"Trivici is Tripath's proprietary digital amplifier architecture and represents a breakthrough in audio price and performance," said Dr. Adya S. Tripathi, President and Chief Executive Officer of Tripath. "Trivici is a scalable platform that we plan to leverage in multiple product introductions. This first product, an amplifier for flat-panel TVs, promises to set a new price-for-performance mark for the industry. Trivici reinforces our technological leadership and positions us with multiple market opportunities to support our growth strategy by bringing innovative and cost-effective solutions to our customers."
Tripath maintains the largest portfolio of switching amplifier products in the industry for both audio and communications applications, which are used by leading global consumer electronics companies from the U.S., Japan, China, Europe and other regions. At CES, Tripath will display a wide range of consumer products serving the Television, Home Theater, Automotive, and Consumer Convergence markets, including:
-- Several Class-T powered iPod docking stations. The Class-T amplifiers in these products offer industry-leading efficiency and eliminate the need for bulky heat sinks, enabling docking station makers to provide excellent sound quality and innovative and compact designs.
-- The newest high-power automotive head units from Panasonic. Panasonic is the leader in head unit output power, providing units that deliver twice the power of traditional models. These amplifiers can put out over 70 watts into 4 channels. If you doubt the amount of power they can deliver, come check out a head-to-head challenge with a typical trunk amplifier.
-- The TDA1400, which is a cost effective solution for delivering over 400 watts into one channel, providing cost, weight and power savings without sacrificing sound quality. The TDA1400 is ideal for subwoofers and powered speakers.
-- Solutions for professional and installed audio systems from Elan Home systems, Carver Digital, and others.
-- A variety of convergence products that depend on Class-T to provide superior sound. Products are expected from customers such as Sonos' digital music system that has pulled in honors from CNET Networks, PC Magazine, CE Pro, Popular Mechanics, and many more.
Tripath plans to make additional product announcements around the time of CES.
About Tripath Technology Inc.
Based in San Jose, California, Tripath Technology Inc. is a fabless semiconductor company that focuses on providing highly efficient power amplification to the digital media consumer electronics and communications markets. Tripath owns the patented technology called Digital Power Processing(R) (DPP), which leverages modern advances in digital signal processing and power processing. Tripath markets audio amplifiers with DPP under the brand name Class-T(R). Tripath's current customers include, but are not limited to, companies such as Alcatel, Alpine, Hitachi, JVC, Sanyo, Sharp, Sony and Toshiba. For more information on Tripath, please visit Tripath's web site at www.tripath.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
Certain statements in this release concerning Tripath's leadership position in the digital amplifier market, the prospective benefits of the Trivici architecture, when and if Tripath will launch new products, including the TDA1400 and those based on Trivici, and the benefits therefrom contain forward-looking statements that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially. The risks and uncertainties include many factors, such as silicon wafer pricing and the availability of foundry and assembly capacity and raw materials, availability and pricing of competing products and technologies that would affect sales and pricing of our products. We may experience fluctuations in the manufacturing yields of our third-party semiconductor foundries and other problems or delays in the fabrication, assembly, testing or delivery of our products. We may not be able to specify, develop or acquire, complete, introduce, market and transition to volume production new products and technologies in a timely manner. Further information regarding these and other risks and uncertainties is included in the Company's United States Securities and Exchange Commission filings, particularly our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended September 30, 2005 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 7, 2005.
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