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Santa
Clara, Calif., January 9, 2003—PortalPlayer, Inc.,
a leading supplier of digital audio platforms for consumer
electronics, today launched its Design Partners Program and
named three companies that it has qualified to speed the development
of new consumer entertainment products. The Design Partners
Program extends the engineering resources available to original
equipment manufacturers (OEMs) seeking to design new entertainment
devices for the pocket, car and home, such as digital-audio-capable
portables, camera accessories, car stereos and home component
systems.
The
three companies that PortalPlayer has qualified in the Design
Partners Program are Aeronix, Inc., e.Digital Corporation,
and Kaga Electronics. The qualification means each company
has demonstrated its capabilities in system integration, firmware
development, and project management. PortalPlayer is working
with each to provide comprehensive training on its platforms,
ensuring that OEMs working with PortalPlayer's qualified design
partners receive the highest quality of engineering services.
The
PortalPlayer Design Partners Program provides a fast track
to new system designs by giving OEMs access to the engineering
resources and complementary intellectual property of the qualified
partner and PortalPlayer's system-on-chip (SoC) platforms,
firmware, system architecture, and PC-based digital media
management applications. By using PortalPlayer's platforms
as a starting point, Design Partners can work with OEMs to
quickly and cost-effectively build differentiation into next
generation products.
"The PortalPlayer Design Partners Program provides access
to skilled teams that speed time to market and better control
costs," said Michael Maia, vice president of marketing
for PortalPlayer, Inc. "These qualified developers have
demonstrated expertise in the design and delivery of compelling,
user-friendly consumer electronics products and share the
PortalPlayer vision of simple, powerful devices."
The
charter companies in the PortalPlayer Design Partners Program
are:
- Aeronix,
Inc. (www.aeronix.com) is a privately held Systems Engineering,
Electronics, and Software Development company specializing
in digital media solutions, communications, and data acquisition
technologies for a variety of applications including consumer
electronics, computer systems, and government/DoD. With
a highly experienced engineering staff and efficient management
structure, Aeronix has built a reputation of providing quality,
cost-effective products and services on time. For more information
contact: Ralph Heredia, rheredia@aeronix.com
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e.Digital Corporation (www.edigital.com), a provider of
comprehensive engineering services, technology licensing,
industrial design, manufacturing services and private labeled
products designed to help OEMs around the world optimize
product development cycles. For more information contact:
Steve Ferguson, steve@edig.com
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KAGA Electronics (www.taxan.co.jp), a value added distributor
that is part of TAXAN, a Japanese conglomerate that supplies
electronic products and components, including hardware and
software, to resellers worldwide, including products marketed
under the TAXAN brand. For more information contact, Koji
Matsuura, matsuura@taxan.co.jp
About
the PortalPlayer Platform
PortalPlayer
is positioned to meet the growing demand for consumer entertainment
solutions with a platform that includes a system on chip,
firmware and system architecture, and a PC-based digital media
manager application. Based on a scaleable architecture that
is fully customizable, the PortalPlayer platform gives OEMs
the flexibility to build multiple versions of products from
a single base design. Using solutions from PortalPlayer, customers
can design and develop complete product families, from player-only
portable devices to digital-audio enabled encoding and playback
systems for home and car stereo installation.
™
— The PortalPlayer logo is a registered trademark and
"PortalPlayer" is a trademark of PortalPlayer, Inc.
All other trademarks or registered trademarks are the property
of their respective owners.
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