<s>
E-MU	B-Device
20K	I-Device
is	O
the	O
commercial	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
audio	O
chips	O
by	O
Creative	O
Technology	O
,	O
commercially	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Sound	B-Device
Blaster	I-Device
X-Fi	I-Device
chipset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
audio	O
processor	O
on	O
X-Fi	B-Device
was	O
the	O
most	O
powerful	O
at	O
its	O
time	O
of	O
release	O
,	O
offering	O
an	O
extremely	O
robust	O
sample	O
rate	O
conversion	O
(	O
SRC	O
)	O
engine	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
enhanced	O
internal	O
sound	O
channel	O
routing	O
options	O
and	O
greater	O
3D	O
audio	O
enhancement	O
capabilities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Most	O
digital	O
audio	O
is	O
sampled	B-Algorithm
at	O
44.1kHz	O
,	O
a	O
standard	O
no	O
doubt	O
related	O
to	O
CD-DA	O
,	O
while	O
sound	O
cards	O
were	O
often	O
designed	O
to	O
process	O
audio	O
at	O
48kHz	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
So	O
,	O
the	O
44.1kHz	O
audio	O
must	O
be	O
resampled	O
to	O
48kHz	O
(	O
Creative	O
's	O
previous	O
cards	O
 '	O
DSPs	O
operated	O
at	O
48kHz	O
)	O
for	O
the	O
audio	O
DSP	B-Architecture
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
process	O
and	O
affect	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
X-Fi	B-Device
'	O
s	O
resampling	O
engine	O
produces	O
a	O
near-lossless-quality	O
result	O
,	O
far	O
exceeding	O
any	O
known	O
audio	O
card	O
DSP	B-Architecture
available	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
of	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
functionality	O
is	O
used	O
not	O
only	O
for	O
simple	O
audio	O
playback	O
,	O
but	O
for	O
several	O
other	O
features	O
of	O
the	O
card	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
""	O
,	O
a	O
technology	O
that	O
claims	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
clarity	O
of	O
digital	O
music	O
through	O
digital	O
analysis	O
(	O
supported	O
by	O
all	O
X-Fi	B-Device
models	O
,	O
including	O
the	O
Xtreme	O
Audio	O
and	O
X-Mod	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
X-Fi	B-Device
name	O
has	O
also	O
been	O
applied	O
to	O
cards	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
CA0106	O
and	O
CA0110	O
chips	O
,	O
which	O
belong	O
to	O
the	O
previous	O
generation	O
Live	O
!	O
/Audigy	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
130	O
nm	O
,	O
51	O
million	O
transistors	B-Application
audio	O
processor	O
operates	O
at	O
400MHz	O
and	O
its	O
computational	O
power	O
is	O
estimated	O
at	O
10,000	O
MIPS	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
about	O
24	O
times	O
higher	O
than	O
the	O
estimated	O
performance	O
of	O
its	O
predecessor	O
–	O
the	O
Audigy	O
processor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
E-MU	B-Device
20K	I-Device
features	O
the	O
Quartet	O
DSP	B-Architecture
,	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
4	O
identical	O
digital	B-Architecture
signal	I-Architecture
processors	I-Architecture
interconnected	O
with	O
a	O
wide	O
ring	B-General_Concept
bus	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
CA20K2	O
adds	O
an	O
embedded	O
RISC	O
processor	O
