CML Microcircuits and SPIRIT DSP form strategic agreement
Under the terms of the agreement, CML will provide integrated circuits (IC's) to the worldwide communication markets based upon SPIRIT's proprietary Low Bit-Rate vocoder technology. The agreement combines CML's 38-year history of developing mixed-signal semiconductors for professional and leisure wireless applications with SPIRIT's 10 years of experience in embedded voice products. Initial semiconductor products will be aimed at applications within the global Two-Way Radio market.
"This agreement with SPIRIT achieves our objective of providing communication product designers with a single, highly integrated IC for their low bit-rate voice processing requirements," said Malcolm Lyman, Marketing Manager CML Microcircuits (UK) Ltd. "Historically within our target markets, equipment designers have had very little choice in terms of standard IC products for high-quality, low bit-rate vocoding applications and have had to pay high initial licence fees and ongoing royalties to use available technology. Our agreement with SPIRIT and the resulting IC products will bring highly integrated, cost-effective IC's to the market that are both license and royalty-free".
"We are proud to partner with CML to integrate our vocoder technology within CML's mixed-signal IC's."CML is now providing limited sampling, with full production expected at the end of Q1 2007.
