Micronas' Advanced Video Solutions Macrovision Certified

    SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 10 Micronas
(SWX: MASN, Neuer Markt Frankfurt: MNSN) announced today that it has secured
Macrovision certification for its Video Pixel Decoder VPX 3226E.  The Micronas
chip incorporates a certified detection apparatus to detect and decode
Macrovision protected analog video, allowing content owners to protect their
videocassettes, digital Pay-Per-View programs and Digital Video Disks (DVD)
from unauthorized recording.
    "Copy protection and digital rights management technologies have become
increasingly important, especially in the new digital set-top box and PVR
markets," commented Kai Scheffer, director marketing PC peripherals at
Micronas.  "All new digital recording devices require Macrovision
certification, so to address that market and satisfy our OEM customers' needs,
Micronas now offers a Macrovision certified product."
    The VPX 3226E is a full-feature video acquisition chip for consumer, video
and multimedia applications.  All of the processing necessary to convert an
analog video signal into a digital component stream has been integrated in the
chip.  The Micronas decoder chip is aimed at digital video technologies for
DVD-recording devices and hard disk based video recorders such as personal
video recorders (PVR).

    About Micronas
    Micronas (SWX: MASN, Neuer Markt Frankfurt: MNSN), a semiconductor company
group with worldwide operations, is a leading supplier of cutting-edge IC and
sensor system solutions for consumer electronics, multimedia and automotive
electronics. The holding is headquartered in Zurich (Switzerland). Currently,
the Micronas group employs over 1500 people. In 2000, it generated over CHF
490 Million in sales. For more information on Micronas and its products,
please visit http://www.micronas.com.

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