SigmaTel Announces New System on Chip Solution for the Multi-Function Printer Market; The STDC2150 Offers Customers a High-Performing, Complete Controller Solution for Inkjet Photo All-In-One (AIO) Systems

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 1, 2006--SigmaTel (NASDAQ:SGTL), a leader in mixed-signal, multimedia semiconductors, today announced its new system on chip (SoC) solution for the multi-function printer market. Exhibiting very high levels of SoC integration, the STDC2150 SOC solution offers customers a faster time-to-market advantage with a low bill of materials cost.

"The release of the STDC2150 SOC solution is exciting for SigmaTel and its customers because it brings to market the latest in high-performing multi-function printer technology," said Steve Beatty, senior vice president of Integrated Components Group. "SigmaTel continues to focus on its core strength of developing low-cost, high-quality products while looking to the future and what our customers will need to maintain an advantage in today's highly competitive multi-function printer market."

Comprised of powerful hardware image processing accelerators and codes, high-bandwidth system I/O interfaces, a 32-bit microprocessor core, and a richly featured software development kit (SDK), the STDC2150 SOC solution offers very high photographic image quality for printing and copying. It also connects and prints directly to many of the inkjet print heads already on the market while supporting advanced photo printing features such as 6-color printing, memory cards, LCD graphic displays, Bluetooth, and WiFi. In addition, SigmaTel created the STDC2150 to allow designers to use one controller platform for an entire family of inkjet photo All-In-One (AIO) systems saving customers significant development costs and time.

By delivering an integrated feature-rich solution to the multi-function printer market, SigmaTel provides its customers with a competitive market advantage at the lowest cost. The introduction of the STDC2150 SOC solution expands on SigmaTel's product offerings and exemplifies the company's focus on delivering the technology its customers can use today and in the future.

SPECIFICATIONS:

Printer Support

-- Direct inkjet printer connections support the maximum
printhead printing speeds

-- Photographic quality printing

-- PC and network printing supported

Scanner Support

-- Flatbed and ADF scanners supported, including timing and motor
control

-- Integrated CCD / CIS Analog Front End (AFE) enables direct
input of analog RGB signals

-- Scan pre-processing supports gamma, shading, white-level, and
black-level corrections

-- Network scanning, scan-to-FLASH drives, and scan-to-camera
cards supported

Copier Support

-- Standalone color copying with zooming and enlargements

-- High-performance ADF multipage color copying

Fax Support

-- V.34 color and mono faxing supported in conjunction with an
external fax modem chip

-- Complete firmware protocol stack for leading V.34 and V.17
modems

-- Optional embedded fax for lowest cost V.17 solution

External Memory Support

-- High-Speed DDR memory supported

-- Serial and NAND FLASH/ROM supported

Connectivity / Interfaces

-- USB 2.0 High-Speed device port & multiple USB High-Speed host
ports

-- Supports PictBridge cameras and FLASH drives

-- Supports WiFi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth, & Ethernet (10/100)

-- Camera Card interface controllers support the major media card
formats

-- Peripheral bus with DMA support

-- UARTs/USARTs

-- TFT graphical LCD controller

Processor / CPU

-- High-performance 32-bit RISC microprocessor

Development Environment

-- SigmaTel Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for AIOs

-- C / C++ compiler / assembler / linker

-- PC command line debugger / profiler

-- JTAG emulator / ICE and debugger

Availability

The STDC2150 SOC solution is available today. Customers interested in ordering the STDC2150 should contact the local sales office listed on the SigmaTel web site at www.sigmatel.com or contact sales at sales@sigmatel.com.

For more information about the new STDC2150 SOC solution or about SigmaTel, please visit www.sigmatel.com.

About SigmaTel

SigmaTel Inc. a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Austin, Texas, designs, develops, and markets proprietary, analog intensive, mixed-signal ICs for a variety of digital multimedia products in the consumer electronics and computing markets, including portable compressed audio players, such as MP3 players, notebook and desktop PCs, digital video cameras, multi-function peripheral products, digital televisions, and set-top boxes. SigmaTel provides complete, system-level solutions that include highly integrated ICs, customizable firmware and software, software development tools, reference designs, and applications support. The Company's focus is on providing system-level solutions that enable customers to rapidly introduce and offer electronic products that are small, light-weight, power-efficient, reliable, and cost-effective. SigmaTel is ISO 9001:2000 certified and is committed to providing customers with high-performance, quality products along with superior customer service