Freescale's i.MX21 Applications Processor Drives Iwatsu's IP Videophone NR-IPKTV

  
    
  
  
    
      Freescale Semiconductor Japan Ltd. (1-8-1, Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku, 
      Tokyo, President: Tsuneo Takahashi) (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B), today 
      announced that Freescale's i.MX21 applications processor is integrated 
      into the new IP videophone NR-IPKTV developed by Iwatsu Electric 
      Co.,Ltd. (1-7-41, Kugayama, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, President: Yoshiyuki 
      Ishibashi).
    
    
      The NR-IPKTV is a versatile phone designed for business use, integrating 
      a camera and a high-resolution color LCD which allows for touch-panel 
      operation. Freescale's i.MX21 multimedia applications processor enables 
      the NR-IPKTV's video conference (extension) and web browsing function. 
      The NR-IPKTV addresses the demand for visual functionalities along with 
      popularization of the IP network, and is designed as a next-generation 
      phone which can simultaneously process voice, image, video, and web 
      browsing using the IP protocol. For more details about Iwatsu's 
      NR-IPKTV, visit the web site: http://www.iwatsu.co.jp/product/icb/precot/visualsolution.html.
    
    
      Freescale's i.MX family of application processors is ideal for the 
      emerging VoIP devices, wireless IP phones and WiFi phones all based upon 
      the Internet, as well as various multimedia devices. The i.MX21 
      processor provides a host of multimedia functions, including H.263 and 
      MPEG-4 video and JPEG image processing, mirroring, scaling, and 
      rotation, to encode and decode video and audio. These functions enable 
      high-quality voice, image, and video processing. In addition, high 
      performance of the i.MX21 processor allows multiple applications to run 
      simultaneously. In addition, the high performance of the i.MX21 
      processor allows multiple applications to run simultaneously and 
      eliminates the need for a DSP for processing VoIP functions like G.711 
      and echo canceller, reducing substrate size and total cost.
    
    
      "We are very pleased that the i.MX's video compression/expansion 
      function plays an important role in Iwatsu's IP videophone NR-IPKTV to 
      support video playback,” said Berardino 
      Baratta, general manager of the multimedia applications division at 
      Freescale. “The i.MX family is designed for 
      portable media applications and is engineered to help save power of the 
      end products. Freescale is strengthening the i.MX roadmap and believes 
      that these applications processors will contribute to the future 
      deployment of Iwatsu's IP videophone products."
    
    
      Communication infrastructure is entering the era of IP. The IP phones 
      for business use are required to have, in addition to conventional voice 
      communication, advanced communication functions leveraging the benefits 
      of the IP network. In particular, demands for visual functionalities 
      which allow transferring videos, communicating by watching each other's 
      faces, or watching videos from networked monitor cameras are increasing. 
      Freescale's i.MX21 is a high-speed, versatile, and low-power 
      multimedia applications processor which integrates the MPEG-4 video 
      codec, LCD controller, and terminal interfaces, as well as switching bus 
      connecting the on-chip components, and enables the advanced multimedia 
      and communication functions required for high-performance terminal 
      devices.
    
    
      Freescale’s 
      i.MX21 Multimedia Applications Processor
    
    
      The i.MX21 multimedia applications processor is a member of the widely 
      used i.MX family and is ideal for computationally-intensive applications 
      such as video and audio media players, smart personal communicators, IP 
      videophones and GPS systems as well as a host of other wireless mobile 
      devices. i.MX processors feature an extensive suite of software support 
      packages based on Microsoft® Windows® 
      CE and PocketPC®, Symbian OS™, 
      Linux® OS and many leading RTOSes, plus, 
      reference designs to greatly accelerate the creation of next-generation 
      mobile communication products.
    
    
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      automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. 
      Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004. The company is 
      based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, 
      manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, 
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Freescale Semiconductor Japan Ltd. (1-8-1, Shimomeguro, Meguro-ku,
Tokyo, President: Tsuneo Takahashi) (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B), today
announced that Freescale's i.MX21 applications processor is integrated
into the new IP videophone NR-IPKTV developed by Iwatsu Electric
Co.,Ltd. (1-7-41, Kugayama, Suginami-ku, Tokyo, President: Yoshiyuki
Ishibashi).

   The NR-IPKTV is a versatile phone designed for business use,
integrating a camera and a high-resolution color LCD which allows for
touch-panel operation. Freescale's i.MX21 multimedia applications
processor enables the NR-IPKTV's video conference (extension) and web
browsing function. The NR-IPKTV addresses the demand for visual
functionalities along with popularization of the IP network, and is
designed as a next-generation phone which can simultaneously process
voice, image, video, and web browsing using the IP protocol. For more
details about Iwatsu's NR-IPKTV, visit the web site:
http://www.iwatsu.co.jp/product/icb/precot/visualsolution.html.

   Freescale's i.MX family of application processors is ideal for the
emerging VoIP devices, wireless IP phones and WiFi phones all based
upon the Internet, as well as various multimedia devices. The i.MX21
processor provides a host of multimedia functions, including H.263 and
MPEG-4 video and JPEG image processing, mirroring, scaling, and
rotation, to encode and decode video and audio. These functions enable
high-quality voice, image, and video processing. In addition, high
performance of the i.MX21 processor allows multiple applications to
run simultaneously. In addition, the high performance of the i.MX21
processor allows multiple applications to run simultaneously and
eliminates the need for a DSP for processing VoIP functions like G.711
and echo canceller, reducing substrate size and total cost.

   "We are very pleased that the i.MX's video compression/expansion
function plays an important role in Iwatsu's IP videophone NR-IPKTV to
support video playback," said Berardino Baratta, general manager of
the multimedia applications division at Freescale. "The i.MX family is
designed for portable media applications and is engineered to help
save power of the end products. Freescale is strengthening the i.MX
roadmap and believes that these applications processors will
contribute to the future deployment of Iwatsu's IP videophone
products."

   Communication infrastructure is entering the era of IP. The IP
phones for business use are required to have, in addition to
conventional voice communication, advanced communication functions
leveraging the benefits of the IP network. In particular, demands for
visual functionalities which allow transferring videos, communicating
by watching each other's faces, or watching videos from networked
monitor cameras are increasing. Freescale's i.MX21 is a high-speed,
versatile, and low-power multimedia applications processor which
integrates the MPEG-4 video codec, LCD controller, and terminal
interfaces, as well as switching bus connecting the on-chip
components, and enables the advanced multimedia and communication
functions required for high-performance terminal devices.

   Freescale's i.MX21 Multimedia Applications Processor

   The i.MX21 multimedia applications processor is a member of the
widely used i.MX family and is ideal for computationally-intensive
applications such as video and audio media players, smart personal
communicators, IP videophones and GPS systems as well as a host of
other wireless mobile devices. i.MX processors feature an extensive
suite of software support packages based on Microsoft(R) Windows(R) CE
and PocketPC(R), Symbian OS(TM), Linux(R) OS and many leading RTOSes,
plus, reference designs to greatly accelerate the creation of
next-generation mobile communication products.

   About Freescale Semiconductor

   Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) is a global
leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for
the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets.
Freescale became a publicly traded company in July 2004. The company
is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development,
manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries.
Freescale, a member of the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's largest
semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD).
www.freescale.com

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