Entropic Switches to ARM Mali for Superior Graphics Performance and Extends ARM Cortex Processor Licenses
July 22 2013 - 7:28AM
Business Wire
ARM® (LSE: ARM; Nasdaq: ARMH) today announced
that Entropic (NASDAQ: ENTR), a world leader in
semiconductor solutions for the connected home, has licensed the
ARM Mali™-400 and Mali-450 Graphics Processing Unit (GPU)
technology and has also entered into a new license agreement for
the Cortex-R5 processor. The strengthened partnership will enable
Entropic to provide more advanced media and connectivity processing
to its customers across the connected home ecosystem, from
manufacturers of set-top boxes (STB) and CE devices to makers of
home networking solutions.
Entropic offers a diverse portfolio of STB system-on-a-chip
(SoC) and MoCA® (Multimedia over Coax Alliance)-based
connectivity solutions that will increasingly utilize the
combination of ARM MPCore Cortex processors and graphics processing
technology as the basis for the fundamental platform. The Company
reliably and securely delivers and processes multimedia digital
content into and throughout the home to seamlessly support the
transition from traditional broadcast to IP streaming video
delivery.
The strengthened ARM and Entropic alliance comes at a
time when global Pay-TV service providers are accelerating their
evolution toward IP video gateway/client architectures in the home,
which require faster, more robust media processing
solutions. By expanding the agreement for the Cortex
series, Entropic is making a commitment to its customers to provide
advanced, integrated multicore SoC plus
MoCA platforms that deliver on higher performance, lower
power and greater scalability.
To complement the ARM Cortex processors, Entropic is
investing in the Mali GPUs, which maintain the core ARM principles,
namely high performance, industry-leading power efficiency and
improved system cost. ARM’s Mali-400 and Mali-450 GPUs take
performance density to new levels and are designed to minimize
power and bandwidth requirements. The Mali-450 GPU has been
optimized with a special focus on energy and bandwidth
savings.
"Our strengthened partnership with ARM is an important step to
advancing the evolution of the connected home,” said Vahid
Manian, senior vice president, Global Operations, Entropic.
“The ARM multi-core architecture coupled with its high-speed
graphics engine enables Entropic to deliver richer, faster media
experiences in its next-generation platform silicon solutions.”
“ARM is delighted to see its relationship with Entropic
broadening to bring the benefits of combined Mali
GPU and ARM Cortex processing into the connected home,” said
Pete Hutton, executive vice president and general manager, Media
Processing Division, ARM. “Delivery of a powerful, energy-efficient
heterogeneous platform provides Entropic’s customers
with many opportunities to deliver differentiated
services and to shape the future of home-based consumer
electronics.”
About Entropic
Entropic™ (Nasdaq:ENTR) is a world leader in semiconductor
solutions for the connected home. The Company transforms how
traditional HDTV broadcast and IP-based streaming video content is
seamlessly, reliably, and securely delivered, processed, and
distributed into and throughout the
home. Entropic's next-generation Set-top Box (STB)
System-on-a-Chip (SoC) and Connectivity solutions enable Pay-TV
operators to offer consumers more captivating whole-home
entertainment experiences by transforming the way digital
entertainment is delivered, connected and consumed – in the home
and on the go. For more information
visit Entropic at: www.entropic.com.
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About ARM
ARM designs the technology that is at the heart of advanced
digital products, from wireless, networking and consumer
entertainment solutions to imaging, automotive, security and
storage devices. ARMs comprehensive product offering includes RISC
microprocessors, graphics processors, video engines, enabling
software, cell libraries, embedded memories, high-speed
connectivity products, peripherals and development tools. Combined
with comprehensive design services, training, support and
maintenance, and the company's broad Partner community, they
provide a total system solution that offers a fast, reliable path
to market for leading electronics companies.
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Forward Looking Statements:
Statements in this press release that are not strictly
historical in nature constitute "forward-looking statements" within
the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995. Such statements include, but are not limited to, statements
regarding Entropic's STB SoC and MoCA technologies, its related
prospects and its role in the future of connected home
entertainment. Such forward-looking statements involve known and
unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors which may cause
Entropic's actual results to be materially different from
historical results or from any results expressed or implied by such
forward-looking statements. These factors include, but are not
limited to, competition, risks associated with Entropic's
dependence on a limited number of customers and suppliers
(including ARM), technology risks, the risk that the market for HD
video and multimedia content delivery solutions may not develop as
Entropic anticipates and other factors discussed in the "Risk
Factors" section of Entropic's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarter ended March 31, 2013. All forward-looking statements
are qualified in their entirety by this cautionary statement.
Entropic is providing this information as of the date of this
release and does not undertake any obligation to update any
forward-looking statements contained in this release as a result of
new information, future events or otherwise.
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