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Renesas Technology Corp., a leading semiconductor company established by Hitachi, Ltd., and Mitsubishi Electric Corporation in April 2003, and Nazomi Communications, Inc., a provider of multimedia application processors and acceleration technology for the Java(TM) Platform, today announced that the two companies are collaborating to further enhance mobile cell phone performance. Through a cross-licensing agreement, the companies can access each other's leading-edge technologies to deliver high-performance multi-media processors for advanced mobile phones.

Under the terms of the agreement, Nazomi licenses to Renesas its patented acceleration technology for the Java Platform and Renesas licenses to Nazomi intellectual property from the market leading SH-Mobile family of application processors. As a result, the arrangement will bring cost-effective, camera-ready phones that provide greater performance for Java applications, 2D/3D graphics, video, audio and other multimedia applications.

"As today's mobile handsets become more sophisticated, they require optimized architectures for increasing performance while maintaining battery life. This is especially true for phone designs that must seamlessly execute complex multimedia programs such as capturing digital images while also enabling Java applications," said Ikuya Kawasaki, department manager, SoC Design Department 6 at Renesas Technology Corp. "A SH-Mobile application platform that incorporates Nazomi's Java technology is a truly-integrated, highly-effective turn-key solution that gives customers a head start in marketing leading-edge mobile products."