technology partnersThe development of personal media players requires a significant amount of integration with technologies from multiple software and hardware companies. Some of our technology partners include:
technology partnersImpulseSoft—Reference Designs and Firmware Licensing; Bluetooth Platform Solutions Impulsesoft enables its customers to deliver wireless multimedia to personal devices with its standards-based short-range wireless software, systems and solutions. PortalPlayer uses Impulsesoft's stereo solution to bring high-quality audio to digital device users. Impulsesoft's Bluetooth stereo solutions help OEMs bring wireless stereo solutions early to the market at a low cost. The Impulsesoft Wireless Stereo series comprises ready-to-manufacture reference designs for stereo headset and stereo adapter, and comprehensive software.
Linear Technology Corporation—Reference Designs and Firmware Optimizations; Analog Power Circuit Technologies Linear Technology Corporation (Nasdaq: LLTC) designs, manufactures, and markets a broad line of high-performance analog integrated circuits. Continued advances in digital technology create an even greater need for high-performance analog ICs to interface to the real world. The company markets approximately 5,600 standard products to over 15,000 original equipment manufacturers. These products span a broad range of analog functions including voltage regulators, battery chargers, amplifiers, voltage comparators, voltage references, ADCs, DACs, interface circuits, and wireless communication ICs. Linear Technology supports PortalPlayer customers with DC/DC converters, white LED backlight drivers, and Lithium Ion battery chargers. These ICs maximize battery life, minimize product size and ensure freedom from audible interference. Demonstration boards and reference designs are available for various handheld power needs. Headquartered in Milpitas, California, Linear Technology has manufacturing facilities located in California, Washington, Singapore and Penang, Malaysia. Design facilities are located in Milpitas, CA; Boston, MA; Bedford, NH; Burlington, VT; Raleigh, NC; Colorado Springs, CO; Santa Barbara, CA; and Singapore.
Microsoft®— Windows Media® Technologies; Technology License Allows for the support of the Windows Media Device Manager enabling ease of management and transfer of secure digital media in Microsoft® Windows® 98, 2000, and XP operating systems. Founded in 1975, Microsoft is the worldwide leader in software, services and Internet technologies for personal and business computing. The company offers a wide range of products and services designed to empower people through great software.
SanDisk Corporation—MultiMediaCard; Collaboration Agreement The MultiMediaCard - the world’s smallest removable flash data storage card - is one of many memory products supported on the PortalPlayer platform. SanDisk Corporation, the world’s largest supplier of flash data storage products, designs, manufactures and markets industry-standard, solid-state data, digital imaging and audio storage products using its patented, high density flash memory and controller technology.
Sony Corporation—Memory Stick Media; Technology License Memory Stick media, a compact storage media designed to capture and share data, digital images and secure digital audio files, is one of the many memory products supported by PortalPlayer. Memory Stick, a flash memory card with a 10-pin connecter, also stores secure digital music files -- whether from the Internet or from a personal CD collection -- for playback on a Memory Stick-enabled portable device. Sony developed the Memory Stick, in July 1997 with Casio, Fujitsu, Olympus, Sanyo and Sharp.
Toshiba America Consumer Products, UC—Reference Designs and Firmware Optimizations; 1.8" Embedded Hard Disk Drives Toshiba's 1.8-inch embedded Hard Disk Drive is designed to enable some of todays' most exciting small form factor mobile devices such as MP-3 players. The 1.8-inch embedded HDD offers consumer electronics and PC manufacturers the right mix of compact size, shock tolerance and power consumption for today's capacity-hungry mobile computing and digital gadgets.
Wolfson—Reference Designs and Firmware Optimizations; Audio Codec Technologies Wolfson designs, develops and sells high performance semiconductors for the digital audio, imaging, and communication markets. Wolfson products are used in a range of digital electronic products, including solid state audio players, DVDs, digital cameras, hi-fis, set-top boxes, mobile telephones and games consoles. Wolfson's products provide the music, sound and images of these digital systems. High quality multimedia is the key feature in next generation portable information devices. And it is Wolfson's expertise and experience in mixed-signal semiconductors that is bringing advanced solutions like this to the forefront. We're developing this technology to create products for the next generation of portable information devices; devices that require both advanced multimedia functionality and touch screen capability for easy user navigation. Headquartered in Edinburgh, United Kingdom, Wolfson has manufacturing partners in the USA, Asia Pacific and Europe. Wolfson markets and sells its products world-wide through its direct sales offices and a global network of agents and distributors. |
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