SVT SHIVA, INC. AGREES TO ACQUIRE MEDIA VISION ASSETS FROM AUREAL
SEMICONDUCTOR

World Class Brand Will Continue To Serve Existing & New Customers With
Sound, Video and Communication Products Worldwide

SAN JOSE CALIF., MARCH 26, 1996--SVT SHIVA, INC. and its affiliates
("SVTI"), San Jose, California, and Aureal Semiconductor, Fremont,
California, today announced that they have entered into an agreement
whereby SVTI purchased the Media Vision trademarks and consumer product
lines and related assets from Aureal. SVTI will operate under the name
MEDIA VISION INNOVATIONS, INC. (MEDIA VISION) with headquarters in San
Jose. Customers-current and future-of Media Vision products will receive
service and support through the new Media Vision company.

Media Vision will ship six new products in the spring of 1996 in the sound,
video and communications market place. The world class Media Vision brand
will continue to bring state-of-the art, user-friendly products to a broad
range of users worldwide, with a concentration on the SOHO (Small
Office-Home Office) and Internet users. SVTI has hardware and software
capabilities, and will update selected products with Windows 95 driver
software. SVTI is able to add low cost manufacturing at the highest
quality levels through their manufacturing operation in Delhi, India which
is ISO 9002 certified and reaches Sigma 3+ Quality levels.

"THE MEDIA VISION BRAND NAME HAS MEANT QUALITY PRODUCTS FOR SOME TIMe",
said Michael Howard, president of Infonetics Research, Inc., San Jose,
California. "IF MEDIA VISION CAN DELIVER QUALITY CERTIFIED TECHNOLOGY
PRODUCTS AND SERVICE TO THE BURGEONING SOHO MARKET, CUSTOMERS WILL EXPRESS
THEIR APPROVAL IN THE MOST COMPLIMENTARY MANNER-SALES."

Distribution of the Media Vision products worldwide will be through first
tier indirect channels (distributors) and through direct sales via the
Internet. The Media Vision Home Page, accessed through the Worldwide Web
at http://www.mediavis.com, will be enhanced in coming weeks to
accommodate new product introductions and improved customer service. There
continues to be a strong customer interest in Media Vision as evidenced by
an average weekly "hit rate" of 200,000 on the web site.

The Media Vision brand and related trademarks, along with product licenses,
are key components of the acquisition agreement. Customer service and
support responsibilities, as well as warranty protection, will be assumed
by the new corporation. SVTI also has agreed to pay royalties to Aureal on
future Media Vision products for a limited period of time.

Going forward, SVTI will purchase a specified amount of Aureals initial
sound processing chip sets.

DAVID J. DOMEIER, VICE PRESIDENT OF FINANCE AND CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF
AUREAL SEMICONDUCTOR SAID, "WE ARE PLEASED TO HAVE AGREED TO PASS ON THE
HIGHLY ACCLAIMED MEDIA VISION BRAND NAME TO SVTI. THEY ARE COMMITTED TO
HIGH QUALITY PRODUCTS WORTHY OF THE BRAND. WE AT AUREAL WILL CONTINUE TO
FOCUS OUR BUSINESS ON DEVELOPING HIGH PERFORMANCE AUDIO SOLUTIONS FOR THE
PC MARKETPLACE."

Staffing for the Media Vision effort will include some employees from
Aureal in the customer support and Internet access areas, thus ensuring
immediate and continual operations.

PETER BOOT, WILL ASSUME THE ROLE OF PRESIDENT AND CEO OF MEDIA VISION. "I
AM PLEASED WE WERE ABLE TO MATCH THE EXISTING PRODUCT MANUFACTURING
STRENGTHS WITH THE MEDIA VISION BRAND IN THIS BUSINESS VENTURE. WE ARE
PREPARING FOR OUR NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCTIONS, AND MAKING SURE THE EXISTING
MEDIA VISION CUSTOMERS RECEIVE SUPERIOR SERVICE AND SUPPORT".

Prior to joining SVTI, Mr. Boot held numerous senior positions in high
technology companies including Vice President and General Manager,
Ashton-Tate International Division; vice President, International
Operations at Network General Corporation and Vice President, Europe,
Africa and the Middle East for Conner Peripherals Inc. He has lived and
worked in the U.K., Germany, Belgium and the U.S.A. and has extensive
international business experience. Mr. Boot has a B. Sc. From the
University of London and a Business diploma from the University of
Southern California.

"I AM PARTICULARLY PROUD TO BE BRINGING THE MEDIA VISION NAME TO SVTI
PRODUCTS MANUFACTURED IN INDIA, " SAID ANIL KAPURIA, CHAIRMAN OF SVTI. "WE
HAVE BUILT A VERY SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS AND ARE PROUD TO NOW BE THE FIRST
HIGH TECHNOLOGY COMPANY IN INDIA TO HAVE RIGHTS TO A WORLD BRAND NAME".
MR. KAPURIA ANTICIPATES RAISING ADDITIONAL CAPITAL TO FUND GROWTH AND TO
ATTRACT APPROPRIATE TECHNOLOGY AND PRODUCT PARTNERS.

Mr. Kapuria co-founded Silicon Valley Technology (India) Limited, the
manufacturing arm of SVTI. Prior to starting this company, he had gained
over 15 years of engineering and management experience in the computer and
telecommunications industries, with successful start-ups such as Tandem
Computers. Mr. Kapuria also worked at established companies including Bell
Northern Research/Northern Telecom and TRW. He has a Masters degree in
Computer Science from the University of Birmingham, England and has worked
in England, Canada, and the U.S.

Aureal Semiconductor designs, develops and markets advanced synthesis audio
solutions aimed at setting the standard for the next generation of PC
sound. The company's initial products are targeted to implement physical
modeling audio synthesis, FM and wavetable synthesis, true positional 3-D
audio, Windows Direct Sound acceleration, digital mixing and a wide range
of other sound-processing effects and algorithms. Aureal Semiconductor is
located at 4245 Technology Drive, Fremont, Ca, 94538. The company's common
stock is traded under the symbol MVSD on Nasdaq's OTC Bulletin Board.

SVTI has $50 million in annual hardware and software revenues and has been
in operation since 1985. The company is based at 107 Bonaventurea Drive in
San Jose, Ca., 95134. Headquarters will be relocated some time in Q2 of
1996 to accommodate the expanding Media Vision business.
 
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