Panasonic and Square Enix Agree to Co-develop a Seamless Digital Content Solution on Panasonic's Integrated Platform for Digital Consumer Electronics.Tokyo, Japan, Apr 7, 2006 - (JCN JCN Japan Corporate News JCN Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience JCN Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing JCN Journal of Christian Nursing JCN Job Control Number JCN Journal of Child Neurology JCN joint communications network (US DoD) Newswire) - Panasonic, the leading brand for which Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is known, and Square Enix Co., Ltd., a best-known interactive digital content and service provider, today announced an agreement to co-develop a solution that enables users to seamlessly enjoy digital content on various digital consumer electronic devices. The two companies have agreed to offer the solution to device manufacturers and content providers. Based on this agreement, Panasonic and Square Enix aim to implement a middleware "SEAD SEAD Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses SEAD Salzburg Experimental Academy of Dance (Salzburg, Austria) SEAD Secure Efficient Ad-Hoc Distance Vector (routing protocol) SEAD Seneca Army Depot EngineTM" that uses Square Enix software technologies on Panasonic's integrated platform for digital consumer electronic devices by March 2007. The two companies will build technological know-how to provide seamless content applications for digital consumer electronic devices. In recent years, the Years, The the seven decades of Eleanor Pargiter’s life. [Br. Lit.: Benét, 1109] See : Time digital content market has experienced an average annual growth of around 10 percent in Japan, and it is expected to grow further. In line with the trend of digital devices' multi-functionality and high-performance as well as the advancement of networking, there is also growing demand for sharing digital content in the various digital consumer electronic devices such as television, DVD recorders, portable music players, mobile phones and car navigation See GPS. systems in addition to conventional IT devices such as personal computers. Panasonic expects the integrated platform to hasten the "ubiquitous network society" where users can enjoy network connectivity among various digital consumer electronic devices. Square Enix not only owns an attractive portfolio of digital content assets, as represented by its "FINAL FANTASY This article is about the Final Fantasy franchise. For the video game, see Final Fantasy (video game). For other uses, see Final Fantasy (disambiguation). Final Fantasy ( (R)" and "DRAGON QUEST This article is about the series of video games. For the first game in the series, see Dragon Warrior. For similar titles, see Dragon Quest (disambiguation). Dragon Quest ( (R)" game franchises, but also has advanced technologies in embedded software Instructions that permanently reside in a ROM or flash memory chip. Embedded software may be immediately available to the CPU or, for faster execution, may be transferred to RAM first and then executed. development, communication and networking technologies to provide its content to the game consoles, PCs and mobile phones. "In view of the advancement of digital consumer electronic device technologies in the coming ubiquitous network era, I believe the collaboration with Square Enix to be the best alliance for the future as they not only own an attractive portfolio of digital content assets, but also have excellent technologies in 3D graphics and embedded software," said Dr. Susumu Koike, Matsushita's Executive Vice President in charge of R&D. "Square Enix aims to become an integrated digital content and service provider in the ubiquitous network era. Panasonic is the best partner for building a 'seamless content' platform on digital consumer electronics," said Yoichi Wada, President of Square Enix. "We seek to distribute content for digital consumer electronics as well as game consoles. We believe this collaboration will enable our two companies to provide new and highly accessible forms of entertainment to our customers through an integrated hardware and content usage model." Today's agreement will enable both companies to build a solution for seamless use of digital content in digital consumer electronic devices, based on their respective unique technologies and know-how. About Square Enix With headquarters in Tokyo, Japan, Square Enix Co., Ltd. (Square Enix) develops, publishes and distributes entertainment content including interactive entertainment software and publications in Japan, North America North America, third largest continent (1990 est. pop. 365,000,000), c.9,400,000 sq mi (24,346,000 sq km), the northern of the two continents of the Western Hemisphere. , Europe and Asia. Square Enix brings two of Japan's best-selling franchises - FINAL FANTASY, which has sold over 65 million units worldwide, and DRAGON QUEST, which has sold over 40 million units worldwide under one roof. Square Enix is one of the most influential providers of digital entertainment content in the world and continues to push the boundaries of creativity and innovation. More information on Square Enix can be found on the Internet at http://www.square-enix.com. About SEAD Engine(TM) The SEAD Engine (Square Enix Application on Demand Engine) developed by Square Enix is a middleware application based on the UIEngineTM. This application consolidates graphics, sound, and asynchronous Refers to events that are not synchronized, or coordinated, in time. The following are considered asynchronous operations. The interval between transmitting A and B is not the same as between B and C. The ability to initiate a transmission at either end. data transmission software, resulting in enhanced quality of output content. *UIEngine is a trademark of UIEvolution, Inc. About Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Best known by its Panasonic brand name, Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. is a worldwide leader in the development and manufacture of electronic products for a wide range of consumer, business, and industrial needs. Based in Osaka, Japan, the company recorded consolidated 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 of US $81.44 billion for the year ended March 31, 2005. The company's shares are listed on the Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :MC), Euronext Amsterdam and Frankfurt stock exchanges Frankfurt Stock Exchange The largest of Germany's eight securities exchanges, operated by Deutsche Borse AS. . For more information on the company and the Panasonic brand, visit the company's website at http://panasonic.net. Source: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Contact: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. Akira Kadota, International PR Communications Tel: +81-3-3578-1237 Fax: +81-3-3436-6766 Square Enix Co., Ltd. Yuka Ejima, Corporate Tel: +81-3-5333-0926 Fax: +81-3-5333-0927 Copyright [c] 2006 JCN Newswire. All rights reserved. A division of Japan Corporate News Network K.K. |
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