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RMI Alchemy Media Processor Powers NavMate-4 Software

The RMI Alchemy Au1250 Processor.
by Staff Writers
Cupertino CA (SPX) Jun 11, 2008
RMI and Horizon Navigation have announced a partnership to deliver the Horizon navigation software incorporated on the RMI Alchemy Au1250 media processor for the PND (personal navigation device) market. RMI and Horizon will demonstrate the combined technologies at Computex 2008, being held in Taipei, Taiwan.

The RMI Alchemy Au1250 Processor is in full production and offers 700 MHz performance levels that provide customers and developers with increased capabilities, including faster route calculations and map re-draw speeds for navigation devices.

"We are very pleased to be partnered with a leader such as Horizon Navigation," said Ed White, manager, business development, Media Processor Solutions, RMI.

"Their success in the full-featured navigation market, first in the auto industry, and in the last few years in the rapidly growing PND market has been driven by their innovation, vision and creativity. With this new partnership, Horizon takes full advantage of the 700 MHz performance and power-optimization that the RMI Alchemy Au1250 processor makes available."

Horizon Navigation is a center of expertise for worldwide GPS navigation solutions. Since 1989, the Horizon team has brought innovative and award winning navigation systems to market. Horizon's creativity has resulted in over 100 patents around the globe.

The powerful multi-functional portable devices developed by Horizon customers will incorporate the RMI Alchemy Au1250 processor, which provides a highly integrated solution delivering the most Available MIPS in the industry.

"We are pleased to partner with RMI and extend the Alchemy Processor technology to our customer base," said John Angerman, VP of Business Development at Horizon Navigation.

"Their experience integrating with products for the auto industry and portable digital media devices has allowed the ready integration of our technologies. With Alchemy already ported to our software solutions, we are market-ready for customers who want to shorten their time to market using the high performance and power-optimization capabilities we are offering the market."

RMI products offer advanced processor technology in performance and integration, and are used by system and original equipment manufacturers to address the infrastructure, enterprise, and consumer markets.

The company's XLR, XLS and Alchemy Processor families are based on an innovative MIPS-compatible architecture creating highly-integrated designs incorporating advanced internal architectures and built on leading-edge silicon process technologies.

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