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News Release from: Agere Systems
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 18 November 2005
Amoi aims for richer multimedia
experience
Amoi Electronics has selected Agere's Vision X115 chipset solution for its next-generation Edge feature phones and Smartphones.
Amoi Electronics has selected Agere's Vision X115 chipset solution for its next-generation Edge feature phones and Smartphones Agere's X115 chipset solution, which offers cinema-quality video and CD-quality audio capabilities, will be incorporated into Amoi's new handsets and provide end users with richer multimedia experience
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 11 Oct 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Within this multiprocessor design, the X115 provides exceptional levels of features including CD-quality sound, cinema-quality video and support for a 2Mpixel camera without requiring costly applications processors or multimedia companion chips.
To further meet market demand, the X115 is designed to support a variety of popular high-level operating systems.
"We are investing in new technology to not only enable seamless communication but also to answer mobile handset users' needs for better multimedia experience, with enhanced graphics, faster video, and more efficient power usage", said Li Xiaozhong, CEO of Amoi Electronics.
"With Agere's proven technology and the high performance of the Vision architecture, I believe Amoi will bring the new phones in the market very quickly".
Agere is a long-term partner with Amoi Electronics evolving from GSM and 2.5G/2.75G.
Agere also won the Best Partner Award and Best Supplier Award from Amoi for the last two years.
Agere's GPRS/Edge/3G solutions already have been designed into more than 100 phone models across 70 networks worldwide, and Agere continues to actively develop mobile products that advance network technologies beyond 3G to HSDPA data services.
"We are very excited to see Vision X115 chipset solution being adopted by Amoi Electronics for next-generation mobile solutions", said Luc Seraphin, Vice President and General Manager of Agere's Mobility Division.
"We designed the X115 to ensure it provides the high-performance, field-tested platform that is required as handset manufacturers like Amoi look to rapidly bring to market full-featured phones capable of multimedia performance that was previously only available in higher-end phones".
Agere expects to be in mass production with the X115 in the fourth quarter of 2005 and Amoi expects to launch its first X115-based handset in the first quarter of 2006.
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