Oki advantage microcontrollers(TM) Program and Technical Workshops Bring ARM
Solutions to the Broader Embedded World
EMBEDDED SYSTEMS CONFERENCE, SAN FRANCISCO, April 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Oki
Semiconductor, a leading technology partner for the new era of digital
communications and convergence, today announced the fulfillment of its
strategy to bring ARM solutions to the broader embedded world, following the
launch of a series of Oki advantage microcontrollers(TM) since the beginning
of 2003. Featuring ARM's(R) industry-leading 32-bit RISC architecture, Oki's
advantage microcontroller product families -- including the ML674K and ML675K
series of microcontrollers, and the ML675200 digital audio controller -- will
be demonstrated at the Embedded Systems Conference at the Moscone Center in
San Francisco in the Oki Semiconductor booth, #1920. Oki will also host a
series of 20 technical workshops in North America beginning in May to
introduce the advantages of ARM technology and Oki's line of ARM-based MCUs.
Oki began its development and marketing of general-purpose and Application
Specific Standard Product (ASSP) microcontrollers that were based on the ARM
core architecture in 2001. With the adoption of a new ARM strategy and tag
line -- "Oki advantage microcontrollers(TM) bring ARM(R) to the broader
embedded world" -- Oki has more clearly outlined its strategic partnership
with ARM and the benefits to Oki customers of that alliance. Oki's recent
product introductions address the unmet needs of the embedded marketplace by
offering affordable, high-performance 32-bit ARM7(TM)-core MCU solutions as an
alternative to 16-bit proprietary designs. Each series of new products
demonstrates Oki's commitment to offering its customers MCUs with all of the
advantages of ARM technology, including industry support, out-of-the-box
software applications and a wide selection of system development tools, such
as the industry's first low-cost ARM tool suite.
"The unveiling of the Oki advantage microcontroller program for our 10 ARM
core-based MCU products exemplifies the tremendous momentum Oki has made over
the past year in its strategy to bring ARM solutions to the broader embedded
marketplace," said Ike Saeed, vice president of marketing, Oki Semiconductor.
"We've made significant steps in rapidly delivering general purpose ARM
microcontrollers and specialized products to meet the low cost requirements of
a whole new set of embedded system designers"."
The Oki/ARM Product Families
Since February 10, 2003, Oki's advantage microcontrollers product
announcements have included:
-- The ML674K series - The ML674K series aimed at designers seeking
32-bit CPU performance at a price that is competitive with 16- and
8-bit designs. The three products in this family are based on the
ARM7TDMI(TM) core, and are targeted at general-purpose applications,
including industrial, consumer electronics, biomedical and medical
instrumentation, PC peripherals and security appliance systems.
-- The ML675K series - A new family of low-cost, 32-bit
microcontrollers that is a performance upgrade to the ML674K series.
This series is also based on the ARM7TDMI core and targeted at
general-purpose applications. The Oki ML675K series features
several high-performance features such as an internal unified cache,
32 KB of high speed RAM, and an operating frequency of up to 60 MHz.
The ML675K is available with Mask boot ROM, 256 KB or 512 KB Flash
ROM.
-- The ML675200 - The industry's first ARM-DSP standard dual-core
digital audio controller for MP3 players. The Oki ML675200 ASSP is
the only ARM MCU with an MP3 audio processing engine on a 16-bit DSP
core, specifically targeted at the growing markets for MP3/WMA
(Windows Media Audio) and speech processing applications.
Additionally, Oki has made announcements with its partners, including:
-- Availability of an ARM RealView Developer Kit for Oki designed as a
complete, low-cost solution for Oki's family of general-purpose
advantage microcontrollers. The ARM RealView solution for the ML674K
products is a comprehensive tools package for writing, compiling,
debugging and integrating systems based on Oki's MCUs. It includes
many of the same features of ARM's full development package, but at
a much lower cost.
-- With Innovada, Oki is providing a turn-key, inexpensive and flexible
soft modem solution targeting demanding industrial applications,
point-of-sale terminals, remote access and other data applications.
The embedded modem solution completely replaces modem chipsets, and
runs entirely on Oki's ML674K and ML675K ARM core-based family of
microcontrollers.
Oki/ARM Technical Workshops
Today at the Embedded Systems Conference, Oki is announcing a series of
20 technical hands-on workshops to be held in conjunction with ARM and Unique
Memec, Oki's distributor. The workshops are designed to introduce potential
MCU customers to the architecture of Oki's ARM-based microcontrollers, to
highlight the advantages of ARM technology, and to walk through a simple
training project using the ARM RealView Developer Kit for Oki on an actual
hardware target.
The first series of workshops will be held from May through August, 2003,
in several cities across North America, including: San Jose, CA, Southern
California (Orange County, Los Angeles), Chicago, Boston, Baltimore,
Cleveland, Huntsville, AL, Richardson, TX, and Toronto and Montreal, Canada.
About Oki Semiconductor
Building on Oki's century-long commitment to communications technologies
and markets, Oki Semiconductor designs and markets a broad line of advanced
integrated circuits for telecommunications, automotive, computer and consumer
products. Oki's product lines include telecommunications, RF, speech
synthesis, ASIC, microcontroller, display drivers, and memory devices, offered
in a variety of creative packages. Founded in 1977 and headquartered in
Sunnyvale, Calif., Oki Semiconductor is a division of Oki America Inc., which
is a wholly owned subsidiary of Oki Electric Industry Co, Ltd. Oki has
ISO-9000 and QS9000-certified manufacturing facilities in Japan and Thailand.
Information on Oki Semiconductor and its products is available through its web
site at: http://www.okisemi.com/us.
Oki Semiconductor ... the Right Partner for a Digital World(TM)
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+1-650-328-5555, ext. 115, or kdavis@nealemay.com, for Oki
Semiconductor; or Alain Dangerfield of Oki Semiconductor,
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