Nero and Marvell Demonstrate Next Generation Mobile Multimedia Solutions at CES 2007.Companies Will Illustrate How Smart Phones And PDAs Can Be Used to Access and Enjoy Digital Photo, Video and Audio Content Anywhere LAS VEGAS -- CES - Nero, leaders in digital media technology, utilizes Marvell's PXA27x Application Processors to demonstrate how the Nero Mobile application transforms smart phones and PDAs into feature-rich mobile media centers at CES 2007. Using the standards-compliant Nero Digital[TM] technology, Nero Mobile combines outstanding multimedia playback performance with easy to use media management features to allow users to access and enjoy digital photo, video and audio content anytime, anywhere. The demonstrations will illustrate seamless networking and UPnP[TM] streaming between a notebook powered with Nero MediaHome and a Nero Mobile Smart phone, as well as efficient content sharing between two mobile devices powered by UPnP[TM] networking and Nero Mobile portable multimedia center software and a DLNA-compliant UPnP mobile server. Members of the press are invited to experience Nero Mobile demonstrations at Nero's CES 2007 booth (South Hall 1, Booth #20613) and at Marvell's CES booth (South Hall 3, Booth # 30183). Nero Mobile bridges the digital home and mobile worlds to enable consumers to seamlessly transfer content to mobile devices using Nero Digital technology, a codec (1) (enCOder/DECoder) A hardware circuit that performs analog-to-digital conversion (ADC) and digital-to-analog (DAC) conversion. When analog signals are entered into a computer, cellphone or other device via a microphone or video source such as VHS tape or analog TV, that compresses digital files while maintaining outstanding audio and visual quality, guaranteed by the state-of-the-art standard-based codecs (MPEG-4/H.264/AVC and AAC (Advanced Audio Coding) An audio compression technology that is part of the MPEG-2 and MPEG-4 standards. AAC, especially MPEG-4 AAC, provides greater compression and better sound quality than MP3, which also came out of the MPEG standard. ). The latest Nero Mobile features are hand-optimized for the new Marvell PXA3xx family of Application Processors, as well as the demonstrated Marvell PXA27x processors and include Wireless MMX (MultiMedia EXtensions) A set of 57 additional instructions built into the Pentium MMX chip for improved multimedia and modem performance by performing mathematical operations on multiple sets of data at the same time (see SIMD). (WMMX WMMX Wireless Mmx ) and Wireless MMX2 (WMMX2) multimedia instructions, which ensure long battery life for portable electronics, even with the most demanding multimedia content. "Nero's award winning Digital Media Applications enable users to create, manage and share digital media content between their PC, CE and a wide range of mobile devices", said John Tafoya, General Manager of Global Alliances, Nero. "This new optimized version of Nero Mobile Multimedia Center will leverage the Marvell PXA processor to enable new enhanced Audio/Visual experiences on low power mobile devices." "The mobile entertainment space is quickly becoming sophisticated enough to offer consumers the ability to access and enjoy the same amount of diverse entertainment options they can experience in the home," said Gary Forni, Director of Marvell's Platform Enabling, Cellular and Handheld Group. "The expertise and resources of both Marvell and Nero fit together well to bring digital entertainment consumers the future today." About Nero Nero is a leading provider of digital multimedia solutions for the personal computer, consumer electronics, and mobile industries. Focused on developing technologies for digital media creation and playback, Nero provides strategic partners with applications, codecs, tools, software development kits, and programming interfaces for use with a variety of the latest platforms and devices. Over 240 million units of Nero's award-winning software solutions have been distributed globally and are widely used in the home, on the go and professionally. Nero distributes products globally through hardware manufacturers, international partners, retailers, and directly through www.nero.com. Nero AG is headquartered in Karlsbad, Germany and serves the world with regional offices in Karlsbad, Germany (EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. ); Glendale, California, USA (Americas); and Yokohama, Japan (APAC APAC Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing APAC Agricultural Policy Analysis Center APAC Asia and Pacific APAC Asian Pacific American Coalition APAC Adapted Physical Activity Council (American Alliance for Health) ). About Marvell Marvell (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 : MRVL) is the leader in development of storage, communications, and consumer silicon solutions. The company's diverse product portfolio includes switching, transceiver, communications controller, wireless and storage solutions that power the entire communications infrastructure including enterprise, metro, home and storage networking. As used in this release, the terms "company" and "Marvell" refer to Marvell Technology Group Marvell (NASDAQ: MRVL) is an American producer of storage, communications and consumer semiconductor products. Their products can be found in a range of applications:
(1) (MicroSoft Installer) See Windows Installer. (2) (Medium Scale Integration) Between 100 and 3,000 transistors on a chip. See SSI, LSI, VLSI and ULSI. ), Marvell Asia Pte Ltd (MAPL MAPL Modular Affordable Product Line MAPL Mid Atlantic Prep League MAPL Maximum Allowable Path Loss MAPL Military Acquisition Position List(ing) MAPL Master of Advocacy and Political Leadership ), Marvell Japan K.K., Marvell Taiwan Ltd., Marvell International Ltd. (MIL), Marvell U.K. Limited, Marvell Semiconductor Israel Ltd. (MSIL (MicroSoft Intermediate Language) See CLI. ), RADLAN Computer Communications Ltd., and SysKonnect GmbH. MSI is headquartered in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. and designs, develops and markets products on behalf of MIL and MAPL. MSI may be contacted at (408) 222-2500 or at www.marvell.com. Nero[R] and Nero Digital[TM] are trademarks of Nero AG and its subsidiaries. Any other product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. [c] 2006 Nero. All rights reserved. Marvell([R]) is a trademark of Marvell. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. www.nero.com |
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