AM3D's 3D Mobile Handset Audio Now Available for Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio Engine.To Be Demonstrated at 3GSM Conference in Barcelona Next Week SANTA CLARA, Calif. & AALBORG, Denmark -- Tensilica[R], Inc. and AM3D A/S today announced that AM3D's Zirene([R]) Audio Enhancement and Diesel Power Mobile(TM)3D Audio products are now available for Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio Engine and Diamond Standard 330HiFi processor core. Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio Engine with AM3D's 3D audio will be demonstrated at the 3GSM Conference in Barcelona February 12-15 in Hall 2, Level 1, booths 2.1A67 (Tensilica) and 2.1B72 (AM3D). "AM3D's 3D audio products provide outstanding audio quality, 3D and special effects for mobile phones and portable music players," stated Larry Przywara, Tensilica's director of mobile multimedia products. "By adding AM3D's audio software to our HiFi 2 product line, we can provide one programmable engine that runs all of the best-in-class audio software." "Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio Engine is becoming the de facto processor core for mobile multimedia," stated Sven Vestergaard, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. at AM3D. "Now Tensilica's customers will be able to provide true 3D audio and quality sound in a very low-power, low-area solution." Zirene([R]) Audio Enhancement AM3D's Zirene([R]) product, includes features such as Stereo Widening, Power Bass, Equalization, Reverb and Virtually 5.1 Surround sound, creates a broad and spacious sound image, available through mobile device speakers and headsets. AM3D's patented 3D Audio technology combined with an in-depth knowledge of psychoacoustics Psychoacoustics All of the psychological interactions between humans (and animals) and the world of sound. It encompasses all studies of the perception of sound, as well as the production of speech. See Hearing (human), Speech lets people listen to music with an overwhelming 3D audio experience incorporating a broad and spacious sound image. Diesel Power Mobile(TM) - 3D Audio Game Engine Diesel Power Mobile(TM) is a true 3D Audio gaming engine giving the player a feeling of being in the real environment while playing. Diesel Power Mobile(TM)is compliant to key customers' demands and market trends such as Vodafone VFX VFX Visual Effects VFX Visual Fixation VFX Virtual Effects [R] and JSR-234. HiFi 2 Audio Engine Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio Engine is a fully programmable processor core that can easily be designed into a SOC (system-on-chip) to provide high-quality 24-bit audio at low power in a small area. It features a complete line of audio codecs for multiple audio standards. About AM3D AM3D is a leading global supplier of 3D audio technology. The technology is found in PC-games, mobile phones, PDAs, and mission critical applications like flight simulators and F-16 jets. AM3D is part of Nordjyske Holding. The group has a history dating back to 1767. The group has over 1000 people employed in the fields of newspapers, radio, television, call centers, new media research and development. For further information, please visit: www.am3d.com or contact Hans Christian Logsted at +45 99349836 or am3d@am3d.com About Tensilica Tensilica, Inc., is the recognized leader in configurable processor technology and has leveraged that technology to become the leading supplier of licensable controllers and DSP (1) (Digital Signal Processor) A special-purpose CPU used for digital signal processing applications (see definition #2 below). It provides ultra-fast instruction sequences, such as shift and add, and multiply and add, which are commonly used in math-intensive cores for mobile audio and video applications. Tensilica offers the broadest line of controller, CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. , network, and specialty DSP processors on the market today - including full software toolchain and modeling support - in both an off-the-shelf format via the Diamond Standard Series cores and with full designer configurability with the Xtensa processor family. The modern design behind all of Tensilica's processor cores provide semiconductor companies and system OEMs with the lowest power, smallest area solutions for high-volume products including mobile phones and other consumer electronics, networking and telecommunications equipment, and computer peripherals. For more information on Tensilica's patented, benchmark-proven processors, visit www.tensilica.com. Editors' Notes: * Tensilica and Xtensa are registered trademarks belonging to Tensilica Inc. Diesel Power FX Player and Zirene are registered trademarks belonging to AM3D. All other company and product names are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of their respective owners. * Tensilica's announced licensees include Tensilica's announced licensees include Afa Technologies, ALPS, AMCC AMCC Applied Micro Circuits Corporation AMCC Air Mobility Control Center AMCC Ashore Mobile Contingency Communications AMCC Advanced Materials Commercialization Center AMCC allied movement coordination center (US DoD) (JNI (Java Native Interface) A programming interface (API) in Sun's Java Virtual Machine used for calling native platform elements such as GUI routines. RNI (Raw Native Interface) is the JNI counterpart in Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine. JNI - Java Native Interface Corporation), Aquantia, Astute Networks, Atheros, ATI (ATI Technologies Inc., Markham Ontario, http://ati.amd.com) A leading manufacturer of graphics chips and display adapters. Founded in 1985 by K. Y. 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In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Laboratories America, NEC Corporation, NetEffect, Neterion, Nethra Imaging, Nippon Telephone and Telegraph (NTT NTT Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation NTT New Technology Telescope NTT National Technology Transfer, Inc NTT Name That Tune (TV game show) NTT National Tree Trust NTT Number Theoretic Transform ), NuFront, NVIDIA, Olympus Optical Co. Ltd., PnpNetwork Technologies, sci-worx, Seiko Epson, Solid State Systems, Sony, STMicroelectronics, Stretch, TranSwitch Corporation, u-Nav Microelectronics, Validity Sensors, Victor Company of Japan (JVC JVC Victor Company of Japan (or Japan's Victor Company) JVC Jewelers Vigilance Committee JVC Jesuit Volunteer Corps JVC Jet Vane Control (directs VLS-launched missiles) JVC Jonker-Volgenant-Castanon ), WiQuest Communications and XM Radio. |
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