SigmaTel STMP3600 Powers Siren 4GB Flash MP3 Player; Siren Player Available Now at Wal-Mart Stores and Wal-Mart.com.AUSTIN, Texas -- SigmaTel Inc., (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 :SGTL SGTL Silicon Graphics Teaching Laboratory ), a leader in mixed-signal multimedia solutions, announced that Siren Inc., a leading provider of consumer electronic products, is using SigmaTel's STMP STMP - Did you mean SMTP? 3600 system-on-chip (SoC) controller to power the Siren 4GB MP3 audio player, available now at Wal-Mart stores and the Wal-Mart.com website. With 4 gigabytes of flash memory, the Siren player stores up to 2000 songs (with playlists), and plays 16-plus hours on one AAA battery. It also meets Microsoft's PlaysForSure 2.0 specification allowing easy music transfers between any Windows-based subscription services. "We've been working with SigmaTel for years. Their new STMP3600 controller provides the quality, speed, power, and functionality needed for a mass market MP3 player with a simple and fun user interface," said Kevin Brangan, founder and co-president of Siren. "The Siren player will soon be available in military exchanges as well." The STMP3600's long battery life and smaller form factor design capabilities result from the integration of battery recharge, power management, audio codec, and flash controller on a single chip solution. With support for all major audio formats including MP3, Windows Media Audio See Windows Media formats. , 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. , and OGG Vorbis, the STMP3600 offers industry-leading audio quality (based on tests using Rohde and Schwarz Audio Analyzer technology). In addition to world class audio, the STMP3600 will support 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). 4, H.264 and WMV (Windows Media Video) A family of digital video compression technologies from Microsoft based on MPEG-4. Version 9 of the WMV codec was released to the SMPTE organization and became the SMPTE 421M standard, otherwise known as VC-1 (see VC-1). 9 video formats at varying resolutions and bit rates. "SigmaTel is honored to be long-time supplier of audio solutions to Kevin and his team," said Ron Edgerton, chairman and chief executive officer of SigmaTel. "We commit to remain on the leading edge of personal media player technology that enables exciting products such as the Siren 4GB player." About SigmaTel: SigmaTel, Inc. a 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. headquartered in Austin, Texas, designs, develops, and markets proprietary, analog intensive, mixed-signal ICs for a variety of digital multimedia products in the consumer electronics and computing markets, including portable compressed audio players, such as MP3 players, notebook and desktop PCs, digital video cameras, multi-function peripheral products, digital televisions, and set-top boxes. SigmaTel provides complete, system-level solutions that include highly-integrated ICs, customizable firmware and software, software development tools, reference designs, and applications support. The Company's focus is on providing system-level solutions that enable customers to rapidly introduce and offer electronic products that are small, light-weight, power-efficient, reliable, and cost-effective. SigmaTel is ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000 certified and is committed to providing customers with high performance, quality products along with superior customer service. Cautionary Language: This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current SigmaTel expectations. The words "expect," "will," "should," "would," "anticipate," "project," "outlook," "believe," "intend," and similar phrases as they relate to SigmaTel or future events are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect the current views and assumptions of SigmaTel, but are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, and there will be events in the future that SigmaTel is not able to accurately predict or control. For a discussion of factors that could impact SigmaTel's financial results and cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, please refer to recent SigmaTel filings with the SEC, particularly the form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. that was filed on February 24, 2006, and the form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. filed on May 10, 2006. SigmaTel is a registered trademark of SigmaTel, Inc. All other products and brand names as they appear in this release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. All specifications may be changed without notice. |
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