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MillimeterLeitch Awarded Emmy for Shared Video-Data Storage Technology
Nov 1, 2001 12:00 PM
Toronto (November 1, 2001) — Leitch Technology Corporation (TSE:LTV;NASDAQ:LVID) today announced that it has been awarded an Emmy by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for its patented shared storage technology.
At an awards ceremony held in New York City on October 16, Leitch was honored by the Academy for “Pioneering developments in shared video-data storage system technology for use in television video servers.” With the introduction in 1994 of its first server, the VR30, Leitch pioneered the concept of shared storage, which provides multiple users simultaneous access to video data without the need to duplicate content. Leitch’s shared storage technology was developed by Todd Roth, who was awarded the “Shared video data storage system with separate video data and information buses” patent in December 2000.
As the company’s server product line evolved, Leitch’s implementation of shared storage tracked the technology curve for fibre channel and Ethernet, with each progression improving available bandwidth and channel capacity. Leitch has demonstrated further innovation in this area by patenting its own exclusive software implementation of RAID protection against drive failures, RAIDsoft, and by leading the market in the use of bi-directional I/O cards.
“It is an honor to have our contribution to such a widely accepted technology recognized by the Academy,” said Eddy Jenkins, director of product marketing for Leitch servers.
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