Freescale's i.MX21 Applications Processor Drives Iwatsu's IP Videophone NR-IPKTV.i.MX21 Applications Processor Makes the Most of High-Performance IP Network TOKYO -- Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focuses their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedded and communications markets. Japan Ltd. (1-8-1, Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, Tokyo, President: Tsuneo Takahashi) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FSL FSL - Formal Semantics Language. A language for compiler writing. ["A Formal Semantics for Computer Languages and its Application in a Compiler-Compiler", J.A. Feldman, CACM 9(1) (Jan 1966)]. [Sammet 1969, p. 641]. ) (NYSE:FSL.B), today announced that Freescale's i.MX21 applications processor is integrated into the new IP videophone (1) (VideoPhone) A line of videophones (definition #1 below) from AT&T that were introduced in the early 1990s and later pulled off the market due to poor sales. The first models came with a price tag above $1,000, and a pair were needed. See Picturephone. NR-IPKTV developed by Iwatsu Electric Iwatsu Electric, Co., Ltd. (岩崎通信機株式会社 Co.,Ltd. (1-7-41, Kugayama, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, President: Yoshiyuki Ishibashi). The NR-IPKTV is a versatile phone designed for business use, integrating a camera and a high-resolution color LCD which allows for touch-panel operation. Freescale's i.MX21 multimedia applications processor enables the NR-IPKTV's video conference (extension) and web browsing function. The NR-IPKTV addresses the demand for visual functionalities along with popularization pop·u·lar·ize tr.v. pop·u·lar·ized, pop·u·lar·iz·ing, pop·u·lar·iz·es 1. To make popular: A famous dancer popularized the new hairstyle. 2. of the IP network, and is designed as a next-generation phone which can simultaneously process voice, image, video, and web browsing using the IP protocol. For more details about Iwatsu's NR-IPKTV, visit the web site: http://www.iwatsu.co.jp/product/icb/precot/visualsolution.html. Freescale's i.MX family of application processors is ideal for the emerging VoIP devices, wireless IP phones and WiFi phones all based upon the Internet, as well as various multimedia devices. The i.MX21 processor provides a host of multimedia functions, including H.263 and MPEG-4 video and JPEG JPEG in full Joint Photographic Experts Group Standard computer file format for storing graphic images in a compressed form for general use. JPEG images are compressed using a mathematical algorithm. image processing image processing Set of computational techniques for analyzing, enhancing, compressing, and reconstructing images. Its main components are importing, in which an image is captured through scanning or digital photography; analysis and manipulation of the image, accomplished , mirroring, scaling, and rotation, to encode and decode video and audio. These functions enable high-quality voice, image, and video processing Video processing techniques are used in video codecs, video players and other devices. For example—commonly only design and video processing is different in TV sets of different manufactures. . In addition, high performance of the i.MX21 processor allows multiple applications to run simultaneously. In addition, the high performance of the i.MX21 processor allows multiple applications to run simultaneously and eliminates the need for a 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 for processing VoIP functions like G.711 and echo canceller, reducing substrate size and total cost. "We are very pleased that the i.MX's video compression/expansion function plays an important role in Iwatsu's IP videophone NR-IPKTV to support video playback," said Berardino Baratta, general manager of the multimedia applications division at Freescale. "The i.MX family is designed for portable media applications and is engineered to help save power of the end products. Freescale is strengthening the i.MX roadmap and believes that these applications processors will contribute to the future deployment of Iwatsu's IP videophone products." Communication infrastructure is entering the era of IP. The IP phones for business use are required to have, in addition to conventional voice communication, advanced communication functions leveraging the benefits of the IP network. In particular, demands for visual functionalities which allow transferring videos, communicating by watching each other's faces, or watching videos from networked monitor cameras are increasing. Freescale's i.MX21 is a high-speed, versatile, and low-power multimedia applications processor which integrates the MPEG-4 video codec, LCD controller, and terminal interfaces, as well as switching bus connecting the on-chip components, and enables the advanced multimedia and communication functions required for high-performance terminal devices. Freescale's i.MX21 Multimedia Applications Processor The i.MX21 multimedia applications processor is a member of the widely used i.MX family and is ideal for computationally-intensive applications such as video and audio media players, smart personal communicators, IP videophones and GPS systems as well as a host of other wireless mobile devices. i.MX processors feature an extensive suite of software support packages based on Microsoft[R] Windows[R] CE and PocketPC[R], Symbian OS[TM], Linux[R] OS and many leading RTOSes, plus, reference designs to greatly accelerate the creation of next-generation mobile communication products. About Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. in July 2004. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of the S&P 500[R], is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). www.freescale.com Reader Inquiry Response: Freescale Semiconductor P.O. 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