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News Release from: ARM
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 09 June 2006
VIA adds more cores
VIA Technologies has extended its agreement with ARM by licensing the ARM926EJ-S processor and the ARM968E-S processor to further strengthen its product portfolio.
VIA Technologies has extended its agreement with ARM by licensing the ARM926EJ-S processor and the ARM968E-S processor to further strengthen its product portfolio As users increasingly demand personal electronics with expanded feature sets and advanced connectivity, ARM technology delivers flexible processing performance while maintaining low power consumption and system cost
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Through the licensing of the ARM926EJ-S and ARM968E-S processors, VIA and its subsidiaries have a powerful component for integration into a wide range products lines ideally complementing VIA's existing performance-per-watt leadership with the VIA C7 processor platform.
"These processors, with their low-power consumption, flexible functionality and low cost, will enable VIA to pursue new opportunities in emerging device categories", said Roger Ka, from technology market research firm Endpoint Technologies Associates.
"This agreement with ARM will enable VIA to leverage its existing IP in connectivity, storage, and graphics to address exciting new products in the mobility and personal entertainment areas".
"As VIA looked to enhance existing product lines and move into new digitally intelligent device markets, the ARM family of processors stood out as the natural choice", commented Tzumu Lin, Senior Vice President, VIA Technologies.
"The licensing of these ARM processors will enable VIA to increase the functionality and performance of our solutions aimed at the mobile phone markets, and drive our expansion in areas such as set-top boxes, telematics and personal media players, where we see tremendous potential for growth".
"Increasing needs for expanded functionality in a wide range of personal electronics is leading innovators such as VIA to choose ARM technology as the architecture of choice", commented Ian Drew, Vice President of Segment Marketing, ARM.
"The ARM926EJ-S and ARM968E-S processors deliver a solid development environment and the power to run tomorrow's applications".
"This licence agreement is also an important step in accelerating the adoption of ARM processor technology into key digital device markets".
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