AppliedMicro, Lab X join AVnu Alliance to promote AVB adoption

BEAVERTON, USA: The AVnu Alliance is proud to announce that Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AppliedMicro) and Lab X Technologies, LLC have joined as Promoter Members.

AppliedMicro and Lab X join the growing ranks of silicon suppliers and equipment providers who are working within the AVnu Alliance to promote the emerging IEEE 802.1 Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) networking standards for a broad range of markets including automotive, consumer electronics, and professional A/V.

“We are pleased with the recent additions of AppliedMicro and Lab X,” states Rick Kreifeldt, AVnu Alliance chairman and president. “AppliedMicro has a long history providing networking silicon and solutions and Lab X is the recognized connectivity provider in the Professional A/V space. Their involvement illustrates the applicability of the technology to diverse markets.”

“Streaming audio and video across a SoHo or larger service provider geography requires time awareness and QoS assurances,” said Raghu Kondapalli, senior director of technology for AppliedMicro. “AppliedMicro is excited to work with AVnu Alliance in bringing this technology to the eco-system of industry players.”

“AVB is the future of A/V networking,” states Lee Minich, president of Lab X Technologies, “and Lab X is excited to become part of the AVnu Alliance’s work to assure interoperability and provide a level of system integration previously unachievable to our manufacturer clients and their end users.”

AVnu Alliance
AVnu Alliance is an industry forum dedicated to the advancement of professional-quality audio video by promoting the adoption of the IEEE 802.1 Audio/Video Bridging (AVB) standards over various networking link-layers.

The organization will create compliance test procedures and processes that ensure AVB interoperability of networked A/V devices, helping to provide the highest quality streaming A/V experience. The Alliance will promote awareness of the benefits of AVB technologies and intends to collaborate with other organizations and entities to make use of this work in their respective efforts to provide a better end-user A/V experience.

The Alliance is focused on applications of these technologies in the automotive, consumer electronics and professional A/V markets.