Hyundai Electronics Industries Ltd, Seoul, South Korea has planted a foot in the Sparc camp via an agreement between the San Jose-based Digital Media Division of Hyundai Electronics America and Sun Microsystems Inc’s Sparc Technology Business, giving Hyundai the rights to manufacture the microSparc RISC processor for incorporation into its audio and video decoding products. Hyundai wants the part as the core for a family of low-cost, single-chip decoders based on the Motion Picture Experts Group level 2 standard for real-time studio-quality video for use in consumer, communications and computer markets, including digital set-top converter boxes, CD-ROM players and karaoke machines.