Friday, May. 16, 9:01 am ET
Vimicro's VXP video communication system has been deployed at XiaoTangShan Hospital, Beijing's leading medical facility fighting against SARS

Beijing, China, May. 16 -- It is announced today that Vimicro's VXP video communication system has been deployed at XiaoTangShan Hospital in Beijing to facilitate its fight against SARS. XiaoTangShan Hospital is Beijing's latest, largest and most advanced medical facility focusing on the treatment of SARS epidemic. This VXP video communication system adopts world leading multimedia communication technologies, and its core technologies is entirely developed and owned by Vimicro in China, from its imaging processing chip, PC camera hardware to multimedia communication software and its operation platform. This system covers the entire living, treatment, and quarantine sector of the hospital. It allows doctors and nurses to communicate with their patients "face to face" without unnecessary physical contact, improve work efficiency, and can offer off-site medical consultation and group therapy. This marks the first time that video communication system has ever been put into practice as part of the medical treatment process in China.

About Vimicro

Vimicro is a technology start-up providing cutting-edge digital imaging and communication technology to worldwide telecommunication, PC, mobile, and consumer markets. Vimicro has strategic relationship with Microsoft, China Telecom, China Netcom, China Mobile, China Unicom, and Foxconn Group, and to address a large market in Internet and mobile multimedia communication. Supported by Chinese Ministry of Information Industry, Vimicro is now helping to standardize Chinese Internet and mobile multimedia communication through its VXP platform.

Vimicro has its headquarter in Beijing, and subsidiary in Shanghai, Shenzhen, and Silicon Valley.

Please visit www.vimicro.com for more information.