Press Release
July, 14, 2005
HI CORPORATION
HI and Samsung sign worldwide license for MascotCapsule®
Tokyo, Japan -HI CORPORATION (Headquarter: Meguro-ku, Tokyo; CEO: Kazuo Kawabata hereinafter "HI") announced today that the company has executed a worldwide license agreement with Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd (hereinafter "Samsung") for the use of HI's 3D graphics engine MascotCapsule® on Samsung handsets.
Samsung is the world's leading handset manufacturer and provides various kinds of mobile devices. HI and Samsung have agreed on embedding MascotCapsule® into Samsung handsets for the global market.
The first Samsung device embedded with MascotCapsule® will be released in China followed by the global releases.
Over 50 content developers including world wide major players have already started the development of 3D content using MascotCapsule®. This agreement between HI and Samsung will further expand the market for MascotCapsule® based content.
| About Samsung Electronics |
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2004 parent company sales of US$55.2 billion and net income of US$10.3 billion. Employing approximately 113,000 people in over 90 offices in 48 countries, the company consists of five main business units: Digital Appliance Business, Digital Media Business, LCD Business, Semiconductor Business and Telecommunication Network Business. Recognized as one of the fastest growing brands, Samsung Electronics is the world's largest producer of color monitors, color TVs, memory chips and TFT-LCDs.
For more information, please visit www.samsung.com
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