Agilent Technologies and Sunplus Technology to Collaborate on Next-Generation Optical Mouse Solutions; Development to Focus on High-Integration System Chips, Enabling Lower-Cost, Higher-Performance Optical Computer Mice.PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif. & HSINCHU, Taiwan -- Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) and Sunplus Technology, a leading consumer IC design company in Taiwan, today announced they have signed a memorandum of understanding A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) is a legal document describing a bilateral or multilateral agreement between parties. It expresses a convergence of will between the parties, indicating an intended common line of action and may not imply a legal commitment. (MOU (Minutes Of Usage) A metric used to compute billing and/or statistics for telephone calls or other network use. ) for the co-development of a new generation of highly integrated PC optical mouse system chips. Under the terms of the agreement, Sunplus will redirect its PC optical mouse sensor development to focus on the joint design engagement with Agilent. The companies will develop a series of highly integrated systems-on-chips (SOCs) that combine Agilent's optical mouse sensor technology with Sunplus' microcontroller A single chip that contains the processor (the CPU), non-volatile memory for the program (ROM or flash), volatile memory for input and output (RAM), a clock and an I/O control unit. intellectual property cores. The new system chips are expected to enable mouse manufacturers to achieve new levels of product performance and design flexibility. The first sample chips are expected by mid-year 2006. Reference design kits and a wide range of bundled optical mouse solutions will also be developed. "This collaboration is beneficial for both companies and for consumers," said Chen Yarn Chen, president of Sunplus Technology. "We believe the combination of Agilent's navigation sensor and digital signal-processing technology with our microcontroller core IP will deliver unparalleled SOC performance to the world's mouse manufacturers and consumers." "Our teaming with Sunplus will allow us to advance optical mouse technology to the next level much more quickly," said Ngoh Kee Hane, vice president and general manager of the Navigation Products Division in Agilent's Semiconductor Products Group. "By offering a more highly integrated single-chip solution, an entirely new generation of LED and laser mouse sensor solutions will be made possible." Agilent Optical Mouse Sensor Solutions Agilent pioneered position sensing for mouse technology and supplies these products to all major optical mouse manufacturers worldwide, having shipped more than 400 million sensors to date. Agilent provides a broad portfolio of mouse sensors, ranging from inexpensive, entry-level LED-based models to high-precision versions. Since their introduction, optical mice powered by Agilent's optical sensing optical sensing, in general, any method by which information that occurs as variations in the intensity, or some other property, of light is translated into an electric signal. This is usually accomplished by the use of various photoelectric devices. technology have established themselves as the standard in computer input devices. Agilent's new LaserStream mouse technology is expected to revolutionize rev·o·lu·tion·ize tr.v. rev·o·lu·tion·ized, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·ing, rev·o·lu·tion·iz·es 1. To bring about a radical change in: Television has revolutionized news coverage. 2. the mouse industry yet again. More information about Agilent's LED and laser optical navigation sensors is available at www.agilent.com/view/opticalnavigation. About Sunplus Technology Sunplus Technology Company Limited, which was established in 1990, is a fabless IC design company devoted to electrical consumer applications. Sunplus offers not only IC design but also system solutions to maximize customers' profit by differentiating each design. Sunplus uses Intellectual Properties (IPs) such as audio/video, micro-processor and digital signal processor A digital signal processor (DSP) is a specialized microprocessor designed specifically for digital signal processing, generally in real-time computing. Characteristics of typical Digital Signal Processors
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