Samsung Offers High-Performance, Cost-Effective, Low-Power 65nm Application Processors...

Samsung Offers High-Performance, Cost-Effective, Low-Power 65nm Application Processors for the PND Market

SEOUL, South Korea--(Business Wire)--
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the world's leader in advanced
semiconductor solutions, today announced the S3C2450 and the S3C2416,
the newest members of its highly successful S3C24xx family of
application processors. Designed and manufactured using 65nm process
technology, the latest additions to Samsung's suite of application
processors are built on an ARM9 core with speeds of up to 533MHz. As a
leading provider of application processors, Samsung provides its
customers with a high-performance, cost-effective, low-power chip
solution for personal navigation devices (PNDs) as well as other
mobile and embedded applications.

"As consumer demand for PNDs increase, there is a strong need for
application processor solutions that provide the most cost effective
platform," said Yiwan Wong, vice president of marketing Samsung
Electronics' System LSI Division. "The S3C2450 and S3C2416 application
processors, which are manufactured using Samsung's advanced 65nm
technology, offer PND makers strong feature sets, low power
consumption, and aggressive system-level BOM cost optimization."

PNDs require large data storage for maps and other location-based
services such as real-time traffic reports. Samsung's new S3C2450 and
S3C2416 application processors support a variety of memory products,
including MLC and SLC flash; low-power Mobile SDRAM; DDR and DDR2;
embedded flash solutions; and embedded memory cards such as
moviNAND(TM).

The new processors also support features for enhancing the
consumer experience such as 2D graphics for efficient graphics
rendering. Samsung's S3C2450 and S3C2416 application processors
support all major high level operating systems, including WinCE,
Windows Mobile, and Linux(R).

By minimizing overall bill-of-material (BOM) costs and eliminating
the need for costly external components, these powerful ARM9-based
application processors empower designers to develop next-generation
PNDs and mobile devices more cost effectively.

The power consumption level for these chips is significantly
lowered through the implementation of power management modes and the
use of 65nm process technology. The S3C2450 is available with
400/533MHz speed options while the S3C2416 features 266/400MHz speed
options. The S3C2416 also is available in a low-cost 0.65mm pitch BGA
for easier PCB routing.

Samsung's new application processors are now sampling with mass
production slated for the third quarter of 2008.

About Samsung Electronics

For more information, please visit www.samsung.com or
www.samsung.com/us/business/semiconductor/news/News_MediaCenter.html.

Samsung Semiconductor
Lisa Warren-Plungy, 408-544-5377 (Editorial)
lwarrenplungy@ssi.samsung.com

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