SAA7785

INTEGRATED CIRCUITS SAA7785 ThunderBird Avenger™ PCI Audio Accelerator Preliminary specification 1999 Nov 12 Philips Semiconductors Philips Semiconductors Preliminary Specification ThunderBird AvengerTM PCI Audio Accelerator SAA7785 IEEE 1394 devices via 14 Channel Virtual Write Master Superior hardware acceleration for minimum CPU consumption Broadest API compatibility including DirectSound3DTM , EAXTM , and A3DTM 64 hardware wavetable polyphony GENERAL DESCRIPTION The SAA7785 ThunderBird AvengerTM is a high-performance PCI audio accelerator offering the ultimate home theater, gaming and music solution. Armed with QSound’s advanced QMSSTM , ThunderBird AvengerTM transforms ordinary stereo games, movies and music to 5.1 speaker output. An integrated S/PDIF OUT connects to consumer audio equipment and S/PDIF IN support provides digital connection from a CD player or other digital audio equipment. The ThunderBird AvengerTM supports redirection of up to 5.1 streams from PCI to USB or IEEE 1394 devices. Full hardware acceleration of DirectSoundTM , 3D audio, music synthesis and gameport functions provides increased graphic framerates and industry leading low CPU consumption. Utilizing a specialized DSP controller and combining with a AC97 codec creates a high quality, high performance, low cost audio subsystem. Professional soft-synth with 256 voice polyphony and XG support Second generation ActiMedia programmable DSP architecture Global reverb for external d...