Laurence Marchini, Editor, writes:
We see from your search that you're looking for information on the term "WMA",
and we have a large number of manufacturers' news releases and technical articles here on Electronicstalk which will be of interest.
Let me be your guide.
Start with
the news release Application processor boosts mobile multimedia from
Vimicro International Corporation, which we summarised at the time by saying "Vinno-III-Win has a QVGA touch screen, a 3Mpixel camera, MPEG4/H.263 video, WMA and MP3 playback and recording, Bluetooth and an FM radio".
Earlier in the week,
we featured the news release IC boosts audio possibilities for mobile phones from
austriamicrosystems: "An on-chip 512Kbyte buffer memory in the AS3532 music player IC allows single-chip support of all key audio formats, both compressed and lossless".
In January 2008, we covered the news from Horizon Semiconductors
concerning its Hz2010
- take a look at Professional encoder spans broadcast markets
which says: "Supports wide range of features and capabilities designed to meet the emerging requirements of the broadcast and professional encoding equipment markets".
Take a look also at the news release from Frontier Silicon, Multistandard receiver adds Sirius Internet radio,
as well as SoC supports both HD-DVD and Blu-Ray codes from Horizon Semiconductors,
and Middleware supports WMA 10 Professional M0 profile from Renesas Technology Europe.
See also:
Optimised decoder cuts power budget for MP3
(May 2007)
Tensilica has produced an optimised version of the industry-standard MP3 decoder for its Xtensa HiFi 2 Audio Engine and Diamond Standard 330HiFi processor core
Design platform puts Wi-Fi/DAB/FM module to work
(March 2007)
Low-cost Wi-Fi radio reference platform for 'four-in-one' module helps designers build portable and clock radio products incorporating Internet radio, DAB, FM and music streaming capabilities
Embedded multimedia firm wins Seal of Excellence
(March 2007)
Seal of Excellence' award for significant achievements in providing embedded voice, video and audio software products to the global market
Chipset expands portfolio of TD-SCDMA technology
(December 2006)
Second-generation chipset is designed for developers of advanced multimedia mobile handsets based on the 3G TD-SCDMA Low Chip Rate (LCR) air interface
Audio DSP takes on virtual CD changer
(October 2006)
Texas Instruments and Mistral Software are introducing a virtual CD changer (VCDC) reference design built on TI's Aureus audio digital signal processors
Bluetooth IC cuts power for portable media player
(October 2006)
Samsung's YP-T9B portable media player contains CSR's BlueCore technology for Bluetooth
Module cuts receiver size, cost and consumption
(September 2006)
New generation of small-size and low-power DAB modules enables OEMs to manufacture feature-rich DAB and DMB receivers at a much lower price
Design platform marries DAB, FM and MP3 player
(September 2006)
Atlas 2 is billed as the lowest cost, ready to manufacture combined DAB, FM and fully featured MP3 player platform available today
Baseband enables next DAB generation
(August 2006)
A new advanced and highly integrated system-on-chip will enable the next generation of DAB digital radio-based products
Blackfin based hands-free car kit
(July 2006)
Mistral Software has announced the availability of a highly versatile Bluetooth based hands-free car kit (HFCK) based on Analog Devices' Blackfin car telematics platform
Power management and audio come together in one
(July 2006)
A combined power management and audio IC is designed especially to support the latest generation of application processors in emerging high growth applications
Audio engine is sound choice for GPU
(June 2006)
The Xtensa HiFi 2 audio engine drives the high-quality 24bit audio processing in the recently introduced Nvidia GoForce 5500 handheld graphics processing unit
Chipsets support latest Windows Media Audio
(April 2006)
Mobile phone chipsets support the Microsoft Windows Media Audio format, an important feature for bringing easy and convenient music download capabilities to mass-market, feature-rich phones
Stereo headset makes the most of Bluetooth chip
(March 2006)
BlueCore3-Multimedia is at the heart of GG Telecom's award-winning GGBlu stereo Bluetooth headset
Antennas are integral to radio miniaturisation
(March 2006)
Sarantel has now begun volume shipments of its new SkyTune antenna, connecting XM's innovative new portable satellite radio receivers manufactured by Samsung and Pioneer
Modules provide easy route to audio integration
(March 2006)
A range of easy to integrate modules provide IP based audio bridging, distribution and intercom functionality
Bluetooth chip aids handset miniaturisation
(February 2006)
CSR BlueCore silicon has been chosen by TCL Mobile Communication, one of China's largest mobile phone manufacturers, for its latest handset, the TCLe787
Mobile multimedia processors expand support
(February 2006)
The VideoCore mobile multimedia platform now supports Microsoft Windows Media Video
DSP cores support flexible memory architecture
(February 2006)
LSI Logic has added the ZSP410, ZSP520 and ZSP560 to its family of ZSP licensable digital signal processor (DSP) cores
Protocol improves infra-red data throughput
(February 2006)
IrSimple protocol software is a new global IrDA standard for camera phones, digital cameras and other mobile devices incorporating IrDA infra-red communications hardware
Hollywood comes to Barcelona
(February 2006)
Texas Instruments will showcase the first public demonstration of its Hollywood mobile DTV single-chip solution at the 3GSM World Congress next week in Barcelona, Spain
Chipset enables wideband featurephones
(February 2006)
Analog Devices will demonstrate its first W-CDMA/Edge (W-Edge) chipset at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona
Multimedia processor unites Blackfin and ARM
(January 2006)
A new high-end multimedia baseband processor enables advanced audio and video functions in Edge and GSM/GPRS cellular phones
News on the WMA/DRM Decode Middleware from Renesas Technology Europe
(January 2006)
New middleware enables the implementation of copyright-protected Windows Media Audio file application development solutions for SH-Mobile based handsets
Reference design supports new portable audio spec
(January 2006)
A new reference design is the first hard disk drive based architecture to support XM's Connect and Play technology for portable audio applications, including MP3 players and portable audio jukeboxes
Platform points the way to hands-free development
(November 2005)
A new development platform delivers high quality audio and enhanced tuning capabilities to manufacturers of hands-free cellular phone kits for automotive applications
Embedded audio processor moves up to 24bit
(October 2005)
The Xtensa HiFi 2 audio engine is a new an addon package for Tensilica's proven Xtensa LX processor, optimised specifically for today's consumer audio functions
Single processor takes on networked AV centre
(October 2005)
The Blackfin processor has been implemented in a concept design for a networked audio/video centre by Yamaha Corp, a global leader in music equipment as well as home audio and video systems
Decoder SoC enables new classes of A/V products
(October 2005)
The DeCypher 8100 is a multistream high-definition audio/video system-on-chip decoder with integrated digital rights management and networking support
Reference design supports Media Transfer Protocol
(October 2005)
A new reference design complies with Microsoft's new Media Transfer Protocol for data transport using Cypress's EZ-USB FX2LP high-speed USB 2.0 controller
One stop solution for audio and video decoding
(April 2005)
The AMP-Thunder from Ateme is the one stop solution for audio and video decoding for applications such as set top boxes
Reference design speeds portable audio to market
(January 2005)
Texas Instruments has released its latest audio processor and a beta version of its upcoming production-ready reference design for portable audio applications
DSP-based audio design uses 5Gbyte disk drive
(November 2004)
A new reference design aims to help portable digital audio manufacturers add functionality and reduce retail prices
Framework accelerates multimedia development
(October 2004)
The Tata Elxsi Multimedia Application Development Framework aims to help OEMs and ODMs to reduce product development time, speed time to market, and cut development costs