Diamond and Aureal Alliance

July 1998 keeps moving, and today the headline is simple: Diamond and Aureal Alliance. Diamond Multimedia and Aureal Semiconductor, a leading developer of advanced positional 3D audio technology, announced a significant strategic alliance to co-develop and market next-generation PC audio solutions for the PC consumer and game markets.

Diamond will utilize Aureal’s A3D/Vortex audio technology exclusively for products sold under Diamond’s award-winning Monster Sound PCI audio accelerator brand. Diamond intends to begin shipments of its next generation Monster Sound solutions featuring Vortex with A3D technology to retail stores, OEMs, systems integrators and distributors in the near future. For PC players watching every demo, patch, driver and announcement right now, this is one more thing to keep on the board.