Neomagic(R) Corporation NordNav Technologies and SiGe Semiconductor Announce Cost-Effective Reference Platform for GPS-Enabled M
February 09 2006 - 2:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
SANTA CLARA, Calif., OTTAWA, Canada and STOCKHOLM, Sweden, Feb. 9
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- NeoMagic Corporation (NASDAQ:NMGC), SiGe
Semiconductor and NordNav today unveiled a reference platform that
provides manufacturers with a cost-effective and fast route to
designing feature-rich, GPS-enabled multimedia mobile handsets and
Personal Navigation Devices (PNDs). The reference platform includes
NeoMagic's MiMagic 6+ applications processor, NordNav's
cost-effective E5500 GPS software, and SiGe Semiconductor's SE8088L
high-performance positioning system. The MiMagic 6+ processor is
capable of delivering rich content including video, 3D graphics,
and mobile entertainment. SiGe's SE8088L positioning system and
NordNav's E5500 GPS software together provide measurements and
navigation information for complete GPS system implementation. This
new mobile GPS solution will be demonstrated at the 3GSM World
Congress in Barcelona from February 13-16, at the NeoMagic stand
D152 Hall 1, SiGe Semiconductor booth D82 Hall 1, and NordNav booth
G81 Hall 2. It is expected to be available for customers in 2Q
2006. "The major challenge facing handset and PND manufacturers is
increased feature integration without compromising size, cost or
battery life," said Nadeem Rahman, Director of Product Marketing at
NeoMagic. "The combination of our technologies offers a low cost,
small footprint GPS solution for GSM handset and PND manufacturers.
In addition to GPS, the MiMagic 6+ processor enables many
multimedia features including Digital Mobile TV, VoIP, Audio/Video,
Camcorder, Camera, and 3D gaming running on a single chip. Thus,
providing a path to many rich features with significant savings of
cost, footprint and power." Enabling multimedia and navigation
services Mobile handsets and Personal Navigation Devices based on
the new reference platform will be capable of continuous real-time
measurements at signal levels below -185dBW, and position
information on demand in even the most challenging environments.
SiGe's SE8088L enhances performance with integrated features that
minimize interference with the co-located cellular radio. Power
control features are also integrated to minimize current
consumption for longer battery life. "The SE8088L was designed
specifically to address the requirements of next-generation mobile
handsets," said Stuart Strickland, product line director, SiGe
Semiconductor. "We are pleased with how the MiMagic 6+ processor
and our offering of the SE8088L combined with NordNav's E5500 GPS
software exploit these features to deliver high performance GPS
capability while still meeting the requirements for shrinking form
factors and power budgets." About NeoMagic NeoMagic Corporation
delivers semiconductor chips and software that provide mobile
solutions that enable new multimedia features for handheld devices.
These solutions offer low power consumption, small form-factor and
high performance processing. The Company demonstrated one of the
first solutions used for H.264 video decoding in a mobile digital
TV phone, and is developing and delivering solutions for
audio/video processing of the dominant mobile digital TV standards,
including ISDB-T, DMB, and DVB-H. For its complete system solution,
NeoMagic delivers a suite of middleware and sample applications for
imaging, video and audio functionality, and provides multiple
operating system ports with customized drivers for the MiMagic
product family. NeoMagic has a patent portfolio of over 25 patents
that cover NeoMagic's proprietary array processing technology,
embedded DRAM and other technology. Information on the company may
be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.neomagic.com/. About
NordNav Technologies NordNav develops and licenses software
receivers for GPS and Galileo that offer both better performance
and significant cost savings compared with alternatives. Our
solution enables high quality location functionality to be built
into any device including mobile phones, PDAs, and digital cameras
as well as into automotive navigation systems. We also provide one
of the most advanced GNSS R&D tools available in the industry.
Our products are licensed to leading manufacturers in the mobile,
automotive and consumer electronics industries across the world.
Further information about NordNav can be found on
http://www.nordnav.com/. About SiGe Semiconductor, Inc. SiGe
Semiconductor, Inc. is a leading global supplier of RF front-end
solutions for next-generation wireless systems. Drawing on the
unique advantages of silicon germanium technology, the company
designs and delivers integrated circuits and chip-scale modules
with unparalleled performance and power efficiency. Components from
SiGe Semiconductor, Inc. can be found in Bluetooth(R)-enabled
portable devices, GPS and telematics systems, IEEE 802.11a/b/g
WLANs, WiMAX broadband access equipment, 2G, 2.5G and 3G cellular
handsets, and cordless telephones. For more information, please
visit http://www.sige.com/. NOTE: NeoMagic, and the NeoMagic circle
logo are registered trademarks, and MiMagic is a trademark, of
NeoMagic Corporation. All other trademarks are the property of
their respective owners. NeoMagic disclaims any proprietary
interest in the marks and names of others. Forward Looking
Statements This news release may contain certain forward-looking
statements. All statements, other than statements of historical
fact, included herein are forward-looking statements that involve
various risks and uncertainties. There can be no assurance that
such statements will prove to be accurate and actual results and
future events could differ materially from those anticipated in
such statements. Forward-looking statements are based on the
estimates and opinions of management on the date the statements are
made, SiGe Semiconductor, Inc. and NeoMagic Corporation do not
undertake an obligation to update forward-looking statements should
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http://photoarchive.ap.org/ DATASOURCE: NeoMagic Corporation
CONTACT: Jeff Blanc, VP Corporate Communications of NeoMagic,
+1-408-486-3851; or Bev Hemish, Marcom Manager of SiGe
Semiconductor, +1-613-820-9244; or Mattias Astrom, CEO of NordNav
Technologies, +46-8-39-0000 Web site: http://www.neomagic.com/
http://www.nordnav.com/ http://www.sige.com/
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