Philips Speech Processing To Be Available On Alchemy's Low Power, High Performance Microprocessor Family.Business Editors AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 10, 2001 Philips VoCon(R) Speech Recognizer to be Ported on Alchemy's 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. 32(R) Family of Products Alchemy Semiconductor, Inc.(TM), an Austin-based fabless semiconductor company A fabless semiconductor company specializes in the design and sale of hardware devices implemented on semiconductor chips. It achieves an advantage by outsourcing the fabrication of the devices to a specialized semiconductor manufacturer called a semiconductor foundry or "fab. , announced an agreement with Philips Speech Processing Speech processing is the study of speech signals and the processing methods of these signals. The signals are usually processed in a digital representation whereby speech processing can be seen as the intersection of digital signal processing and natural language processing. , a business unit of Royal Philips Electronics (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : PHG), to port Philips' VoCon(R), an advanced continuous-speech recognizer for embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. , to Alchemy's family of microprocessors. Philips' speech recognition software supports the full line of MIPS 32-bit (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 : MIPS) processor platforms. This integration will allow OEMs to integrate voice capabilities into products being developed with Alchemy's family of processors. Alchemy's current family of products includes the 400 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. , 1/2 watt Au1000(TM) and the PCI (1) (Payment Card Industry) See PCI DSS. (2) (Peripheral Component Interconnect) The most widely used I/O bus (peripheral bus). enabled Au1500(TM) that are compatible with the MIPS32 ISA (1) (Instruction Set Architecture) See instruction set. (2) (Interactive Services Association) See Internet Alliance. (3) (Internet Security and Acceleration) See .NET. . The initial port will target Microsoft(R) Windows(R) CE environment with other operating systems Operating systems can be categorized by technology, ownership, licensing, working state, usage, and by many other characteristics. In practice, many of these groupings may overlap. to follow. The VoCon software package is a noise-robust, fast, and highly accurate continuous-speech recognition solution specifically designed for embedded devices such as the ones targeted by Alchemy in the Internet Device market. VoCon enables a variety of voice-controlled applications, including command and control, name and continuous-digit dialing, natural number dialing, address book management, and menu navigation. Features include speaker-independent and/or speaker-dependent recognition in isolated or continuous speech. In addition, VoCon offers advanced features such as whole-word or phoneme-based recognition, word spotting, and enhanced noise and acoustic signal cancellation. VoCon is available in several languages including US and UK English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, Italian, and more. Alchemy 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. , Jim Moore, stated that the support of the Alchemy family of MIPS processors was a critical advancement in bringing sought-after speech recognition to a growing market. "Of the numerous technology features available, the one lacking has been a robust speech interface," said Moore. "Making Philips Speech Processing available to the highly desirable 32- bit MIPS-based processor platforms, and specifically the highly integrated Alchemy family of products, means our customers can design in speech recognition even faster for that critical time-to-market advantage." "It is essential that our speech solutions support a broad selection of microprocessors," said Fadi Kaake, Director of Voice Control for Philips Speech Processing in the U.S. "Adding the popular MIPS32 architecture to our portfolio of supported platforms increases our opportunities for agreements such as the one with Alchemy Semiconductor. Alchemy's Au1000 very high performance microprocessor enables our whole new class of speech recognition that will enhance functionality and expedite time-to-market." Availability will begin in Q4 2001 and the VoCon speech recognizer will be licensed directly from Philips Speech Processing. About Alchemy Semiconductor Founded in Austin, Texas, in 1999, Alchemy Semiconductor is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops and markets high performance, yet very low power systems-on-a-chip (SOCs) for the Internet Edge Device market. These devices include both wireless hand-held enterprise PDAs and remote Internet access See how to access the Internet. products, as well as Internet infrastructure products, such as routers and line cards. The company's founding team includes world-renown embedded microprocessor architects, led by former DEC Alpha / StrongARM design team members, allowing for a combination of proven design execution and MIPS performance technology to achieve high performance, low power dissipation and system integration in its Internet Edge Processor. Alchemy's headquarters are at 7800 Shoal Creek Blvd., Suite 222W, Austin, Texas 78757; or go to www.alchemysemi.com. About Philips Speech Processing - Voice Control Philips Speech Processing, a business unit of Royal Philips Electronics, is a pioneer and global leader in speech recognition, natural dialogue and language understanding technologies, with over 40 years experience in the development and marketing of speech products. Philips offers a broad portfolio of speech technology solutions for dictation software and hardware, server-based telephony and embedded speech recognition solutions. Embedded applications include voice-controlled and hands-free devices, telematics, infotainment and other embedded solutions for the automotive, mobile/cellular and consumer electronics industries. Visit www.speech.philips.com/vc for additional information on embedded speech recognition. All names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. |
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