QuVIS to Implement ASIC International's Encryption IP Block in New Digital Cinema

QuVIS to Implement ASIC International's Encryption IP Block in New Digital Cinema Chip

OAK RIDGE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 26, 2001--ASIC International (``Ai'') today announced that QuVIS, Inc. (Topeka, KS) will use Ai's Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and other cryptography intellectual property (IP) blocks in a new videoCOmpression/DECompression (``CODEC'') chip.

QuVIS, a leading provider of digital motion imaging technology, will use the AES block in a chip that will provide motion image processing with digital cinema quality. QuVIS' chip will use AES to ensure that all the content it processes is secure. The new chip will help reinforce QuVIS' market-leading position in digital cinema by providing even greater security while delivering pristine, digitally mastered movies directly to theaters.

``Ai's extensive experience with encryption made them the obvious choice when QuVIS decided to outsource that part of its video CODEC,'' said Kenbe Goertzen, president and CEO of QuVIS. ``Security is of prime importance to studios and movie content owners particularly as we are now delivering content in the form of high-quality digital masters. Embedding AES encryption in our chips is a key part of our multi-layered approach to conditional access.''

The National Institute for Standards and Technology (NIST) recently endorsed AES as the standard cryptography algorithm for the future. Leading cryptographers from around the world have chosen AES for its high degree of security, performance, efficiency, ease of implementation and flexibility.

About QuVIS Inc.

QuVIS Inc., headquartered in Topeka, Kansas, is the leading provider of digital motion imaging technology. QuVIS provides digital solutions based on quality priority encoding, a real-time recording process that guarantees image quality at user definable levels. QuBit, a high-resolution digital server and the first true alternative to film, offers the highest resolution images available using equipment that is easy to operate, reliable, and cost effective. QuBit records, stores and plays back motion images for video and film production, computer animation, projection applications, television broadcast, virtual entertainment rides, scientific and medical/industrial applications. QuBit works both at and between all industry standard formats. The QuVIS product line is continually expanding to apply our imaging technology in acquisition, recording, communication and display processes. For more information, please contact QuVIS Inc., 2921 Wanamaker Drive, Suite 107, Topeka, KS 66614, 785/272-3656, or visit them on the Web at www.quvis.com.

About ASIC International

ASIC International (Ai) is a provider of superior IC design services, with world-class expertise in all aspects of IC design, systems, and architectural implementations. Ai provides complete IC design services, from initial specification through GDSII, and offers complex IC and advanced system designs in high-speed communications, signal processing, cryptography, video, rad-hard, communications, graphics, audio and ultra-low-power analog. For more information, see www.asicint.com or call 865/482-4616.

Contact:
     ASIC International
     Melissa Royer, 865/482-4616
     mdr@asicint.com
        or
     Cayenne Communication
     Michelle Clancy, 252/940-0981
     michelle.clancy@cayennecom.com
        or
     QuVIS, Inc.
     Karen Wagaman, 785/272 3656
     kwagaman@quvis.com