STMicroelectronics’ Award-Winning Nomadik Processor Family Ushers in Video for Next-Generation Handsets

STMicroelectronics' Award-Winning Nomadik Processor Family Ushers in Video for Next-Generation Handsets

STMicroelectronics (NYSE:STM), the leader in delivering high-performance, low-power multimedia solutions for next-generation wireless handsets, today announced that it has signed a worldwide license agreement with McubeWorks, Inc. to license that company’s high-performance H.264 mobile decoder software for use in ST’s award winning line of Nomadik mobile multimedia application processors.

Licensing of McubeWorks video decoder software paves fast path to high-performance video features for mobile products harnessing the Nomadik multimedia processor.

The H.264 video compression standard is widely used in digital video systems to improve image quality across limited data bandwidth. The platform of ST’s Nomadik processor and McubeWorks’ H.264 decoder serves as solid, supercharged engine for powering mobile video handsets running video-on-demand, digital multimedia broadcasting, and media player applications.

In particular, licensing the video decoder gives ST early entry into the fast-growing handset market for mobile digital video players, video phones, camcorders, and other similar, developing portable applications. In particular, video capability, like interactive television and video clips of movies and sports events, is seen as a key feature for third-generation (3G) cell phones.