jp.

Zoran Corporation
Zoran Corporation, based in Santa Clara, California, is a leading provider of digital solutions-on-a-chip for applications in the growing consumer electronics markets. With two decades of expertise developing and delivering digital signal processing technologies, Zoran has pioneered high-performance digital audio, video, and imaging applications. Zoran’s proficiency in integration delivers major benefits for OEM customers, including greater capabilities within each product generation, reduced system costs, and shorter time to market. Zoran-based DVD, digital camera, DTV and imaging products have received recognition for excellence and are now in millions of homes and offices worldwide. Zoran has headquarters in the U.S. and operations in Canada, China, Europe, Hong Kong, Israel, Japan, Korea, and Taiwan. www.zoran.com