MILPITAS, Calif., May 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- California Micro
Devices (Nasdaq: CAMD) announced that the Company has developed an
innovative display controller architecture that serves both the Mobile
Display Digital Interface (MDDI) and Mobile Industry Processor Interface
(MIPI) standards for high speed serial display interfaces for use in
today's most advanced mobile handsets. The unique architecture, developed
in collaboration with major handset and device manufacturers, will permit
advanced handsets that utilize CPUs and application processors with on-chip
MDDI compatible hosts to interface with liquid crystal display (LCD)
modules that feature either MDDI or MIPI based clients.
The existence of the two standards for high speed serial display
interfaces has compelled handset makers to procure different LCD modules
which are based on the serial interface standard supported by their
selection of CPU architecture. With the development of products based on
the new MDDI-to-MIPI bridge architecture, handset makers utilizing a CPU
with an MDDI based host will have the flexibility to procure either a
display module with an MDDI based client or a MIPI based client. This will
allow handset makers that produce models utilizing both MDDI and MIPI based
CPUs to satisfy all of their display requirements with modules based on the
MIPI standard, resulting in higher volumes and lower module prices.
In addition to providing multi-standard display module support for MDDI
based CPU handset designs, products based on the new MDDI-to-MIPI bridge
architecture will also be able to interface to existing GSM and WCDMA
baseband and application processors via an industry standard CPU interface.
This will provide handset makers seeking an early introduction of MIPI
based handset designs the flexibility of utilizing widely available GSM and
WCDMA CPUs without an integrated MIPI host. Handset makers can reduce
product launch risks associated with dependence upon new product
development schedules while taking full advantage of the benefits of a high
speed serial display interface which include a reduced number of interface
signals, lower power consumption and reduced electromagnetic interference
(EMI).
"Handset makers that produce systems based on both the GSM and CDMA
standards, and associated 3G standards, will have the opportunity to
achieve cost savings as a result of concentrating their purchasing power on
procuring LCD modules based on a single standard while also enjoying the
cost, space, power and EMI reduction advantages inherent in the use of the
serial interface," commented Kyle Baker, CMD's vice president of marketing.
Products based upon the architecture are expected to be available for
sampling in September 2008 with production targeted for March 2009. Details
of the new architecture will be presented by CMD at the upcoming SID 2008
International Symposium, Seminar and Exhibition to be held May 20th - 22nd
in Los Angeles, California.
About California Micro Devices
California Micro Devices Corporation is a leading supplier of
application specific analog and mixed signal semiconductor products for the
mobile handset, digital consumer electronics and personal computer markets.
Key products include protection devices for mobile handsets, digital
consumer electronics products such as digital TVs and personal computers as
well as analog and mixed signal ICs for mobile handset displays. Detailed
corporate and product information may be accessed at http://www.cmd.com.
All statements contained in this press release that are not historical
facts are forward-looking statements which are made pursuant to the safe
harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
They are not guarantees of future performance or events. Rather, they are
based on current expectations, estimates, beliefs, assumptions, and goals
and objectives and are subject to uncertainties that are difficult to
predict. As a result, our actual results may differ materially from the
statements made. Often such statements can be identified by their use of
words such as will, intends, expects, plans, believes, anticipates, and
estimates. Forward-looking statements made in this release include the
expected capabilities and performance of products based on the new
architecture, the potential applications of such products, the benefits
that customers will receive from using such products, and the dates that
such products are expected to be available for sampling and in production.
These forward-looking statements are based upon our assumptions about and
assessment of the future, which may or may not prove true, and involve a
number of risks and uncertainties including, but not limited to whether CMD
encounters technical difficulties and delays in completing the design of
such controller devices, whether the devices will function as designed,
whether there will be issues and delays in moving the product from
engineering into production, and whether there will be quality or cost
issues in volume manufacturing of the product as well as the risk factors
detailed in the company's Form 8K, 10K, and 10Q filings with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. Due to these and other risks, the company's future
actual results could differ materially from those discussed above. These
forward-looking statements speak only as to the date of this release, and,
except as required by law, we undertake no obligation to publicly release
updates or revisions to these statements whether as a result of new
information, future events, or otherwise.
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SOURCE California Micro Devices
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CONTACT:
Richard Haas of California Micro Devices,
+1-408-934-3108, richardh@cmd.com
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