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Interra announces SMPTE VC-1 Video stream analyzer and expanded sales network in Europe

SAN JOSE, Calif./Amsterdam, Septembe 09, 2005
 Interra Systems, Inc., the leading provider of customizable technology components and services, today expanded its video stream analyzer offering by adding the SMPTE VC-1 Analyzer in its product portfolio.

Emulating Interra's popular H264 Analyzer, the SMPTE VC-1 Analyzer verifies a range of audio/video streams for compliance with several media standards including SMPTE VC-1, MPEG-2 Transport, MPEG-4 Video, MP4, 3GPP, AAC Audio, and AMR. The Anlalyzer is an essential tool for design and evaluation engineers in semiconductor and consumer electronics, video equipment manufacturers, video network operators, mobile phone equipment manufacturers and operators. The SMPTE VC-1 Analyzer performs detailed syntax and conformance checks on the selected stream. Interra's SMPTE VC-1 Analyzer supports the VC1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4 Video standards, the AMR & AAC Audio standards, MPEG2 Transport, MP4, 3GPP and ASF.

"Our SMPTE VC-1 Analyzer users can quickly verify, debug, and troubleshoot standards and conformance-related problems in their product or application before introducing it into the market. Design and evaluation engineers in the semiconductor and consumer electronics business, professional video equipment manufacturers, video network operators, mobile phone equipment manufacturers and operators will find our SMPTE VC-1 Analyzer a very useful tool." said Sunil Jain, CEO.

Interra's VC-1 Analyzer will be available immediately on the PC platform running Windows 2000 or XP. The VC-1 Analyzer SDK, which can easily be integrated into customer applications, will be available in Q1 2006. For product demonstration at iBC or more specific availability and pricing information in your territory you may contact Ashish Basu at Interra Systems ().

Along with the announcement of its SMPTE VC-1 Analyzer, Interra announced the appointment of Digi-Box UK (www.digi-box.co.uk) & MindCrea, Finland as its partners in Europe. These new distribution relationships further extends Interra's sales footprint which already includes distribution networks in Asia, North America and a global partnering relationship with Acterna (http://www.acterna.com/). "Digi-Box and MindCrea will help us broaden market penetration in Europe and respond to the demand for our video stream analysis solutions," said Ashish Basu, Vice president of Sales and Business Development at Interra.

"Digi-Box is pleased to partner with Interra to deliver their video analyzer products to the UK & Ireland markets," said Jon Philips, Managing Director of Digi-Box. On the occasion of this announcement Christer Pyyhtiä, founder of MindCrea added "With Interra's H.264 and VC-1 analyzers, we can help video engineers debug standards and conformance-related problems and in achieving shorter design cycles."

About Interra Systems
Interra Systems, Inc. is a leading provider of highly flexible and adaptive design solutions and tools for the acceleration of digital video, memory, ASIC, SoC and system designs. Interra's development capability includes digital video/ audio test tools, codecs, memory development system, EDA tool front-ends, which includes a RTL Synthesis, VHDL and Verilog analyzers and test suites. Interra offers a breadth of services for Electronic and Memory Design Automation, and for developing Digital Video applications and DSP solutions. Customers have found significant strategic value in using solutions from Interra Systems. For more information on Interra, please visit www.interrasystems.com