MemCore to License High-Performance DDR SDRAM PHY with DLL Solution to ESS Technology.SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- MemCore Inc, the leading pure play Memory Controller IP solutions company, today announced that ESS Technology (Nasdaq:ESST ESST European Inter-University Association on Society, Science and Technology ESST European Society of Sleep Technologists ESST Environmental Simulation for Sensitivity Training ) has selected MemCore to provide a DDR (Double Data Rate) Refers to an SDRAM memory chip that increases performance by doubling the effective data rate of the frontside bus. For more details, see SDRAM. DDR - Double Data Rate Random Access Memory Memory Interface solution for a new, highly integrated IC for Blu-ray DVD DVD: see digital versatile disc. DVD in full digital video disc or digital versatile disc Type of optical disc. The DVD represents the second generation of compact-disc (CD) technology. and HD-DVD HD-DVD High Definition Digital Versatile Disk players. ESS Technology selected MemCore's MP4010 DDR SDRAM PHY See physical layer and physical. with Digital DLL (1) See data link layer. (2) (Dynamic Link Library) An executable program module in Windows that performs one or more functions at runtime. DLLs are not launched by the user; they are called for by an executable program or by other DLLs. licensed as a hard macro. A detailed product description for the MP4010 is located on the MemCore website at www.memcoreinc.com. ESS Technology, Inc., designs and markets high-performance digital video processor and imaging sensor semiconductors for the consumer digital entertainment, digital home, and camera-enabled cellular phone markets. ESS products include highly integrated chips for DVD players, digital media players, digital audio systems, and camera phones. The MemCore PHY with DLL IP core will be used in the ESS Blu-ray DVD and HD-DVD player ICs. "Our Blu-ray and HD-DVD ICs requires high speed memory interfaces to process H.264, VC1 and MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). 2 A/V streams. We evaluated DDR memory PHYs from multiple vendors for our design," said Aki Kaniel, director of marketing at ESS Technology. "We found that the MemCore MP4010 was the best fit for our application requirements. The integrated PHY and DLL, licensed as a hard macro, reduces our integration effort and improves our time to market." "We are finding increasing customer interest in hard-macro implementations of our MP4010 PHY with DLL solution," said Raghavan Menon, president & 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. of MemCore, Inc. "Having an application optimized solution can significantly improve our customers' time to market and lower their development cost. Our high-performance, low-power and small die footprint are also key advantages and contribute to our growing customer base." About MemCore, Inc MemCore is the first and only pure-play Memory Interface Solutions company. MemCore provides customers with Memory Controller IP, verification environments, customized back-end interfaces, memory models, hard and soft PHY and DLL timing components and applications support -- everything a customer needs to successfully implement leading edge high-performance memory interface solutions. Visit MemCore at www.memcoreinc.com. About ESS Technology ESS Technology, Inc., designs and markets high-performance digital video processors and image sensor semiconductors for the consumer digital entertainment, digital home, and camera-enabled cellular phone markets. ESS products include highly integrated chips for DVD players, digital media players, digital audio systems, and camera-enabled cellular phones. ESS is headquartered in Fremont, California and the company's stock is traded on the Nasdaq National market under "ESST". For more information, please visit ESS Technology at http://www.esstech.com. |
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