Infineon Technologies, PacketVideo and sci-worx Deliver Mobile Multimedia to Next Generation Wireless Handsets
MUNICH, HANNOVER, Germany & SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 13,
2002--Building on existing investment relationships, Infineon
Technologies (FSE/NYSE:IFX), a leading provider of wireless
semiconductor solutions, PacketVideo Corp. and sci-worx, a leading
provider of intellectual property cores, today announced a technology
integration alliance that will offer mobile users of GPRS and UMTS
devices the richness of sight, sound, animation and moving pictures.
Under the agreement, PacketVideo's standards compliant mobilemedia
software, pvPlayer(TM), pvAuthor(TM) and pv2WAY(TM) respectively, as
well as sci-worx video acceleration technology, will be tightly
integrated into a variety of Infineon's future mobile Internet modem
and application processor solutions, including the S- and M-GOLD
family, for next generation mobile handsets.
This co-operation will provide wireless terminal manufacturers
with comprehensive end-to-end-solutions including multimedia content
encoding, distribution, transmission and decoding allowing the fast
and reliable development of next generation media-enabled mobile
phones for faster time-to-market.
According to the ARC Group, global sales of mobile phones
incorporating streaming video capability is going to exceed 90 million
units in 2005, growing to more than 150 million units in 2006.
"Our alliance with PacketVideo and sci-worx supports Infineon's
mission to provide our customers with sophisticated solutions for the
wireless market," said Ulrich Hamann, CEO of the Business Group
Wireless Solutions at Infineon Technologies. "The integration of
PacketVideo's multimedia software and sci-worx hardware accelerators
into our wireless chip offerings will enhance next generation mobile
devices with full featured multimedia services."
Infineon's Wireless Solutions Group develops, produces and markets
semiconductors and complete-system-solutions for a variety of mobile
applications. The company is a leading provider of wireless solutions
and a world leader in technology for the future mobile radio standard
UMTS.
PacketVideo's pvPlayer, pvAuthor and pv2WAY software have been
ported to and optimized for Infineon's first multimedia application
processor demonstrator. PacketVideo's video encoder and decoder
software solutions take full advantage of sci-worx hardware
accelerator modules. The hardware accelerators have been developed by
sci-worx, in close co-operation with Infineon, focusing especially on
low power consumption, power management and off-loading the processor
core from compute intensive tasks. The accelerators are available for
open licensing as MPEG-4 DesignObjects(TM) Family from sci-worx.
"We are pleased to provide the multimedia software platform for
Infineon's commercially proven wireless communications semiconductor
solutions," said Kathleen Peters, vice president of worldwide embedded
solutions for PacketVideo. "The combination of Infineon's system
design and integration experience with our leading software platform
enables a broad range of advanced mobile applications providing
information, communication and entertainment services."
PacketVideo's leading end-to-end multimedia solution is a
standards-compliant end-to-end system that comprises encoding,
transmission and decoding software products that enable the delivery
of audio, video, branded content and applications to mobile devices.
PacketVideo's products are compliant with standards and specifications
from 3GPP, 3GPP2, MPEG-4, WAP, IETF and other global standards
organizations and technical forums.
About Infineon
Infineon Technologies AG, Munich, Germany, offers semiconductor
and customized solutions for applications in the wired and wireless
communications markets, for security systems and smartcards, for the
automotive and industrial sectors, as well as memory products. With a
global presence, Infineon operates in the U.S. from San Jose, Calif.,
in the Asia-Pacific region from Singapore and in Japan from Tokyo. In
the fiscal year 2001 (ending September), the company achieved sales of
Euro 5.67 billion with about 33,800 employees worldwide. Infineon is
listed on the DAX index of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and on the New
York Stock Exchange (ticker symbol: IFX). Further information is
available at www.infineon.com.
About PacketVideo
PacketVideo is the world's leading provider of carrier class
infrastructure software that enables mobilemedia today. PacketVideo's
standards-based software products enable the distribution of one- and
two-way video, high-quality audio, animation and rich graphics over
wireless networks to mobile devices such as cellular telephones and
personal digital assistants. PacketVideo's mobilemedia products
enhance communication, productivity, security, information and
entertainment, enabling the delivery of an enriching and productive
mobile experience.
PacketVideo's investors include AOL Time Warner (NYSE:AOL - news),
Comverse Technology (Nasdaq:CMVT - news), Credit Suisse First Boston, GE
Equity (NYSE:GE - news), Infineon Technologies (NYSE:IFX - news), Intel Capital
(Nasdaq:INTC - news), Kyocera (NYSE:KYO - news), Motorola (NYSE:MOT - news), Philips
(NYSE:PHG - news), QUALCOMM (Nasdaq:QCOM - news), Siemens' Mustang Ventures, Sony
Corporation of America (NYSE:SNE - news), Sun Microsystems (Nasdaq:SUNW - news),
Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN - news), and others. To learn more, visit
www.pv.com.
About sci-worx
sci-worx, Europe's leading intellectual property and design
service provider for multimedia, networking, telecommunications and
security, is a leading microelectronics technology licensing and
design company with a library of over 65 soft cores. sci-worx
DesignObjects(TM) (synthesizable ASIC cores) come to the market as
off-the-shelf solutions, thus reducing time-to-market and risk for new
IC products and applications. Also, sci-worx core verification program
ensures high quality and performance of all DesignObjects(TM).
sci-worx complements its DesignObjects(TM) with a comprehensive
suite of design services including system integration and software
development, as well as system and IP validation. All this is based on
mature application know-how and numerous years of design experience.
Visit the Web site at www.sci-worx.com.
PacketVideo and PacketVideo product names are trademarks or
registered trademarks of PacketVideo Corp. All other trade names and
trademarks are the property of their holders.
Contact:
Infineon
Gunter Gaugler, +49 89 234 28481
guenter.gaugler@infineon.com
or
Dr. Haffa & Partner (for PacketVideo)
Florian Schleicher, +49 89 99 31 9128
florian.schleicher@haffapartner.de
or
sci-worx
Lars Wemme, +49 511 277-1625
lars.wemme@sci-worx.com
