RMI Corporation Announces Support for Windows Embedded
CE 6.0
R2 on RMI Alchemy Processor Family, Bringing
Enhanced Capabilities and Connectivity to Portable Devices
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 Operating System Aimed at Alchemy-Based™ Portable Media Players, Personal Navigation Devices and Home Media Players
CUPERTINO, Calif. and TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 4, 2008 — RMI Corporation, a leading
provider of High Performance Processor Solutions for Communications Infrastructure,
Enterprise and Media Rich Applications, today announced that it has released a BSP for
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 for its industry leading RMI Alchemy™ Processor Family
aimed at Portable Media Players, Personal Navigation Devices and Home Media Players.
RMI is releasing the BSP for Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 as part of its software
development kit (SDK 2.0) for the RMI® AlchemyTM Au1200® Processor Family. The
SDK includes optimized video and audio codecs ported to each processor that utilize the
unique Alchemy on-chip Media Acceleration Engine™ (MAE) hardware. The SDK is available for immediate download directly from the RMI developer support site, at http://support.rmicorp.com/RMI/EmbeddedDeveloper.nsf
“The RMI Alchemy Processor Family has seen tremendous growth over the last 2 years
in the portable media device space and the capabilities and enhancements that
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 brings will help us to continue that growth,” said Mike
Wodopian, vice president and general manager, Media Processor Solutions, RMI
Corporation. “By porting Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 for our customers and
combining it with a full-featured Multimedia BSP and optimized media codecs in our SDK
2.0, we have created a unique value proposition for our customers in reducing their time to market and overall cost.”
The Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 offering is designed for developers and devicemakers
wanting to quickly build service-oriented commercial and consumer electronics devices. With new features, including the Web Services on Devices API, voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) telephony capabilities, and thin-client technology enhancements,
Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 enables devices to seamlessly connect to computers
and other devices running Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008. Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 is an important building block for delivering new features, updates and enhancements to portable devices that focus on five main areas:
- Web Services on Devices
- VoIP video telephony capabilities
- Internet Explorer enhancements and Windows Media Player OCX 7 support
- Pluggable font engine
- Latest thin-client technology components with auto-detection capabilities
“The Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R2 operating system allows our partners to bring
smart, connected, service-oriented devices to market faster with increased capabilities
and support,” said Kim Chau, Marketing Manager, Silicon Vendors, Windows Embedded
Business at Microsoft Corporation. “RMI Alchemy processors have established
impressive market share in the portable media space. We are pleased to be
collaborating with RMI to enhance the value of their silicon for new and existing portable
media devices.”
RMI’s Alchemy Au1200 Processor Family addresses the needs of consumer media
applications by offering a range of high-performance, low-power processors capable of
delivering a rich multi-media experience to end users under a 1/2 watt (450mW). The
Au1200, Au1210™ and Au1250™ Media Processor Solutions™ product line is targeted
for full-featured Portable Media Players, Personal Navigation Devices (PND), Home
Media Players and Digital Photo Frames. RMI Alchemy processors provide system
designers in these markets with an easy-to-use, simple solution, lower costs and greatly
reduced design cycle times.
About RMI (now NetLogic Microsystems)
RMI Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company providing High-Performance Super System-on-a-Chip (SuperSoC™) Processor solutions for the Infrastructure, Enterprise, and Consumer Media markets. Applications include Wireless, Networking Security, Thin Clients, and Connected Multi-Media. RMI offers a broad platform of advanced MIPS-compatible processor solutions with both 32/64-bit architectures supporting frequencies from 300MHz to greater than 2.4 GHz. RMI is headquartered in Cupertino, CA with branch and subsidiary operations in Texas, France, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong and China. More information about RMI can be found on the company's website at www.RMICorp.com.
About NetLogic Microsystems
NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL), a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Mountain View, California, designs, develops and markets high-performance knowledge-based processors and high-speed integrated circuits that accelerate the delivery of voice, video, data and multimedia content for advanced enterprise, datacenter, communications and mobile wireless networks. NetLogic Microsystems’ products include high-performance knowledge-based processors, application-aware content processors, 10-Gigabit Ethernet interconnects and network search engines that are being deployed by Tier 1 original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in leading systems such as routers, switches, wireless infrastructure equipment, network security appliances, datacenter servers, network access equipment and network storage devices. NetLogic Microsystems' knowledge-based processors and content processors employ an advanced processor architecture and a large knowledge or signature database containing information on the network, as well as applications and content that run on the network, to make complex decisions about individual packets of information traveling through the network. NetLogic Microsystems’ products significantly enhance the performance and functionality of next-generation networks that are designed to deliver high-definition video delivery over the Internet (IPTV), media-rich content over advanced mobile wireless services, voice transmission over the Internet (VoIP) and network security applications. For more information about products offered by NetLogic Microsystems, call +1-650-961-6676 or visit the NetLogic Microsystems Web site at http://www.netlogicmicro.com.