which	O
controls	O
the	O
audio	O
part	O
;	O
this	O
configuration	O
safeguards	O
against	O
the	O
audio	O
latency	O
of	O
its	O
PCI	B-Protocol
Express	O
interface	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
20K2	O
also	O
has	O
more	O
I/O	O
ports	O
,	O
a	O
DDR	O
SDRAM	O
memory	O
interface	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
built-in	O
Universal	B-Device
Audio	I-Device
Architecture	I-Device
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
big	O
improvement	O
in	O
the	O
X-Fi	B-Device
DSP	B-Architecture
over	O
the	O
previous	O
Audigy	O
design	O
,	O
is	O
the	O
complete	O
overhaul	O
of	O
the	O
resampling	O
engine	O
on	O
the	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
the	O
X-Fi	B-Device
,	O
Creative	O
completely	O
rewrote	O
the	O
resampling	O
engine	O
and	O
dedicated	O
more	O
than	O
half	O
of	O
the	O
power	O
of	O
the	O
DSP	B-Architecture
to	O
the	O
process	O
,	O
resulting	O
in	O
a	O
very	O
clean	O
resample	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Furthermore	O
,	O
in	O
"	O
Audio	O
Creation	O
mode	O
"	O
with	O
"	O
bit-matched	O
playback	O
"	O
option	O
,	O
the	O
X-Fi	B-Device
can	O
work	O
with	O
real	O
44,100	O
Hz	O
sample	O
rate	O
without	O
any	O
kind	O
of	O
resampling	O
or	O
other	O
signal	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Card	O
Release	O
SNR(dB )	O
Interface	O
Chip	O
RAM(MiB )	O
Notes	O
Elite	O
Pro	O
Aug	O
'	O
05	O
116	O
PCI	B-Protocol
EMU20K1	O
64	O
additional	O
software	O
included	O
Fatal1ty	O
Aug	O
'	O
05	O
109	O
EMU20K1	O
64	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
:	O
Fatal1ty	O
FPS	O
/	O
Fatal1ty	O
Edition	O
/	O
Platinum	O
Fatal1ty	O
Champion	O
Platinum	O
Aug	O
'	O
05	O
109	O
EMU20K1	O
2	O
XtremeMusic	O
Aug	O
'	O
05	O
109	O
EMU20K1	O
2	O
Digital	O
Audio	O
Sep	O
'	O
05	O
109	O
EMU20K1	O
2	O
Japan-only	O
variant	O
of	O
XtremeMusic	O
,	O
with	O
additional	O
jack	O
extension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
an	O
OEM	O
version	O
of	O
XtremeGamer	O
,	O
but	O
full-height	O
like	O
XtremeMusic	O
and	O
incorporates	O
CA0112	O
chip	O
which	O
allows	O
the	O
card	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
generic	O
UAA	B-Device
drivers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titanium	O
Fatal1ty	O
Champion	O
Jun	O
'	O
08	O
109	O
PCIe	B-Protocol
EMU20K2	O
64	O
Titanium	O
Fatal1ty	O
Professional	O
Jun	O
'	O
08	O
109	O
EMU20K2	O
64	O
Basically	O
the	O
Titanium	O
Fatal1ty	O
Champion	O
without	O
the	O
I/O	O
drive	O
box	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titanium	O
Professional	O
Audio	O
Jun	O
'	O
08	O
109	O
EMU20K2	O
16	O
Asia-only	O
variant	O
of	O
X-Fi	B-Device
Titanium	O
with	O
minijack-to-2RCA	O
cable	O
and	O
EMI	O
shield	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Titanium	O
Sep	O
'	O
08	O
109	O
EMU20K2	O
16	O
First	O
X-Fi	B-Device
card	O
for	O
which	O
Creative	O
Labs	O
made	O
available	O
a	O
software-based	O
implementation	O
of	O
Dolby	O
Digital	O
Live	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
real-time	O
encoding	O
to	O
DD	O
5.1	O
and	O
subsequent	O
output	O
over	O
the	O
optical	O
out	O
port	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
stereo-based	O
