Silicon Laboratories Selects Sonic Network's EAS to Provide Ringtone on the AeroFONE Single-chip Phone.BOSTON -- Sonic Network, Inc., a provider of audio synthesizer synthesizer Machine that electronically generates and modifies sounds, frequently with the use of a digital computer, for use in the composition of electronic music and in live performance. technology, today announced that Silicon Laboratories Inc. (Nasdaq: SLAB), a leader in high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed-signal ICs, has licensed Sonic Network's EAS (Electronic Article Surveillance) A security system for preventing theft in retail stores that uses disposable label tags or reusable hard tags attached to the merchandise. (TM) (embedded Inserted into. See embedded system. Audio Synthesis) technology for incorporation into Silicon Laboratories' AeroFONE(TM) GSM/GPRS single-chip phone. Sonic's EAS is a device-hardened and validated, high quality audio synthesis solution that supports all current and legacy ringtone The audible sound made by a telephone to announce that a call is coming in. The traditional ringtone was in the 440-480 Hz range, but as cellphone usage grew, it became obvious that ringtone differentiation would become important. formats and provides advanced MIDI MIDI in full Musical Instrument Digital Interface Protocol for transmission of musical data between digital components, such as synthesizers and a computer's sound card. MIDI uses 8-bit asynchronous serial transmission with a data rate of 31. audio capabilities to support advanced mobile gaming applications. "The AeroFONE solution is a complete cell phone system on a single monolithic chip, and partnering with best-in-class providers complements our flexible and fully featured solutions," said Dan Rabinovitsj, vice president of Silicon Laboratories. "We are pleased to be working with Sonic Network to deliver value-rich audio features to support the growing demand for advanced multimedia functionality on all handsets." Jennifer Hruska, founder and president of Sonic Network stated, "Silicon Laboratories' engineering teams have unsurpassed expertise in mixed-signal technology which has allowed them to create highly integrated wireless chipsets using far less external components than competing solutions. Today's handset manufactures are now demanding the same on the software side - the pre-integration and validation of the multi-media and communication functionality into complete phone solutions. Therefore, we are pleased to be working with Silicon Laboratories to leverage our market proven, 3rd generation MIDI synthesizer on the Silicon Laboratories platforms." Together, Silicon Laboratories and Sonic Network defined a unique hardware/software co-design that leverages the EAS technology and the AeroFONE dual processor consisting of 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 and an ARM(R)-based processor architecture. By splitting the audio solution across both processors, the resulting solution is a resource-efficient yet high-performance melody player. This eliminates yet another expensive integrated circuit integrated circuit (IC), electronic circuit built on a semiconductor substrate, usually one of single-crystal silicon. The circuit, often called a chip, is packaged in a hermetically sealed case or a nonhermetic plastic capsule, with leads extending from it for in the bill-of-materials adding to the benefits, performance and savings afforded by the AeroFONE single-chip family of products. About Sonic: Sonic Network provides embedded audio software solutions to mobile device and semiconductor designers and manufactures. Its Embedded Audio System (EAS) technology is a multi-platform audio engine for a variety of embedded audio systems and devices such as semiconductors, wireless handsets, PDAs, sound cards, toys, and other consumer devices. About Silicon Laboratories: Silicon Laboratories Inc. is a leading designer of high-performance, analog-intensive, mixed signal integrated circuits Integrated circuits Miniature electronic circuits produced within and upon a single semiconductor crystal, usually silicon. Integrated circuits range in complexity from simple logic circuits and amplifiers, about 1/20 in. (1. (ICs) for a broad range of applications. (www.scilabs.com) |
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