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C-Media Electronics, Inc. () is a
* Oxygen HD CMI8788 (
Taiwan
Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia. The main geography of Taiwan, island of Taiwan, also known as ''Formosa'', lies between the East China Sea, East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocea ...
computer hardware
Computer hardware includes the physical parts of a computer, such as the central processing unit (CPU), random-access memory (RAM), motherboard, computer data storage, graphics card, sound card, and computer case. It includes external devices ...
company that manufactures processors for PC audio and USB storage
The USB mass storage device class (also known as USB MSC or UMS) is a set of computing communications protocols, specifically a USB Device Class, defined by the USB Implementers Forum that makes a USB device accessible to a host computing devi ...
, and wireless audio devices. Many of their PCI audio solutions can be found in the Xonar sound cards developed by ASUS
ASUSTeK Computer Inc. (, , , ; stylized as ASUSTeK or ASUS) is a Taiwanese Multinational corporation, multinational computer, phone hardware and electronics manufacturer headquartered in Beitou District, Taipei, Taiwan. Its products include deskto ...
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Products
ISA audio
* CMI8328 * CMI8330PCI audio
* CMI8338 * CMI8738-SX supports 4-channel 16-bit DACs, 2-channel 16-bit ADC * CMI8738-LX supports 6-channel DAC 5.1 surround, 2-channel 16-bit ADC * CMI8738-MX supports 6-channel DAC 5.1 surround,S/PDIF
S/PDIF (Sony/Philips Digital Interface) is a type of digital audio interface used in consumer audio equipment to output audio over relatively short distances. The signal is transmitted over either a coaxial cable using RCA connector, RCA or BN ...
IN/OUT (44.1K and 48KHz), 2-channel 16-bit ADC
* CMI8768
* CMI8768+ (Dolby Digital Live
Dolby Digital, originally synonymous with #Dolby AC-3, Dolby AC-3 (see below), is the name for a family of audio compression (data), audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. Called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1995 in film, ...
encoding)
* CMI8769
* CMI8770 (Dolby Digital Live
Dolby Digital, originally synonymous with #Dolby AC-3, Dolby AC-3 (see below), is the name for a family of audio compression (data), audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. Called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1995 in film, ...
& DTS Connect
DTS, Inc. (originally Digital Theater Systems) is an American company. DTS company makes multichannel audio technologies for film and video. Based in Calabasas, California, the company introduced its DTS technology in 1993 as a competitor to Dol ...
encoding)
* Oxygen HD CMI8786
* Oxygen HD CMI8787
* Oxygen HD CMI8788 (Dolby Digital Live
Dolby Digital, originally synonymous with #Dolby AC-3, Dolby AC-3 (see below), is the name for a family of audio compression (data), audio compression technologies developed by Dolby Laboratories. Called Dolby Stereo Digital until 1995 in film, ...
& DTS Connect
DTS, Inc. (originally Digital Theater Systems) is an American company. DTS company makes multichannel audio technologies for film and video. Based in Calabasas, California, the company introduced its DTS technology in 1993 as a competitor to Dol ...
encoding)
AC'97
AC'97 (''Audio Codec '97;'' also MC'97 for ''Modem Codec '97'') is an audio codec standard developed by Intel Architecture Labs and various codec manufacturers in 1997. The standard was used in motherboards, modems, and sound cards.
The specif ...
audio
* CMI9738
* CMI9739
* CMI9761
* CMI9780
HD Audio
* CMI9880 (some of them have Dolby Digital Live certification) * CM8888 (Oxygen Express-series) APPLICATIONS : PowerColor Devil HDX Sound Card * CMI8828 (Oxygen Express-series) APPLICATIONS : HT OMEGA FENIX Sound Card, SUNWEIT ST15, SUNWEIT ST16 * CM8826 (Oxygen Express-series)USB audio
* CM102A+/S+ * CM108AH * CM108B * CM118B * CM119B/BN * CM6206 * CM6206-LX * CM6300 * CM6302 * CM6317A * CM6327A * CM6400 * CM6400X1 * CM6500B * CM6502B * CM6510B * CM6523B * CM6530N * CM6531N * CM6533(N) * CM6533DH * CM6533X1 * CM6535 * HS-100BWi-Sonic network audio
* CMWS-01: Uses CMI8769 for audio. * WS-011 * WS-012 * WS-021 * WS-022 * WS-101USB storage
* CM120 (Support for this product does not exist in C-Media.tw) * CM220 ** CM220F ** CM220L ** CM220S * CM320 ** CM320L ** CM320SSensaura licence expiry
C-Media'sSensaura
Sensaura Ltd., a division of Creative Technology, was a company that provided 3D audio effect technology for the interactive entertainment industry. Sensaura technology was shipped on more than 24 million game consoles and 150 million PCs (on soun ...
licence expired on 23 September 2008. While there is an article promoting new Xear3D EX with OpenAL support, replacement drivers are not available at the current time.
As of 26 September 2011, drivers are now available for some PCI chipset models.
* CMI 8738
* CMI 8768
* CMI 8768+
* CMI 8770
* CMI 8787
* CMI 8788
See also
* List of sound card manufacturers * List of Taiwanese companies *AC'97
AC'97 (''Audio Codec '97;'' also MC'97 for ''Modem Codec '97'') is an audio codec standard developed by Intel Architecture Labs and various codec manufacturers in 1997. The standard was used in motherboards, modems, and sound cards.
The specif ...
* Sound card
A sound card (also known as an audio card) is an internal expansion card that provides input and output of audio signals to and from a computer under the control of computer programs. The term ''sound card'' is also applied to external audio ...
References
External links
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cmedia Manufacturing companies based in Taipei Electronics companies established in 1991 Audio equipment manufacturers of Taiwan Sound cards Taiwanese brands Taiwanese companies established in 1991