internal	O
Creative	O
PCI/PCI	O
-E	O
sound	O
card	O
with	O
gold-plated	O
RCA	O
out	O
since	O
the	O
ISA	O
AWE64	O
Gold	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Card	O
Release	O
Signal-to-noise	O
ratio	O
Chipset	O
RAM	O
Notes	O
Auzen	O
X-Fi	B-Device
Prelude	O
Aug	O
'	O
07	O
*( 	O
120	O
dB	O
)	O
CA20K1	O
64	O
MiB	O
High-end	O
X-Fi	B-Device
product	O
designed	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
Auzentech	O
with	O
Creative	O
Labs	O
 '	O
collaboration	O
Auzen	O
X-Fi	B-Device
Forte	O
Jan	O
'	O
09	O
*( 	O
120	O
dB	O
for	O
Front	O
,	O
114	O
dB	O
for	O
center	O
,	O
rear	O
,	O
side	O
,	O
woofer	O
)	O
CA20K2	O
64	O
MiB	O
Low	O
profile	O
card	O
(	O
half-height	O
)	O
and	O
PCIe	B-Protocol
support	O
variant	O
of	O
Prelude	O
,	O
High-end	O
X-Fi	B-Device
product	O
designed	O
and	O
marketed	O
by	O
Auzentech	O
with	O
Creative	O
Labs	O
 '	O
collaboration	O
Auzen	O
X-Fi	B-Device
Bravura	O
Jan	O
'	O
10Official	O
Auzentech	O
X-Fi	B-Device
Bravura	O
release	O
announcement120	O
dB( 	O
1/4	O
"	O
Headphone	O
Output	O
)	O
,	O
114	O
dB(Speaker )	O
CA0110	O
High-quality	O
variant	O
,	O
especially	O
focusing	O
on	O
analog	O
output	O
,	O
of	O
X-Fi	B-Device
Xtreme	O
Audio	O
PCIE	B-Protocol
type	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
CA0110	O
based	O
X-Fi	B-Device
of	O
Auzentech	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AUDIOTRAK	O
Prodigy	O
7.1e	O
Jul	O
'	O
09	O
112	O
dB	O
CA0110	O
High-quality	O
variant	O
of	O
X-Fi	B-Device
Xtreme	O
Audio	O
PCIE	B-Protocol
type	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
X-Fi	B-Device
of	O
AUDIOTRAK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Auzen	O
X-Fi	B-Device
HomeTheater	O
HD	O
Jul	O
'	O
09	O
109	O
dB	O
CA20K2	O
64	O
MiB	O
High-end	O
All-round	O
variant	O
of	O
Auzentech	O
X-Fi	B-Device
especially	O
focusing	O
on	O
HDMI	O
1.3a	O
and	O
HD	O
audio	O
path-through.Auzentech	O
official	O
web-page	O
of	O
Auzentech	O
X-Fi	B-Device
HomeTheater	O
HD	O
Software	O
support	O
for	O
HD	O
audio	O
pass-through.Auzentech	O
official	O
page	O
of	O
HomeTheater	O
HD	O
to	O
explain	O
about	O
PowerDVD	O
support	O
Gigabyte	O
G1.Assassin	O
Mar	O
'	O
11	O
108	O
dB	O
CA20K2	O
128	O
MiBGIGABYTE	O
G1.Assassin	O
Complete	O
Guide	O
,	O
X-bit	O
labs	O
Community	O
Gaming	O
LGA1366	B-Device
XL-ATX	O
motherboard	O
with	O
onboard	O
X-Fi	B-Device
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gigabyte	O
G1.Sniper	O
Mar	O
'	O
11	O
108	O
dB	O
CA20K2	O
64	O
MiB	O
Gaming	O
LGA1366	B-Device
EATX	O
motherboard	O
with	O
onboard	O
X-Fi	B-Device
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Onkyo	O
WAVIO	O
SE-300PCIE	O
Apr	O
'	O
11	O
120	O
dB	O
CA20K2	O
-Images	O
of	O
X-Fi	B-Device
chip	O
do	O
not	O
appear	O
to	O
have	O
X-RAM	O
chip	O
near	O
by	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gigabyte	O
G1.Sniper	O
2	O
Aug	O
'	O
11	O
108	O
dB	O
CA20K2	O
64	O
MiB	O
Gaming	O
LGA1155	B-Device
EATX	O
motherboard	O
with	O
onboard	O
X-Fi	B-Device
chip	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Gigabyte	O
G1.Assassin	O
2	O
Nov	O
'	O
11	O
108	O
dB	O
CA20K2	O
128	O
MiB	O
Gaming	O
LGA2011	B-Device
EATX	O
motherboard	O
with	O
onboard	O
X-Fi	B-Device
chip	O
.	O
</s>
