SigmaTel Announces Wireless Solutions at CES 2007
January 08 2007 - 7:05AM
Business Wire
SigmaTel, Inc. (NASDAQ:SGTL), a leader in mixed-signal multimedia
semiconductors, announced its wireless solutions now include Wi-Fi
and Bluetooth support on its portable multimedia SoCs. SigmaTel
worked with industry leaders including Conexant Systems, Inc.,
LiteOn and Excelpoint to expand its wireless technology portfolio
to include multiple facets: FM Tuner, DAB, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. �As
an industry leader, SigmaTel is offering Wi-Fi connectivity as a
strategic feature for multimedia players,� said Phil Pompa, Interim
Chief Executive Officer of SigmaTel. �We have worked with Conexant,
a leading Wi-Fi semiconductor provider, to offer a complete Wi-Fi
reference solution that includes our STMP3600 portable SoC product
line. Our goal is to allow our customers to expand their multimedia
capabilities for the consumer electronics market.� Wi-Fi technology
enables multiple consumer applications including media sharing and
downloading without connecting to a PC, Internet radio streaming,
web browsing, text messaging and VoIP. SigmaTel�s SDK (Software
Development Kit) is bundled with Conexant�s low-power, wireless
networking technology to provide a complete Wi-Fi solution .
�Demand for Wi-Fi enabled products such as media players is on the
rise, however consumers aren�t willing to sacrifice performance or
battery life,� said Chee Kwan, senior vice president and general
manager of Conexant�s Wireless Networking business. �We
specifically designed our chip for battery-sensitive hand-held
products, and our collaboration with SigmaTel is taking this a step
further. Our jointly developed reference design provides
manufacturers with a low-power, feature-rich solution that allows
them to shorten product design-cycles, and more quickly capitalize
on this emerging market opportunity.� Excelpoint Systems (a
subsidiary of Excelpoint Technology Ltd), a design house for
SigmaTel, offers a complete, ready-to-market, reference design for
portable Wi-Fi enabled multimedia solution. �In collaboration with
SigmaTel, Excelpoint provides a one-stop, ready-to-manufacture
package that includes schematics, Gerber data, firmware with QA
test report, wireless qualification testing support, and production
test software,� said Mr. Albert Phuay, chairman and group CEO of
Excelpoint Technology Ltd. �We can offer leading OEM/ODMs the
competitive advantage to produce an innovative wireless digital
media product within two months.� Bluetooth technology adoption in
the consumer electronics market continues to grow as more handsets,
headsets, and other accessories incorporate wireless PAN
capabilities. SigmaTel offers Bluetooth support within its SDK,
enabling new features such as streaming stereo audio and file
transfers for portable multimedia players. �In cooperation with
LiteOn, we�re now introducing our STMP3600 reference platform with
Bluetooth connectivity,� said Mr. Pompa. Bluetooth technology
enables connectivity to the growing market of wireless Bluetooth
accessories and peripherals.� �The synergy of Lite-On and SigmaTel
will move Bluetooth products to a new stage,� said Jane Chiu,
Product Marketing Manger at Lite-On. �Lite-On provides and
�one-stop shopping� service to add our customers value in today�s
competitive market.� SigmaTel delivers FM Tuner functionality with
the STFM1000, a companion processor for SigmaTel's STMP3500 and
STMP3600 families of SoC portable multimedia solutions. The
STFM1000 provides an optimized radio architecture and support for
U.S., Europe, Japan and Asia FM bands. In an agreement with
Frontier Silicon, SigmaTel offers a DAB (Digital Audio
Broadcasting) fully featured MP3 player reference platform. The
platform brings together Frontier Silicon�s Naples FS 2011
miniature tri-band DAB/FM digital radio module and SigmaTel�s
STMP3500 series SoC to provide consumer electronics manufacturers
with a customizable, ready to manufacture solution for combined
DAB/FM/MP3 handheld players with voice recording capability. For
technology demonstrations, please visit CES SigmaTel booth #35763.
For more information on SigmaTel, please visit: www.sigmatel.com.
