SEP 22,2003 0:16 PACIFIC 3:16 EASTERN
( BW)(HANTRO/MOTOROLA) Motorola Announces i.MX21 Applications
Processor Incorporating Hantro Video Technology
Business Editors/High-Tech Writers
OULU, Finland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 22, 2003--
Hantro's 4350 Hardware Video Codec Enables Simultaneous
Encode and Decode CIF Resolution Video at up to 30 Frames Per Second
on Motorola's i.MX21 Applications Processor.
The Hantro 4350 MPEG-4/H.263 hardware codec provides up to CIF
(352 x 288 pixels) resolution video compression/de-compression
capability to wireless video-enabled devices, such as mobile phones,
PDAs, and digital still cameras. Delivered as intellectual property to
be integrated on ARM(R) AMBA bus based System-on-Chip designs,
Hantro's 4350 CIF codec is specifically tailored for low-power
devices.
With the codec integrated on the i.MX21 the implementation of
high-quality video applications like multimedia messaging, video
streaming and video telephony is made easy. In addition, Hantro can
offer ready made multimedia applications that run on the i.MX
platform. This way device manufacturers using the i.MX1, the i.MXL and
i.MX21 can offer their customers advanced multimedia applications
without wasting valuable time and resource on software development.
"Our strategy to develop both hardware and software video codecs
and multimedia applications is further proven in the i.MX series from
Motorola" says Eero Kaikkonen, CEO of Hantro "with our software codec
already ported to the i.MX1 and now our hardware CIF codec integrated
in the i.MX21 Motorola is able to offer their customers the best value
/ performance proposition for video capability."
"Hantro is notable in that they have approached MPEG-4 codec
development from a mobile background" says Omid Tahernia, vice
president and director, Wireless and Mobile Systems Group, Motorola
Semiconductor Products Sector. "The company's long history in
developing for mobile devices places them in a very unique position
when looking for solutions to the problems presented by video enabling
mobile devices."
Reference:
http://e-www.motorola.com/files/32bit/doc/white_paper/IMXHANTROWP.pdf
About Hantro
Established in 1992, from the outset Hantro has played a
significant role in the research and development of handheld devices.
Focussed on wireless video solutions since 1998, the company has
combined extensive mobile industry know-how with the possibilities
that video has to offer. By developing both hardware and software
video codecs and multimedia applications Hantro provides the best
value and performance proposition for video enabling mobile devices.
Hantro is headquartered in Oulu, Finland with offices in Espoo
Finland, Saratoga USA and Tokyo Japan. For further information please
visit www.hantro.com
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Tel: +358 8 8156 300
Email: news@hantro.com
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