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News Release from: Tower Semiconductor | Subject: IC fab services
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 10 January 2007
Alliance brings sound generator to
volume
Tower Semiconductor has collaborated with Modiotek to successfully introduce a 32-polyphony sound generator for ultra-low-cost handsets.
Tower Semiconductor has collaborated with Modiotek, the new spinoff company from Macronix International, to successfully introduce a 32-polyphony sound generator for ULC (ultra-low-cost) handsets, following manufacturing 10 millions of MAP S32i series products for the past two years The MAP S32i is built for ULC phones with FM tuner and hands-free features
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 25 Nov 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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It is equipped with a 32-polyphony MIDI engine based on wave-table synthesis technology, providing best performance-cost ratio handset ring-tone solution.
Moreover, it has integrated 16/32ohm stereo headphone amplifier, 8ohm loudspeaker amplifier, two stereo auxiliary analogue input ports for FM audio sound input and speech signal from analogue baseband chip residing in the cellphone system implementation; its unique function integration provides total system cost improvement for ULC handset application.
The MAP (Mobile Audio Platform) family consists of half a dozen different products, customised for the specific cellular phone models and applications which were built, using Tower's FAB2 0.18um mixed signal process technology and shipped during 2006.
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Among the handsets using these products are leading models by two of top-five handset brands and a dozen well-known handset makers.
The market for ULC handsets is estimated at 48 million sets in 2007 and expected to grow to 150 million sets by 2010, according to market research company Strategy Analytics.
The derived demand of sound generators is going to ramp up gradually.
"In our drive to optimise our manufacturing capabilities, we selected Tower Semiconductor to manufacture our highest volume products", said JT Chung, the newly appointed President and CEO of Modiotek.
"Tower's excellent engineering and manufacturing capabilities resulted in fast products ramp and smooth volume delivery, which is a must in the competitive consumer business".
"We are happy that Modiotek chose Tower for manufacturing the sound generator products family", said Yossi Netzer, General Manager of the RF and Mixed Signal product line at Tower Semiconductor.
"The sound generators co-operation is a good example for a close partnership that drives products success through matching technology and competitive time to market".
"Tower's customer support and manufacturing teams worked closely with Modiotek, to ensure smooth delivery and quality execution".
"We look forward to a continued working relationship with them for the coming generations of this family of products".
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