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SigmaTel Announces Availability of Development Kit Enabled with Microsoft Windows Media DRM 10
31 May 2005
SigmaTel, Inc. (NASDAQ: SGTL - News), today announces the availability of a development version of a portable digital audio software development kit (SDK) enabled with Microsoft's Windows Media Digital Rights Management 10 for portable devices (WMDRM 10) and Microsoft Media Transfer Protocol (MTP) supporting SigmaTel STMP35xx-based designs.
Windows Media DRM10 is a flexible platform that makes it possible to protect and securely deliver subscription-based content for playback on a computer, portable device, or networked device. WMDRM 10 enables the seamless flow of content to almost any device, offers the widest range of purchase and rental options for digital media, and ensures the security of premium content as it flows from device to device. As the leading supplier of portable digital audio ICs, SigmaTel has integrated support for WMDRM 10 into the SigmaTel 35xx software development kits, thereby enabling our customers to produce products that offer consumers the highest levels of interoperability with both new and existing digital music services.
Mike Wodopian, SigmaTel's senior vice president of the Portable SoC Group, states, "Within this fast growing market, SigmaTel is aligning itself with industry leaders such as Microsoft to help set both the technology and usage standards that consumers will use in the future."
In addition, the SigmaTel SDK provides simultaneous support for WMDRM 10 and Portable Device DRM (PDDRM or WMDRM 9), allowing customers the flexibility to create players that can playback both download and subscription content from PCs running different operating systems including Windows 98, Windows 2000 and Windows ME. Dynamic switching between MTP and Mass Storage Class Universal Serial Bus (MSC USB) protocol eliminates the need for designs to have a separate USB port and allows for consumers to use their players seamlessly across different PCs and operating systems. An on-chip Real Time Clock (RTC) supports subscription-based music services without requiring additional components in the player design. The SigmaTel WMDRM 10 implementation is fully supported in on-chip SRAM and requires no external SDRAM, further reducing the bill of materials of the player while allowing customers to deliver DRM-enabled products on current designs. Through its commitment to "Innovation via Integration," SigmaTel continues to deliver advanced feature support beyond that offered by the competition.
A demonstration of SigmaTel's latest SDK supporting WMDRM 10 functionality will be showcased at the Computex Tradeshow in Taipei, Taiwan, May 31-June 4. Please contact SigmaTel Sales at computex2005@sigmatel.com if you wish to schedule a meeting at this event.
For more information on SigmaTel solutions, please visit www.sigmatel.com.
For more information on Microsoft Windows DRM 10, please visit http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windowsmedia/drm/.
For more information on SigmaTel solutions, please visit www.sigmatel.com.
About SigmaTel:
SigmaTel, Inc. a fabless semiconductor company headquartered in Austin, Texas, designs, develops, and markets proprietary, analog intensive, mixed-signal ICs for a variety of products in the consumer electronics and computing markets, including portable compressed audio players, such as MP3 players, notebook and desktop PCs, DVD players, digital televisions, and set-top boxes. SigmaTel provides complete, system-level solutions that include highly-integrated ICs, customizable firmware and software, software development tools, reference designs, and applications support. The Company's focus is on providing system-level solutions that enable customers to rapidly introduce and offer electronic products that are small, light-weight, power-efficient, reliable, and cost-effective. SigmaTel is ISO 9001:2000 certified and is committed to providing customers with high performance, quality products along with superior customer service.
Cautionary Language:
This press release contains forward-looking statements based on current SigmaTel expectations. The words "expect," "will," "should," "would," "anticipate," "project," "outlook," "believe," "intend," and similar phrases as they relate to SigmaTel or future events are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements reflect the current views and assumptions of SigmaTel, but are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from expectations. A number of important factors could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, and there will be events in the future that SigmaTel is not able to accurately predict or control. For a discussion of factors that could impact SigmaTel's financial results and cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements, please refer to recent SigmaTel filings with the SEC, particularly the 424(b)(4) final prospectuses filed September 19, 2003 and February 19, 2004, the Form 10-Qs that were filed on October 29, 2003, April 20, 2004, July 20, 2004, October 19, 2004, and April 19, 2005, and the Form 10-Ks that were filed on February 17, 2004 and February 8, 2005.
SigmaTel is a registered trademark of SigmaTel, Inc. All other products and brand names as they appear in this release are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. All specifications may be changed without notice.
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Contact:
SigmaTel, Inc., Austin
Kendra Petrone, 214-443-7597 or 214-773-5615
Email: kendra.petrone@edelman.com
Website: www.sigmatel.com
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Source: SigmaTel, Inc.
Source: Business Wire
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