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Freescale Semiconductor’s Symphony™ family of audio digital signal processors (DSP) are the first DSPs in the market to integrate multi-channel Dolby® Volume intelligent audio processing technology. Based on the audio industry-standard Symphony 24-bit DSP core, Freescale’s popular Symphony DSP platform combined with Dolby Volume offers an elegant solution for consistent program loudness on A/V receivers, surround sound processors, digital TVs, speaker systems and Home Theater in a Box (HTiB) products.

Dolby Volume brings a fundamentally different approach to delivering consistent volume levels across a wide variety of content, channel programming or input sources. Using a psychoacoustic model of human hearing, this sophisticated technology performs measurement, analysis and control of perceived volume levels. Dolby Volume complements Dolby’s range of audio technologies including Dolby Digital, Dolby Digital Plus and Dolby TrueHD.

“Our long partnership with Freescale has allowed us to implement multi-channel Dolby

ARM has released highly optimized source code versions of the OpenMAX DL (Development Layer) libraries for decoding the AAC and MP3 formats in the audio domain, and decoding the MPEG-4 and H.264 formats in the video domain. These functions can be downloaded free-of-charge from the ARM website http://www.arm.com/products/esd/openmax_home.html, and the license granted to these functions entitles the user to integrate them into their own products at no cost.

Nintendo is making Metallic Rose a regular part of the Nintendo DS™ color palette with the help of some celebrity spokespeople. Starting Monday, May 19, America Ferrera and Carrie Underwood will be featured in commercials for the Metallic Rose version of Nintendo DS. Metallic Rose debuted in late 2007 as part of a Nintendogs® bundle and will be available as a standalone hardware system at retailers nationwide late this month. Liv Tyler also will appear in Nintendo DS commercials that feature the

Momentous achievement is the first step towards mass deployment of next-generation cable products and services

Texas Instruments (TI) congratulates its customers and the cable industry as a whole for achieving certification in CableLabs’ Certification Wave 58. TI’s innovative PUMA 5 technology provides OEMs with cost-effective solutions to deliver next-generation services such as high-performance IP features to MSOs and operators.

“TI is very excited to celebrate this CableLabs certification milestone with the cable industry and looks forward to working hand-in-hand with our customers to quickly achieve widespread deployment of DOCSIS 3.0 cable modems in the field,” said Dennis Rauschmayer,

Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) today announced the newest members of its Voice over IP (VoIP) gateway silicon and software solutions that will enable equipment manufacturers to achieve higher channel densities with improved voice quality. TI’s newest gateway solutions are powered by its TMS320C64x+^TM digital signal processor (DSP) that significantly increases performance for VoIP and video encode, decode and transcode applications. The flexible architecture of TI’s new solutions allows equipment manufacturers to transition to a common hardware and software architecture that scales from eight to several hundreds of channels while supporting advanced voice and video features. For more information, go to: www.ti.com/voip.

The TNETV2664, TNETV2666, TNETV2686 and TNETV2689 are the newest additions to TI’s field-proven medium density VoIP gateway product family. These solutions support an Ethernet interface and full IP encapsulation that allows the DSPs to put voice media directly on the network. This integration enables manufacturers to choose a smaller, more cost-effective host processor thereby simplifying

NXP, today announced at the National Association of Broadcasters Show (NAB 2008), the availability of Streaming Networks iRecord® Pro, an innovative personal media recorder that records video and music content onto portable media players (PMP) such as the Apple iPod®, Sony PSP®, Sony video walkman® and iPhone®. The iRecord Pro builds on the functionality of the first-generation iRecord by adding full D1 video resolution, direct recording to computer hard disk, and the ability to convert existing content to PMP format without a computer.
Powered by NXP’s Nexperia media processing technology, the iRecord hooks up via standard audio/video (AV) connections to any TV, set-top-box (STB), digital video recorder (DVR), camcorder, VCR, DVD player,

NXP Semiconductors, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, today announced the landmark shipment of its two billionth automotive transceiver, reaffirming its leadership position in the automotive networking market. Building on 15 years of experience in automotive networking, NXP continues to collaborate with industry leaders to enable automobile manufacturers to push down overall network costs while driving up system performance, communication speeds, quality and reliability.
“NXP’s landmark shipment of transceivers for automotive networking echoes the importance of efficient and intelligent communications among automotive components to deliver on the paramount need for safety, comfort

NXP and Siemens Mobility have reached an agreement to technically collaborate with each other in order to develop NXP’s new ATOP (Automotive Telematics On Board Unit Platform) into the ‘single chip on-board unit’ system based on GPS and GSM. Once it is ready for the market, it is intended for use in private vehicles. ATOP can be used simply and cost-effectively as it exploits existing GPS/GSM mobile networks. It is not necessary to install expensive infrastructure such as toll stations. Drivers can install the on-board unit for private cars in just a few minutes. The system is secure and facilitates easy toll collection. Commercial use is planned for the first half of 2010.

Governments, authorities and institutions all over the world are becoming increasingly interested in flexible road pricing solutions that are suitable for all car drivers and can automatically calculate and charge customers for a journey by car. In addition, they must not impair the flow of traffic and must help to ensure that the number of vehicles on the roads is kept within reasonable limits. Siemens Mobility and NXP are therefore working together to create a viable, practical solution for the market.

FOSTER CITY, Calif., – Sony Computer Entertainment America Inc. (SCEA) announced today the North American release of the highly-anticipated
wipEout® PULSE, available exclusively for PSP® (PlayStation®Portable). Developed by award-winning Sony Computer Entertainment’s WWS Liverpool Studios, wipEout PULSE takes the series to an all-new level by offering players customizable ships, challenging new tracks and gameplay features, and a robust online feature set.

Since its inception in 1995, the multi-million unit selling wipEout® franchise has had a long and storied career with numerous sequels across multiple PlayStation® platforms worldwide, while offering up a truly unique racing experience. Building on its history,wipEout PULSE now takes players to the year 2207 to compete in the

Atheros Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ: ATHR), a leading developer of advanced wireless and wired solutions, announced that its AR6101G ROCm™ (Radio-on-a-Chip) mobile WLAN solution was selected for the new Z-Com WP-520 Honey Pair single-mode Internet Protocol (IP) phone. Sold in pairs, the new phones enable users to make free or low-cost calls using any available wireless local area network (WLAN). Atheros’ AR6101G, the world’s only single-chip VoIP solution, allows Z-Com to offer telecom providers and retailers a highly integrated, ultra low-power design to bring voice-over-Wi-Fi to the mainstream market. Z-Com is a leading Taiwanese-based manufacturer of wireless networking equipment for service providers and home retail products. The Honey Pair phones target business and residential consumers in Europe, Southeast Asia, the Middle East and Latin America, where new IP services are emerging.