Saturday, July 01, 2006
Who Says You Can't Take It with You? Freescale Accelerates Digital Audio Transition from Portables To Automotive
ORLANDO, Fla. -- SCF5250 Audio Processor Adds Features to Support the Latest Digital Rights Management and Video Technologies
Manufacturers of portable media players and automotive entertainment systems are striving to meet consumer demand for seamless connectivity between devices. Freescale Semiconductor (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) is rolling out software libraries for its SCF5250 processor that will help enable new portable and automotive compressed audio and video solutions.
Since going into production in 2003, Freescale's SCF5250 audio processor has been quietly racking up design wins with many of the top digital audio player manufacturers. As the leading supplier of automotive semiconductors, Freescale is uniquely positioned to transfer its audio expertise into the automotive market.
"It looks like the phenomenal growth of compressed audio entertainment is expanding well beyond the home and portable device markets," said Joanne Blight, director, automotive practice at Strategy Analytics research and consultant firm. "In fact, digital and 'soft' audio products are rapidly entering the automotive industry, as satellite radio and MP3 player in-vehicle connectivity are clearly demonstrating. People increasingly want to have the same entertainment choices in their cars as they have on their portable devices and at home. Single-platform technologies that support an easy interface between car and portable devices will be key to meeting both consumer and automotive requirements."
The SCF5250 solution
The SCF5250 is a second-generation audio processor that provides more memory and improved power management over the previous SCF5249 device. Built on the ColdFire(R) V2 core with enhanced multiply-accumulate (eMAC) module, the SCF5250 supports a variety of universal serial bus (USB) interfaces, including the latest USB 2.0 high-speed (HS) on-the-go (OTG) technology.
The SCF5250 supports the latest versions of Microsoft Windows(R) Media Audio (WMA) and Windows Media Digital Rights Management (DRM) 10, as well as JPEG and MPEG4 video formats for mobile displays.
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