Date: 28/10/2010

Fujitsu semiconductor licenses Tessera hardware tech for improved video

Tessera Technologies, Inc. has announced that Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited has licensed Tessera's OptiMLVideo Tools hardware acceleration technology to enhance the video and imaging capabilities in its Milbeaut chipsets.

Fujitsu Semiconductor's Milbeaut chips targeted at compact digital cameras and cell phones apps incorporate Tessera technology to optimize computing resources.

"With Tessera's innovative hardware acceleration IP core, we are better able to meet the demand for high-quality video in our Milbeaut chipsets," said Tom Miyake, senior vice president, Advanced Products Business Unit, Fujitsu Semiconductor Limited. "By incorporating this Tessera technology, we are able to offer our customers additional capabilities to take better quality, more impressive video with little or no extra effort."

"Our latest video tool offering is targeted at the rapidly emerging video capture market and provides optimum image quality combined with highly efficient overall system processing operation," said Michael Bereziuk, executive vice president, Imaging & Optics, Tessera. "Since they are a leading chip-set provider to the digital camera and cell phone markets, we are especially pleased that Fujitsu Semiconductor has chosen to use our solution for their next generation product offerings."