Press Release

RMI Home Media Player Solution To Support Windows Live FrameIT Service with Advanced Features Extending Home Media Player Market

RMI’s HMP Processor™ solution is the next step in the digital photo frame evolution underpinned by wireless connectivity and an advanced multimedia processor

Cupertino, CA – November 12, 2008 - RMI Corporation, a leading provider of High Performance Processors for Communication and Media, today announced that it will be offering support for Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Live FrameIT service for RMI’s previously announced Home Media Player™ (HMP) solution. RMI’s committed support for Windows Live FrameIT service coupled with RMI’s advanced high performance multimedia Alchemy Au1250® Processor extends new features and capabilities to the Digital Photo Frame market. RMI’s turnkey HMP Processor™ solution drives advanced product capabilities such as video streaming, wireless connectivity, increased on-demand content, home connectivity and enhances the overall consumer experience. RMI’s HMP Processor solution’s support of the FrameIT service will create an easy and seamless way for HMP users to access their content online.

RMI’s Alchemy-based™ Home Media Player solution offers original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) a faster time to market, lower system cost, and the configurability and performance required to develop market-leading Home Media Players with advanced features. The RMI® solution leverages the power-optimized RMI Alchemy™ Au1200® series of connected media processors, giving OEMs and original design manufacturers (ODMs) the flexibility and the tools necessary to develop and deliver a complete high performance, connected HMP system for not only consumer usage but overall home connectivity.

“We look forward to supporting the FrameIT service as part of RMI’s HMP solution, offering yet another dimension to the way that consumers access their content online,” said Mike Wodopian, vice president and general manager, RMI. “We believe our OEM customers will enjoy this time-to-market benefit and the extension of the wireless digital photo frame with advanced connectivity and content services.”

"RMI is a valued infrastructure partner in enabling a wider range of devices that support Windows Live FrameIt," said Jeff Hansen, General Manager, Services Marketing, Microsoft Corp.  "Together we are providing a new way for consumers to personalize online content and to have this content delivered - how and when they want it - to any Windows Live FrameIt enabled device."

RMI’s HMP Processor Reference Design Kit is a customizable solution including a reference design board, software board support package (BSP), hardware schematics, documentation, and advanced HMP applications. The HMP Reference Design Kit is based on the RMI Alchemy Au1250® Processor. This high performance Home Media Processor™ solution, running up to 700MHz, provides the needed horsepower to handle the most challenging HMP applications. The reference design includes all essential hardware functionality including media card interfaces for SD/MMC/MS/xD/CF and a USB flash stick. Additionally, the design also comprehends an audio codec for stereo speakers, a touch screen interface, and robust Wi-Fi connectivity.

The BSP includes the kernel, file system, and tool chain, along with driver support for all peripherals. In addition, the BSP includes a complete media stack for high quality D1 resolution video playback of the internet’s most popular audio and video formats including MPEG-1, MPEG-2, MPEG-4, WMV, DivX, Xvid, and H.264. 

About RMI
RMI Corporation is a fabless semiconductor company providing High-Performance Super System-on-a-Chip (SuperSoC™) Processor solutions for the Infrastructure, Enterprise, and Consumer Media markets. Applications include Wireless, Networking Security, Thin Clients, and Connected Multi-Media. RMI offers a broad platform of advanced MIPS-compatible processor solutions with both 32/64-bit architectures supporting frequencies from 300MHz to 1.2 GHz. RMI is headquartered in Cupertino, CA with branch and subsidiary operations in Texas, United Kingdom, France, India, Korea, Japan, Taiwan and China. More information about RMI can be found on the company's website at http://www.RMICorp.com

Media Contact - RMI
D. Christopher Keil
Sr. Director, Marketing
RMI Corporation
408-434-5700
ckeil@RMICorp.com

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