Fujitsu Wins Two Product Awards from 2005 EDN China Innovation Program

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and SHANGHAI, China, Dec. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. and Fujitsu Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. today announced that Fujitsu has been named a 2005 EDN China Innovation Award winner in two major categories, Networking and Communications, and Consumer Electronics.

The Fujitsu MB87M3400 WiMAX SoC was a winner in EDN China's Networking and Communications category. The WiMAX SoC is a flexible, versatile broadband wireless processor that has received worldwide recognition as the industry leader for use in designing WiMAX-compliant base stations and subscriber stations. The SoC is a highly integrated, mixed-signal baseband processor with both PHY and MAC, along with an ARM926 RISC engine that implements 802.16 upper-layer MAC, scheduler, drivers, protocol stacks, and user-application software. The lower-layer MAC functions such as encryption and decryption are handled by an ARC RISC engine. The WiMAX SoC supports frequencies from 2GHz to 11GHz in both licensed and license-exempt bands.

The Fujitsu MB93461 was named as a product winner in the EDN China Innovation Awards Consumer Electronics category. This VLIW Embedded Microprocessor, the first of the Fujitsu FR450 series with the 2-way VLIW CPU core with MMU, is a general processor combined with a programmable media processor. It was developed for use in digital A/V equipment such as televisions, advanced projectors, IP TV phones, portable media players, and other advanced consumer products. It is the first MPU of its kind to have support from Red Hat Linux and GNUPro for easy porting and development of cost-efficient video, audio, and communication applications, all on a single device. The device was introduced with a pair of bridge chips that provide additional interfaces such as PCI, IDE and PC Card interfaces.

Fujitsu was the only Japanese multinational company recognized by EDN China in this, the first-ever EDN China Innovation Awards. EDN Innovation Awards have been presented in the United States for 14 years, and are one of the electronics industry's most prestigious annual events.

"These awards from EDN China reflect our design and engineering leadership and the success of our products in their respective markets," said Michael Shih, President of Fujitsu Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. "We are pleased to receive this recognition from such a prestigious organization, and we would like to congratulate our engineering teams for their excellent work."

"It is notable that our WiMAX SoC was the only WiMAX-related product that was recognized, which signifies our leadership in this emerging broadband wireless technology," said Keith Horn, senior vice president of Fujitsu Microelectronics America. About Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc.

Fujitsu Microelectronics America, Inc. (FMA) leads the industry in innovation. FMA provides high-quality, reliable semiconductor products and services for the networking, communications, automotive, security and other markets throughout North and South America. As a founding and board member of the WiMAX Forum, Fujitsu supports the standards development and compliance programs that are essential to successful Broadband Wireless deployment. Fujitsu provides performance-driven WiMAX solutions by leveraging the company's experience and expertise in the networking and communications markets. Fujitsu offers flexible WiMAX SoC and reference designs for WiMAX- certifiable systems to equipment vendors. For more product information, please visit the company's web site at http://us.fujitsu.com/micro/WiMAX or send e-mail to inquiry.bwa@fma.fujitsu.com Fujitsu Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Fujitsu Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. is a newly established company in China. This new venture is part of Fujitsu's ongoing strategy to strengthen its presence in the China semiconductor market. Being operational since October 30, 2003, Fujitsu Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. serves as a focal point for the design, development and sales of Fujitsu's semiconductor products in the China market.

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