The Largest Automotive Electronics Company in Korea -- Hyundai AutoNet -- Announces the Use of the RMI Alchemy Au1210 Processor for Personal Navigation Device

Alchemy Au1210 Navigation Processor Provides Performance and Power-Optimization Necessary to Fuel Feature-Rich Personal Navigation Device Offered by HD Autonet
2008 International CES

LAS VEGAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--RMI Corporation, a leading supplier of Processor Based Solutions for networking, communications and consumer applications, today announced that Hyundai Autonet (HD Autonet), the largest automotive electronics company in Korea, is utilizing the power-optimized high performance RMI Alchemy™ Au1210 Processor for its Personal Navigation Device – the Broadzone BZN-600.

The Broadzone BZN-600, powered by the RMI Alchemy Au1210™ -- a power-optimized embedded processor running at 400MHz with typical operating power at less than one-third Watt (300mW), is a personal navigation device (PND) with a 4.3-inch LCD display with 480 x 272 resolution operating on the Windows® WinCE 5.0 embedded operating system. The PND offers multifunction capabilities normally offered in higher-end portable media players including audio and video playback as well as a photo viewer and MobileTV capabilities.

“We are happy to announce our relationship with RMI,” said Ho-Sung Bae, manager, Marketing Department at HD Autonet. “The power-optimized Au1210 fits very well with the performance targets and capabilities that we are offering with the Broadzone BZN-600. The performance gives us the ability to include One-Seg Mobile TV functionality that has been available only on higher end models allowing us to be more competitive. The pin- and software-compatible processor family allows us to position multiple price-performance points based on a single design.”

Au1210

The RMI Alchemy Au1210 Navigation Processor is optimized for Portable Navigation Devices (PNDs) and for single-purpose media applications. The Au1210 is both pin-compatible and software-compatible with the other members of the Au1200 Processor™ Family (the Au1200™ and the Au1250™). The Au1210 also enjoys similar functionality of the Au12xx Family with different video resolution performance and clock rates ranging from 300MHz to 400MHz.

“I am pleased to be announcing HD Autonet. Their latest navigation offering is very impressive and we are confident the BZN-600 will enjoy wide market success within a family of Alchemy-based PND devices at Hyundai Autonet,” said Mike Wodopian, vice president and general manager, RMI Alchemy Solutions at RMI Corp.

RMI’s Alchemy Solutions include the Au1200 Processor Family and the Au1550 Processor Family to meet the needs of consumer and communications applications by offering a high-performance, low-power processor capable of delivering a rich multi-media experience to end users under a 1/2 watt (450mW). The Au1200 Processor Family consists of the Au1200, the Au1210 and the Au1250, media processors targeted for full-featured Portable Media Players (PMP), Personal Navigation Devices (PND) and MobileTV. The Au1550 Processor Family offers network processing capabilities with a versatile high-performance, low-power, highly integrated network System-on-a-Chip (SoC) designed for wired and wireless applications The RMI Alchemy product line provides system designers an easy-to-use, simple solution to create full-featured consumer and communications solutions with greatly reduced design cycle times.

Availability and Pricing

The Au1210, a power-optimized SoC operating at 400 MHz supporting video decode up to Wide-CIF resolution, and the Au1250, a low-power SoC operating at up to 700 MHz, targeting mPMP customers. Both products are in full-production and are pin and software-compatible with the existing Au1200. Pricing is available upon request.

About RMI Corporation

RMI® is a fabless semiconductor company providing highly integrated, feature-rich products ranging from power-optimized System-on-a-Chip (SoC) solutions to High-Performance Processors for the Digital Consumer, Wireless, Networking and Security markets. RMI offers the most advanced and the most complete MIPS-Based® processing solutions with both 32/64-bit architectures supporting frequencies from 300MHz to 1.2 GHz. RMI is headquartered in Cupertino, CA with branch and subsidiary operations in Texas, United Kingdom, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China. More information about RMI can be found on the company’s website at http://www.RMI-Corp.com.

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