Intel and Lucent Technologies Partner to Enhance Digital Music Protection

Strategic Insights

Jan 23, 2000 — 1 min read

Intel Corporation and Lucent Technologies have partnered to incorporate Lucent's Enhanced Perceptual Audio Coder (ePAC) into the Intel Software Integrity System, a solution designed to protect digital music from unauthorized use and ensure that high-quality audio is maintained during compression. This collaboration aims to provide recording artists and publishers with greater confidence in the integrity and quality of their digital music.

Key Takeaways:

The partnership involves the integration of Lucent's ePAC, a new version of the Perceptual Audio Coder (PAC), which offers CD-transparent stereo sound at 128 kilobits per second.
The Intel Software Integrity System, in conjunction with ePAC, will enable secure playback of high-quality music on popular music players such as Winamp and the Microsoft Windows Media Player.
ePAC uses psychoacoustic modeling to compress music in a way that is not noticeable to the ear, reducing transmission time and storage while retaining fidelity.
The Secure Digital Music Initiative (SDMI), in which both Intel and Lucent are members, aims to develop an open, secure access system for digital music.
ePAC has been improved with recent advancements, including enhanced quantization and coding for higher-quality audio at lower bit rates, and improved psychoacoustic modeling from Bell Labs research.

Statistics:

ePAC offers compression at a rate of 11 to 1, reducing transmission time and storage while retaining fidelity.
ePAC can be used in multiple bandwidth applications due to its variable bit rates and superior audio quality.
The Intel Software Integrity System is designed to run on all Intel Architecture processor-based systems running Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows NT clients, and Windows NT servers.

Sources:

Intel Corporation ( BUSINESS WIRE, January 24, 2000 )
Lucent Technologies ( WONDER WIRE, January 24, 2000 )
developer.intel.com/software/security ( Intel Software Integrity System website )
www.lucent.com ( Lucent Technologies website )
www.intel.com/pressroom ( Intel Corporation website )

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