About Conexant: Conexant�s innovative semiconductor solutions are
driving broadband communications and digital home networks
worldwide. The company has leveraged its expertise and leadership
position in modem technologies to enable more Internet connections
than all of its competitors combined, and continues to develop
highly integrated silicon solutions for broadband data and media
processing networks. Key products include client-side xDSL and
cable modem solutions, home network processors, broadcast video
encoders and decoders, digital set-top box components and systems
solutions, and dial-up modems. Conexant�s suite of networking
components includes a leadership portfolio of IEEE 802.11-compliant
WLAN chipsets, software and reference designs, as well as solutions
for applications based on HomePlug� and HomePNA�. The company also
offers a complete line of asymmetric and symmetric DSL central
office solutions, which are used by service providers worldwide to
deliver broadband data, voice, and video over copper telephone
lines. Conexant is a fabless semiconductor company with an annual
revenue run-rate in excess of $1 billion. The company has
approximately 3,200 employees worldwide, and is headquartered in
Newport Beach, Calif. To learn more, please visit www.conexant.com.
About Excelpoint Technology Ltd: Excelpoint Technology Ltd
(�Excelpoint� or �the Group�) is one of the region�s established
electronics component distributors and emerging player in the
design innovation and technology development industry. Its
geographic reach spans the Asia Pacific through a network of more
than 30 offices across the region. Excelpoint provides a broad
spectrum of services ranging from supply of electronics components
and chipsets to providing solutions integration, design turnkey
applications and manufacturing memory modules and communications
products. The Group caters to the needs of the telecommunications,
networking, consumer electronics, computer and computer peripherals
industries. Excelpoint Technology Ltd is a public listed company on
the Singapore Exchange (SGX:Excelpoint). For more information,
please visit: www.excelpoint.com About Lite-On Technology
Corporation: Lite-On Technology Corporation is the leading
optoelectronics supplier located in Taipei, Taiwan. The company was
founded in 1975 and set in precedent in Taiwan LED industry.
Lite-On was the first technology company to be listed on Taiwan
Stock Exchange. The cutting edge products include digital display,
imaging, enclosures, power supply and LED. In addition to
optoelectronic components, Lite-On has actively penetrating into
the realms of computer, digital home products, consumer
electronics, communication products, key components and
sub-systems. The excellent power of R&D and industrial design
provides customers with a wide variety of product services, making
Lite-On the best ODM/OEM outsourcing choice for the world class
companies. Lite-On will continue to focus on its core and position
for its long-term growth driver - car electronic components. For
more information, please visit: www.liteon.com About SigmaTel:
SigmaTel, Inc. a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in
Austin, Texas, designs, develops, and markets proprietary, analog
intensive, mixed-signal ICs for a variety of digital multimedia
products in the consumer electronics and computing markets,
including portable compressed audio players, such as MP3 players,
digital video cameras, multi-function peripheral products, digital
televisions, and set-top boxes. SigmaTel provides complete,
system-level solutions that include highly-integrated ICs,
customizable firmware and software, software development tools,
reference designs, and applications support. The Company�s focus is
on providing system-level solutions that enable customers to
rapidly introduce and offer electronic products that are small,
light-weight, power-efficient, reliable, and cost-effective.
SigmaTel is ISO 9001:2000 certified and is committed to providing
customers with high performance, quality products along with
superior customer service. Cautionary Language: This press release
contains forward-looking statements based on current SigmaTel
expectations. The words �expect,� �will,� �should,� �would,�
�anticipate,� �project,� �outlook,� �believe,� �intend,� and
similar phrases as they relate to SigmaTel or future events are
intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These
forward-looking statements reflect the current views and
assumptions of SigmaTel, but are subject to various risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially
from expectations. A number of important factors could cause actual
results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking
statements, and there will be events in the future that SigmaTel is
not able to accurately predict or control. Specifically, even
though SigmaTel�s SDK and various wireless reference designs enable
the manufacture of wireless products which incorporate SigmaTel�s
SoCs, there is no guarantee that companies will actually
manufacture products based on these SDKs and/or designs. For a
discussion of factors that could impact SigmaTel's financial
results and cause actual results to differ materially from those in
the forward-looking statements, please refer to recent SigmaTel
filings with the SEC, particularly the form 10-K that was filed on
February 24, 2006, and the form 10-Q filed on August 9, 2006.
SigmaTel is a registered trademark of SigmaTel, Inc. All other
products and brand names as they appear in this release are
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.
All specifications may be changed without notice.
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