RMI Corporation Partners With Atheros to Bring Complete Processing Solutions to PNDs, PMPs and Digital Entertainment Products
RMI Alchemy Platform Targets Dynamic Consumer Electronics Markets
With Atheros Industry-Leading Wi-Fi and Hosted GPS Solutions
CUPERTINO, Calif. & TAIPEI, Taiwan--(Business Wire)--
RMI Corporation, a leading provider of High Performance Processor
Solutions for Communications Infrastructure, Enterprise and Media Rich
Consumer Applications, today announced a collaboration with Atheros
Communications, a leading developer of advanced semiconductor system
solutions for wireless and wired communications, to provide complete
WLAN and GPS-enabled processing platforms targeting personal
navigation devices (PNDs), portable media players (PMPs) and digital
entertainment products.
The RMI Alchemy(TM) and Atheros ROCm(R) joint reference design
provides a complete platform for product developers to build advanced
home and portable consumer electronics products, featuring navigation,
audio, video and photo capabilities. The Alchemy Au1250(TM) media
processor provides high-performance, processing capability designed to
support a new generation of multimedia, full-featured consumer
devices.
Atheros' AR6000 family of ROCm(R) for mobile wireless LAN devices
provides platform advantages by delivering enterprise-class
throughput, exceptional range and low-power Wi-Fi for mobile
applications to support Internet connectivity and music and video
downloads. For devices like PNDs and PMPs requiring advanced
navigation functions, Atheros' hosted, single-chip, AR1511 receiver
and its companion ORION 3.0 software deliver assisted GPS to enable
fast fix times, and industry-leading receiver sensitivity to track
satellite signals in even the most challenging environments. To
simplify the product design process, Atheros' GPS solutions support
Windows(R) Mobile CE with simple installation through the company's
Install n Go(TM) software.
"The winning combination of RMI's Alchemy-based(TM) media
processors with Atheros ROCm single-chip Wi-Fi and GPS solutions
brings ease-of-use, in a comprehensive, turnkey platform, which
reduces design times to meet the rapidly evolving needs of today's
consumers," said Greg Winner, general manager of Atheros' GPS business
unit. "Atheros is pleased to collaborate with RMI to develop
high-performance solutions to support advanced features and extend
battery life in compelling, next-generation devices."
"RMI is pleased to be working with Atheros to offer such a
compelling solution to our customers," said Mike Wodopian, vice
president and general manager, Media Processor Solutions, RMI.
"Atheros' innovative technology and ability to offer a rich product
portfolio enables us to concentrate on building high-performance
processors with extremely low power while delivering tightly-coupled,
comprehensive Wi-Fi and GPS solutions that our customers demand."
The RMI Alchemy Au1200(TM) Processor Family addresses the needs of
consumer media applications by offering a high-performance, low-power
processor capable of delivering a rich multi-media experience to end
users at under a 1/2 watt (450mW). The Au1200 Processor Family
consists of the Au1200, the Au1210 and the Au1250 media processors
targeted for full-featured Portable Media Players, Personal Navigation
Devices (PND) and MobileTV. The RMI Alchemy product line provides
system designers an easy-to-use, simple solution to create
full-featured consumer solutions with greatly reduced design cycle
times.
RMI(R) products offer advanced performance and integration, and
are used by system and original equipment manufacturers to address the
Digital Consumer, Wireless, Networking and Security markets. The
company's XLR(TM), XLS(TM), and Alchemy(TM) processor families are
based on an innovative MIPS(R)-compatible architecture creating
highly-integrated designs incorporating advanced internal
architectures and built on leading-edge silicon process technologies.
About RMI Corporation
RMI Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company providing
highly integrated, feature-rich products ranging from power-optimized
Super System-on-a-Chip (SuperSOC(TM)) solutions to High-Performance
Processors for the infrastructure, enterprise, and consumer media
markets. RMI offers a broad platform of advanced MIPS(R)-compatible
processor solutions with both 32/64-bit architectures supporting
frequencies from 300MHz to 1.2 GHz. RMI is headquartered in Cupertino,
CA with branch and subsidiary operations in Texas, United Kingdom,
India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China. More information about RMI can
be found on the company's website at http://www.RMICorp.com.
(C) Copyright 2008 RMI Corporation. All rights reserved. RMI, the
RMI logo, RMI Alchemy, Alchemy, Alchemy-based, Advanced Processor
Solutions, Au1200, Au1250, XLR, XLS, SuperSOC and the other trademarks
named on the RMI website are trademarks of RMI Corporation. All other
trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
RMI Corporation
D. Christopher Keil, 408-434-5700
Sr. Director, Marketing
ckeil@RMICorp.com
Copyright Business Wire 2008
