Atmel DREAM Sound Synthesis Chip Used in TU-KA's New Cellular Phone Plays Music.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 1, 2001 Atmel(R) Corporation (Nasdaq:ATML ATML Automatic Test Markup Language ATML Automated Test Markup Language ) announced today that the newly announced TK11 "funstyle(R)" Mobile Phone introduced on April 19, 2001 to the Japanese market, uses the Atmel DREAM(TM) SAM9755 sound synthesis IC to power its revolutionary music player, Karaoke, and melody-based ringing tone functions. The TK11 is supplied by TU-KA Cellular Tokyo Inc., TU-KA Phone Kansai and TU-KA Cellular Tokai, all subsidiaries of KDDI, Japan's second largest mobile phone provider. Hiroshi Yasuda, General Manager of Engineering Department of TU-KA, commented, "We are excited by the high performance and excellent sound provided by the Atmel DREAM sound synthesis system. It enables us to offer for the first time such functions as MIDI-file playback and Karaoke at professional sound quality. Our customers can load their favorite tunes from our network and listen to them in CD-like sound. We already offer 1,000 melodies, 150 new ones will be added every month. Now users of our newest "funstyle(R)" phone can enjoy their favorite songs wherever they are." The new Atmel DREAM SAM9755 IC has been specifically designed for Internet and mobile phone applications. It provides legendary DREAM wavetable A group of sampled sound waves used in MIDI. See wavetable synthesis and MIDI. (hardware, music) wavetable - A type of sound generator often built in a sound card. A wavetable contains digitised samples of real instrument sounds or effect (FX) sounds. sound synthesis, using a 64-voice proprietary synthesizer and effect processor 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 , which in addition, performs audio effects like reverb, chorus, surround and equalizer, supported by an on-chip 32K X 16-bit RAM. A variety of sound sets are available, including GM(R)/GS(R) compatible sounds with the express permission of Roland(R) Corporation. Low power consumption and a space-saving CBGA CBGA Ceramic Ball Grid Array CBGA Central Banks Gold Agreement CBGA Cascade Boer Goat Association 100 package facilitate the integration of the device in portable equipment. "It has been a great challenge to design these products using industry-leading DREAM wavetable sound synthesis for applications in mobile phones, in close cooperation with members of the TU-KA team," commented Claus Dorner, Vice President Marketing and Sales of DREAM S.A., a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Atmel Corporation, based in Semur, France. "The SAM9755 is our first product that not only complies with, but exceeds the new GM-Lite(R) standard for portable devices such as cellular telephones, games and PDAs which is currently in preparation by the AMEI AMEI Association of Medical Expenses Insurers and the MMA (Microcomputer Managers Association, Inc.) A membership organization with chapters throughout the U.S. that was devoted to educating personnel responsible for personal computers. It disbanded in 1996. Mma - A fast Mathematica-like system, in Allegro CL by R. Fateman, 1991. , the two committees responsible for the worldwide MIDI standard." About Atmel Founded in 1984, Atmel Corporation is headquartered in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. with manufacturing facilities in North America and Europe. Atmel designs, manufactures and markets worldwide, advanced logic, mixed-signal, nonvolatile memory and RF semiconductors. Atmel is also a leading provider of system-level integration semiconductor solutions using CMOS (Complementary Metal Oxide Semiconductor) Pronounced "c-moss." The most widely used integrated circuit design. It is found in almost every electronic product from handheld devices to mainframes. , BiCMOS, bipolar SiGe, and high-voltage BCDMOS process technologies. Atmel product and financial information can be retrieved from its Fax-on-Demand service. In North America call 1-800/292-8635. Internationally from a fax phone, dial 1-408/441-0732. Requests may be sent via e-mail to literature@atmel.com or by visiting Atmel's website at www.atmel.com. Note to Editors: DREAM, Atmel, the Atmel logo and combinations thereof and others contained herein, are trademarks of Atmel Corporation. GS and Roland are registered trademarks of Roland Corporation. GM and GM-Lite are registered trademarks of the MIDI Manufacturers Association The MIDI Manufacturers Association, also known as MMA is an organization where companies work together to create the standards that assure compatibility among MIDI products. Since 1985 the MMA has produced 11 new specifications and adopted 38 sets of enhancements to MIDI. (MMA) and AMEI. Other terms and product names in this document may be the trademarks of others. |
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