BEAVERTON, OR – The AVnu Alliance has expanded with new manufacturer members, including Analog Devices Inc., Barco N.V., Pelagicore A.B., and Shure Inc. AVnu members promote the adoption of the IEEE 802.1 AVB (Audio Video Bridging) standards and also IEEE 1722 and 1733 for professional AV and other applications.
The AVnu Alliance also recently hosted its first member plugfest to ensure interoperability among AVB-enabled networked products offered by member companies.
"I'm very pleased with the success of AVnu Alliance's first plugfest" said Kevin Stanton, chair of the Technical Working Group and principal engineer at Intel. "We achieved a high degree of interoperability among multiple independent AVB endpoint and switch implementations, an important milestone on the path to an AVnu certification program."
"Our new members…bring a diverse range of experience in providing audio and video solutions for demanding conditions," said Rick Kreifeldt, AVnu Alliance chairman and VP, Harman International. "Coupled with the success of our first plugfest, this clearly shows the momentum that we are achieving within AVnu Alliance."
"We are excited to be part of the AVnu Alliance and feel that the work that has begun here is critical as manufacturers embrace and deploy AVB", said Colin Duggan, product line director, CPT/DSP, Analog Devices, Inc. "As a provider of highly flexible and innovative semiconductor solutions , ADI believes it can contribute much to this organization in an effort to make the user's experience with seamless across all markets and applications."
"Open networked visualization solutions are the way forward in the A/V industry. Barco is at the forefront of the convergence process of audio visual and IT technologies and is therefore thrilled to join AVnu Alliance," says Jan Willem Brands, Barco CTO. "The AVB standards aim to build more reliable and easier to use network centric audio and video applications."
"Ever since Mr. Shure founded the company, we have been focused on customer satisfaction and making continuous improvements to ensure they have quality products that help them meet their needs," said Christine Schyvinck, Executive Vice President of Global Marketing and Sales for Shure Incorporated. "We are pleased to be joining AVnu Alliance in support of an open digital audio network standard for the pro audio industry because this protocol will make it easy for our products to connect seamlessly and ‘talk' to other manufacturers' products, which will ultimately allow us to better serve our customers."
Founding members of AVnu Alliance include Broadcom Corp., Cisco Systems, Harman International Industries Inc., Intel Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., and Xilinx, Inc. Promoter members now include Analog Devices Inc., Applied Micro Inc., Avid Inc., Barco N.V., Lab X Technologies, LLC, Marvell Inc., Meyer Sound Inc., and Pelagicore A.B.
For more information, please visit www.AVnu.org.
