(under construction. Comments/corrections/additions are welcome)
1992: Alaris started to work with Gregory (GT Tech.)
Prof. Babkin (Moscow) visited California. Efficient IDCT algorithm is developed.
Spring 1992: Alaris/GT started to work with Prof. Kolesnik.
Audio group is organized (LIAP, dep. 35). Speech codec (TELP) development is
started.
1993: Image compression project is started.
(Fractal Image Compression, I.Asnis, K. Shabunov)
1994: Video compression project is started.
(I. Asnis, K. Shabunov, S. Semenov)
Jun 2, 1994: First video codec "IKS" (GrayScale only)
is released on June 2,1994. official release text
Jun 30,1994: IKS Project closed:
Started FCP - Full motion Coded and Player
Sep 26,1994: FCP Project closed.
Started VTCP - Video Telephone Codec and Player
November 17,1994: First VTCP release to Alaris
(simulated Intra blocks)
December 24, 1994: Second release to Alaris
(real JPEG-compressed Intra blocks)
April 4, 1995: Version 2.45 (First real Bitstream). readme
file
Released to Alaris on April 10, 1995
Oct-Dec 1995: Ilya Asnis visits Alaris
Raymond makes a decision to switch from VT (video-telephone) to Videogram project.
(Report(rus) by ila ).
P. Chan converts video codec to ICM interface
Nov 1995: Alaris unveils Videogram technology at Comdex
Jan 1996: VT 1.09 - video codec release for the first Videogram product
1996: First Videogram SW is released by Alaris
1996: Pixel codec (by S.Kovalev) is released.
Dec 1996: VT 1.22 - second video codec release for Videogram
Spring 1997: VT 1.22 is ported to Java
Fall 1999: UCF codec interface (original .h
file dated Nov 99)
Fall 1999: "Domen" codec is released
Early 2000: Videogram/Java project is released
VMaker/Java player, vgm file format, Domen+Muzip2 codecs
Talkway deal
Feb 2000: VG2 File Format developed
Spring 2000: VT2k (called XVD later) is started by A. Marsavin,
I. Asnis
June 2001: amars and ila are relocated to Fremont, CA
Summer 2001: LittleBits A/V technology is developed
VT2k codec is renamed to BigBits (aka XVD 2.2)
Fall 2001: amorozov is relocated to Fremont, CA
Early 2002: Alaris -> RightBits transition
Spring 2002: Videogram Creator (based on LittleBits) is released
Fall 2002: RightBits -> DS-USA transition
BHA's investment. Frank Wilde is chairman of the board.
BigBits+Muzip4 is renamed to XVD (eXtended Video Disk) technology
Spring 2003: PCI card - IO-Data deal
April 2003: Kirill Shabunov joins XVD team (again)
Summer 2003: BHA releases XVD Encoder Plus
Summer 2003: CamCast release. Nakanishi deal
Fall 2003: Board resigned. Albert Lam is General Manager.
Fall 2003: XVD 2.4 is released.
April 2004: DS-USA -> XVD Corp. transition
Defta/BHA investment. Sam Takagi is CEO.
CamCast Pro and HV are demonstrated at NAB
Fall 2004: XVD 2.5 is released
April 2005: HD-TX1000 and HD-WTX1000 are demonstrated at NAB
Aug 1, 2005: Product release for HD-TX1000/RX1000
Fall 2005: XVD 2.6 is released (for HD product line)
Jan 2006: Defta-vs-Nova. Joe Lam is back as COO/CEO.
Sam Takagi, Albert Lam, Steve Law left XVD.
April 2006: Keith Dunford is a new CEO
May 2006: XVD 2.7 is released
June 2006: Victor Kolesnik resigned
August 7, 2006: St.Petersburg Branch is closed
August 15, 2006: Kirill and Andrew resigned
August 23, 2006: Ilya resigned