Paragon Wireless Chooses SoftRISC's Codec Solution for its GSM/VoWLAN Dual-Mode Smart Phone.SoftRISC's VoIP codec solution on ARM Provides Superior Voice Quality While Simultaneously Reducing Cost and Power Consumption SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- SoftRISC, a leading provider of VoIP and multimedia software solutions for RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. platforms, today announced that its field-deployed VoIP codec solutions will provide VoWLAN capabilities on Paragon Wireless's GSM/VoWLAN Dual-Mode Smart phones. SoftRISC's solution enables Paragon to use ARM CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. resources, which significantly reduce Paragon's BOM cost, and board space, thus improving design implementation time without compromising voice quality for end users. By eliminating 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 chip, SoftRISC's codec solutions provide Paragon with more flexibility and performance capabilities using a significantly smaller footprint and reduced power. This enables Paragon to take full advantage of its board space for adding VoIP and other media capabilities on its mobile phones. SoftRISC's codec solutions meet all IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. , ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. , and ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis technical park, Nice, France, www.etsi.org) A non-profit membership organization founded in 1988, dedicated to standardizing information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout Europe. standards. "We are very pleased to work with Paragon Wireless to provide our robust VoIP solutions for its world class Dual-Mode Smart phones," said Ashok Setty, 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 SoftRISC. "Our ARM-based codec solutions allow our licensees to save significant design and implementation cost while simultaneously providing the voice quality that end users have come to expect, especially in sensitive applications such as mobile phones." "Our mobile phones required a well optimized, yet robust VoIP codec solution that met our high standards. SoftRISC's solution was an exact fit for our dual mode phones," said Ilkka Pouttu, Vice President Sales and Marketing at Paragon Wireless. "We are very happy with the quality and support SoftRISC provides, and we already have other SoftRISC solutions in the pipeline for future Paragon products." Along with VoIP solutions, SoftRISC provides systems solutions on RISC processor for wireless, Fax over IP, Voice over WiFi, multimedia audio, and video. Semiconductor companies, end-product manufacturers of cell phones, PDAs, WiFi phones, ATAs, MP3 players and soft-phone customers all look to SoftRISC for highly optimized solutions that facilitate the development of cost-efficient, yet highly superior end products. SoftRISC supports a wide array of processors - ARM, MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. , PowerPC, ARC, SH, Blackfin, TI OMAP OMAP Office of Medical Assistance Programs (Oregon Department of Human Services) OMAP Open Multimedia Applications Platform (Texas Instruments semiconductor operating system) , etc. About Paragon Wireless Paragon Wireless delivers customizable, cost-effective VoWLAN handsets and solutions, which are readily deployable with a user-friendly interface. Paragon Wireless is funded by leading VC firms and managed by experienced industry leaders. With our first-to-market commercialization of SIP/IMS-based dual mode solutions for both GSM and CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) A method for transmitting simultaneous signals over a shared portion of the spectrum. The foremost application of CDMA is the digital cellular phone technology from QUALCOMM that operates in the 800 MHz band and 1.9 GHz PCS band. , Paragon Wireless addresses the market with an extensive IP portfolio and standards compliant innovations. For more information on Paragon Wireless, please visit www.parawireless.com. About SoftRISC SoftRISC Communication Solutions, Inc. is a leading provider of VoIP and Multimedia software solutions on RISC platforms. SoftRISC specializes in developing IP communication software on host CPUs, thus eliminating the need for a separate DSP chip/core. SoftRISC's CPU-based, standards-compliant solutions enable robust, cost effective, power efficient consumer communications devices without any loss of voice or media quality, as measured by various standards organizations. SoftRISC's solutions can be found in mobile phones, IP phones, WiFi phones, VoIP soft phones, MP3 players, Navigational Consumer Devices, VoIP residential gateways, PMPs, Set-top boxes, and MPEG-4 players. For additional details, please visit www.SoftRISC.com. |
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