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Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: Hantro
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 27 October 2004
Agere signs for codecs
Hantro has licensed a suite of hardware and software for MPEG-4/H.263 video and JPEG still image codecs to Agere Systems.
Hantro has licensed a suite of hardware and software for MPEG-4/H.263 video and JPEG still image codecs to Agere Systems, allowing it to provide a "one-stop-shop" to device manufacturers looking to implement multimedia capability in existing and future devices "Multimedia functionality plays a significant part in our future mobile products as we look to meet growing demand for such high-performance applications as video playback and record, as well as interactive gaming", says Andy Craigen, Marketing Director for Agere's Mobile Phone Solutions Business
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 29 Apr 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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"Hantro's extensive product portfolio offers the video quality required to deliver these solutions, enabling Agere to deliver cost-effective multimedia solutions, without the need for additional multimedia coprocessors".
Hantro's hardware codecs enable the capture of full motion video at resolutions of up to VGA at 30frame/s and still images up to 6Mpixel.
This core technology enables the ultimate in device convergence - mobile phone, digital video camera, digital video player and the digital still camera.
"Since the outset, our strategic focus has been on the user creation of video within the handset - the future of mobile video is not just passive viewing; the ability to create near DVD quality video within a mobile handset kicks open the door to a plethora of new and exciting applications", says Eero Kaikkonen, CEO of Hantro "The roadmap synergy between Agere and Hantro serves to further ratify our strategy and ensures that video capability will be one of the core functional requirements in future mobile devices".
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