MediaQ Drives New Generation of H/PC Devices From NEC; The MQ-200 Delivers High-Resolution Graphics and Extended Battery Life to New NEC MobileGear Products.TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 6, 1999-- MediaQ Inc., a Silicon Valley, California startup whose products address the need for silicon solutions in the burgeoning post-PC and Internet enabled device markets, today announced that NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. 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. Corporation (NEC) will offer the first devices powered by the company's flagship MQ-200(TM) LCD graphics controller. Offered first in Japan, NEC will use the MQ-200 to power the new color-display models of the NEC MobileGear(R) series of post-PC devices -- the MC/R430 and the MC/R530. The MQ-200 is a 2D-accelerated graphics controller with 128-bit performance for embedded systems that provides the NEC MobileGear product family with unprecedented levels of color, clarity, and functionality. By integrating embedded DRAM, complex logic and analog circuits onto a single chip, the MQ-200 enables companies like NEC to develop a new class of post-PC devices that meet the critical performance, size, and power management requirements that consumers expect. Taking advantage of the MQ-200's advanced color display capabilities that support more than 65,000 colors, while offering 10 hours of battery life, NEC's new MobileGear models have added several Internet applications including 64Kbps data communication for PHS (Personal Handyphone System) A TDMA-based cellular phone system introduced in Japan in mid-1995. Operating in the 1880-1930 MHz band, PHS uses microcells that cover an area only 100 to 500 meters in diameter, resulting in lower equipment costs but requiring more base , upgraded email software, the ATOK ATOK Asociaci Textilního-Odevního-Kožedelného (Czech Association of Textile, Clothing and Leather Industry, Czech Republic) Pocket(R) Japanese language conversion system and easy-to-use handheld Web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. . "As the computing experience continues to free itself from the desktop, NEC has been working closely with MediaQ to deliver the technology necessary to make the consumer's transition to the H/PC H/PC - Hand-held Personal Computer world seamless," said Satoru Narita, Group Manager of Mobile Computer Group, Personal Workstations Division, NEC. "The MQ-200's innovative design features, superior graphics performance, and advanced power management capabilities allowed NEC to offer users of the new MobileGear models the power of the Internet in the palm of their hands." "We are extremely excited to be announcing that NEC will be offering the first products utilizing the MQ-200, " said Sunder sun·der v. sun·dered, sun·der·ing, sun·ders v.tr. To break or wrench apart; sever. See Synonyms at separate. v.intr. To break into parts. n. A division or separation. Velamuri, Vice President of Marketing and Sales, MediaQ Inc. "Working with the innovative designers of NEC, we are able to bring new technologies like the QView(TM) functionality which displays independent images on CRT (1) (C RunTime) See runtime library. (2) (Cathode Ray Tube) A vacuum tube used as a display screen in a computer monitor or TV. The viewing end of the tube is coated with phosphors, which emit light when struck by electrons. and LCD to the handheld computing space." About the MediaQ MQ-200 The MQ-200 is the industry's first LCD/CRT 2D graphics controller with embedded DRAM designed to meet the specific needs of the post-PC market. The MQ-200 deploys a 128-bit graphics engine and two on-board graphic controllers within a 1.6GB/s on-chip memory bus, delivering six times the overall graphics performance of currently available products. By using DynamiQ(TM), a series of advanced low-power design techniques, the MQ-200 reduces display system power consumption by up to 66 percent. MediaQ provides Device Drivers for a wide variety of Operating Systems such as Windows CE(TM), Linux and EPOC A 32-bit operating system for handheld devices from Symbian Ltd., London, (www.symbian.com). Used in Psion and other handheld computers, it supports Java applications, e-mail, fax, infrared exchange, data synchronization with PCs and includes a suite of PIM and productivity applications. 32(TM). Pricing/Availability The MQ-200 solution is currently in mass production and is available at the pricing of $28 in quantities of 1,000 per month. For additional information about MediaQ in Japan, contact MediaQ's Japanese representative ValueTech at 03-5805-3370 or visit MediaQ on the World Wide Web at www.mediaq.com. About NEC NEC Corporation (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :NIPNY) (FTSE FTSE A company that specializes in index calculation. Although not part of a stock exchange, co-owners include the London Stock Exchange and the Financial Times. Notes: The FTSE is similar to Standard & Poor's in the United States. :6701q.l) pioneered the concept of C&C, the integration of Computers and Communications, and is the only company in the world to be counted among top ranking corporations spanning the wide range of fields essential for this vision of multimedia: computers, communications and electron devices. Employing in excess of 150,000 people around the world, NEC saw net sales Net Sales The amount a seller receives from the buyer after costs associated with the sale are deducted. Notes: This amount is calculated by subtracting the following items from gross sales: merchandise returned for credit, allowances for damaged or missing goods, freight in fiscal year 1998-99 amount to 4,759 billion yen (approx.US$40 billion). For further information, visit the NEC home page at: http://www.nec-global.com About MediaQ Inc. MediaQ Inc., a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in Santa Clara, CA, is the first company to integrate DRAM, complex logic and analog circuits in a single chip for the rapidly expanding consumer electronic appliance marketplace. The company's innovative embedded DRAM technology provides application-specific processing power for the development of intelligent consumer computing devices. Embracing trends in connectivity, MediaQ's products enable devices that can be connected anytime, anywhere. Note to Editors: MediaQ, MQ-200 and DynamiQ, QView are registered trademarks and/or trademarks of MediaQ Inc. All other registered trademarks and/or trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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