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Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 15 February 2007
ARM graphics processor for brown goods
Micronas has licensed the ARM Mali200 graphics processor for its next-generation TV and STB chipset design for home entertainment and multimedia applications.
Micronas has licensed the ARM Mali200 graphics processor for its next-generation TV and STB chipset design for home entertainment and multimedia applications This latest agreement will enable Micronas customers to develop leading-edge system designs and to accelerate time-to-market
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Micronas, a member of the ARM Connected Community, has established a product portfolio for the future of home entertainment that offers video enhancing technologies and advanced codec decoding.
Micronas expects its ARM Mali200 processor-based solution to be available in 2008.
"The strategic partnership with ARM enables Micronas to bring scalable solutions to market that can be customised to suit customer demands in the home entertainment industry", says Keri Waters, Director of Strategic Marketing, Micronas USA.
"This new initiative is designed to deliver outstanding, cost-effective products that combine a complete software solution with high-end graphics technology without sacrificing low power and low memory bandwidth consumption".
The Mali family of graphics IP processors from ARM is designed to meet the market requirements for high-performance 2D and 3D graphics in mobile, automotive and home markets for resolutions ranging from QVGA all the way up to HDTV resolutions.
ARM Mali products are incorporated into end-user devices by system integrators and system-on-chip (SoC) vendors serving mobile phone and PDA manufacturers, mobile game console vendors and manufacturers of infotainment systems for the automotive industry; all areas that require sophisticated graphics capabilities.
"ARM welcomes its association with Micronas, a leading company in the streaming media landscape", says Borgar Ljosland, Graphics Business Development Manager, ARM.
"With the adoption of ARM Mali technology, Micronas strengthens our Partner ecosystem".
"ARM is committed to working with its SoC Partners to enable highly integrated, power-efficient OpenGL ES 2.0 solutions for multimedia rich embedded applications".
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