The Silicon Audio an audio-data compression and storage system with a semiconductor memory card

Author

Sugiyama, Akihiko ; Iwadare, Masahiro ; Ohdate, Nobuhiro ; Manabe, Takashi ; Takano, Hideto ; Kitabatake, Osamu ; Hirao, Eiji

Author_Institution

Inf. Technol. Res. Labs., NEC Corp., Japan

Volume

41

Issue

1

fYear

1995

fDate

2/1/1995 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

186

Lastpage

194

Abstract

A new audio-data compression and storage system, the Silicon Audio, is presented. It employs the MPEG/Audio Layer II algorithm for data compression, which has been standardized by ISO (International Standardization Organization). A semiconductor memory card is equipped with to store the compressed signal. Decoding is carried out by a general purpose digital signal processor and a specially designed gate array chip. The package includes some special designs with vivid colors for the outdoor and sporting use. Since it has no mechanical movement, it is robust against vibration that has been a serious problem for portable audio players. The recording time is defined as a function of the memory-card capacity and the compression ratio

Keywords

audio coding; audio systems; data compression; digital signal processing chips; integrated memory circuits; logic arrays; ISO; International Standardization Organization; MPEG/Audio Layer II algorithm; Silicon Audio; audio coding; audio-data compression system; audio-data storage system; compression ratio; decoding; gate array chip; general purpose digital signal processor; memory-card capacity; recording time; semiconductor memory card; Data compression; Decoding; Digital signal processors; ISO standards; Semiconductor memory; Signal design; Signal processing algorithms; Silicon; Standardization; Transform coding;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Consumer Electronics, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0098-3063

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/30.370326

Filename

370326