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ESS Technology (NASDAQ:E SST), Fremont, Calif., a leading provider of silicon solutions for digital video, digital home entertainment systems, and home networking solutions, and Clarion, a world-leading automobile multimedia and communication Japanese systems manufacturer, have formed a long-term strategic partnership.
Clarion will incorporate ESS DVD chips in multiple automotive DVD product families. The first family includes Clarion's DVD Center- Unit, which is an all-in-one player that includes a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen and AM /FM 5.1 channel audio receiver. The next product family comprises Clarion's 6-disk DVD autochanger models. Both families are DVD-Video, Video-CD, CD-D A (CD-TEXT), CD-R/RW, and MP3 disk format compatible.
Yasuhiko Nakagawa, director, officer, general manager of the Products Strategy Division of Clarion stated, "We are seeing a continued increase in the demand for DVD players in...