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07/Nov/2001 | CIFELLI selected by Pioneer to supply cPEG™ MPEG2 decoders |
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29/Mar/2001 | CIFELLI exhibits at OCRI'2001 |
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| CIFELLI selected by Pioneer to supply cPEG™ MPEG2 decoders |
Tokyo, Japan-November 07, 2001 - CIFELLI Corporation was selected by the
Pioneer Electronics Corporation to supply its
Business Systems Department with the cPEG hardware
MPEG2 decoder.
Koichi Sato, Senior Assistant Manager, Marketing
Section, of Pioneer, said "Today we
choose a decoder which will be
integrated into one of our key Business Systems Solutions. We have
tried others and know this one to be the very best. We have full
confidence in the technical and business support provided by CIFELLI."
"It is indeed a pleasure to combine energy and technical
expertise with
a world class electronics producer like Pioneer.
Their DVD drives are unmatched in quality and performance. Combined
with these decoders, the end product will deliver end-customer satisfaction,
resulting in significant long term revenues" said Tony Cifelli,
President & CEO of CIFELLI.
CIFELLI
Corporation (est. 1993) is a leading provider of custom
technology solutions. Expertise covers notebook computers, video
processing hardware, fiber optic network equipment, and associated
consulting, integration, and software development. This
privately held high-tech company is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario,
CANADA. Products and services are delivered worldwide. For more
information, visit the web site at http://www.cifelli.com.
Pioneer Electronics Corporation (NYSE:PIO) (est. 1938) is a world leader in digital entertainment products. Founded in in Tokyo as a radio and speaker repair shop. Pioneer is respected for its role in such innovations as interactive cable TV, the Laser Disc player, developing the first Compact Disc player for the car and the first detachable face car stereo, DVD and DVD recording, plasma display, and organic electroluminescent display. Pioneer's strength in optical disc and display technology is complemented by its state-of-the-art software products and manufacturing capabilities. For more information, visit the web site at http://www.pioneerelectronics.com.
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| CIFELLI exhibits at OCRI'2001 |
Ottawa, ON-March 29, 2001 - CIFELLI Corporation exhibits for the sixth consecutive year at the OCRI '2001 show held at the COREL Centre in Ottawa. 200+ exhibitors at this year's show.
Tony Cifelli, President & CEO of CIFELLI, said "It was delight to witness the excitement the streaming MPEG2 demo generated. Most were unaware that DVD video and audio quality was available over a LAN. Further that we showed the stream traversing a fiber LAN constructed using our very own components had many heads shaking in disbelief."
This year we had 1 DVD movie streaming over a fiber LAN. Effectively, a cBook was acting as a server to store and dish out the MPEG2 source to a client on the LAN. The cBox was acting as the playback client and routed the incoming stream through its cPEG hardware decoder [a.k.a. CineMaster98 C3.0 by Ravisent Technologies Inc.].
The stream was carried over a LAN constructed of
cNet components
including two fiber optic segments. Path of the stream was as follows:
cBook
->
cNet
NIC-303 cardbus 10/100 NIC CAT5 ->
cNet
NMC-301MC multi-mode fiber converter ->
cNet
NMC-301MC (mounted in a
cNet NCB-108 media
converter bay) ->
cNet
NSW-224 24-port switch CAT5 ->
cNet
NMC-301SC single-mode fiber converter (also mounted in the
cNet NCB-108 media
converter bay) ->
cNet
NIC-218 single-mode NIC (installed a PCI slot of the
cBox) ->
cPEG
CineMaster98 C3.0 hardware decoder.
Not a single video frame is dropped during stream playback. Playback
is perfectly smooth as if played back directly from the DVD drive on
the
cBox.
Fun stuff:
1. This year's winners of the cifelli T-shirt:
- Stιphane Rivest, Manager - Marcil, Lavallιe, Loyer & Partners;
- John Grefford, Secretary - Spectrum Sciences Institute;
- Edna Gbortsu, Intern - Ontario Ministry of Economic Development and Trade;
- Jacqueline Bernauer, Developer - Interaction Inc.;
- Peter Hicks, Educational Technology Leader - Ottawa-Carleton District School Board.
2. The following is a sequence of photographs taken at the show.
| Title | Comments |
| View from the stands | See the cifelli banner approx center of the frame. They managed to cram 200+ exhibitors on to the ice surface at this year's show. |
| Zooming in | The cifelli banner (post processed to make the font darker) in the corner. Company name (timed precisely by the photographer) as it scrolled with the other 200+ exhibitor names in the upper left. |
| Closer yet | You can make out Tony Cifelli speaking with one of our clients - Helma Gansen - President of Gansen-Lindsay Design Consultants. |
| Booth, face on | Front on view of the booth. |
| Booth, from the right | The booth from the right side. |
| Booth, from the left | The booth from the other side. Richard Soulliere, Tony Cifelli, Louis Gauvin. |
| Focused on the job | Richard and Tony starting up the demo. |
| The rack | Close-up of the cNet
NRK-048 19"x48" equipment rack. From the top: cNet NPC-248 48 port RJ45 CAT5 patch panel; cNet NSW-224 24-port switch; cNet NCB-108 media converter bay; cNet NPF-118 18 port duplex fiber patch panel. |
| Switch and fiber | Real close on the switch and media converter bay. |
| Around the booth | Louis, Tony, and Richard gather to pose for a quick shot. |
| The Usual Suspects | Yeesh, what a line-up. They are all guilty! |
| Here's looking at ya! | Tony giving you the straight on. |
| Save our racks! | Richard, before he was cured of rack hugging. His later efforts to chain himself to it were thankfully averted as we advised him that the rack and the equipment therein could be produced on demand and are in no way an endangered species. ;) |
| Vanna White - eat your heart out | Louis showing Vanna White how to do it. Don't mess with Louis! |
CIFELLI Corporation (est. 1993) is a leading provider of custom technology solutions. Expertise covers notebook computers, video processing hardware, fiber optic network equipment, and associated consulting, integration, and software development. This privately held high-tech company is headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. Products and services are delivered worldwide. For more information, visit the web site at http://www.cifelli.com.
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