Press Release
For Immediate Release
7/22/2003 HI CORPORATION Motorola, Inc.
HI CORPORATION to Offer 3D Graphics to Motorola Mobile Phone Platform Customers
TOKYO - July 22, 2003 - Mobile 3D rendering technology pioneer HI CORPORATION intends to offer its Mascot Capsule Engine to customers of Motorola's Innovative Convergence i.250, 2.5G GSM/GPRS handset platform.
The Innovative Convergence i.250 platform simplifies and reduces time to market for GSM/GPRS mobile handset development and manufacturing by integrating hardware, software, development and test environments into a single platform solution. The Mascot Capsule Engine is a compact software engine that enables real-time rendering of 3D graphics applications on mobile handsets. HI CORPORATION intends to make the Mascot Capsule Engine available to Motorola's Innovative Convergence i.250 customers who plan to enable 3D rendering capability and incorporate 3D graphics applications into consumer devices.
"3D graphics opens up a new world of high-value mobile entertainment and information applications for consumers," said Kazuo Kawabata, President & CEO of HI CORPORATION. "HI CORPORATION is proud to develop compelling 3D graphical solutions for today's mobile devices. The combination of HI's expertise in 3D rendering and Motorola's decades of expertise in the wireless space, provides a powerful wireless solution for original device manufacturers and original equipment manufacturers worldwide."
The HI technology is also scheduled to be available to Motorola's i.MX applications processor customers and i.Smart Smartphone reference design customers.
"Content will drive the sales of new devices for wireless, entertainment, and information exchange, and innovative 3D graphics capabilities are becoming a necessary feature for all 2.5G phones," said Kenny Cheung, Asia Pacific region general manager for Motorola's Wireless and Mobile Systems Group. "As a world leader in creating such devices and the components and the platforms necessary to create them, we believe 3D capabilities such as these will help move content, devices, and the industry, forward."
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