TOKYO-Renesas Technology Corp. announced it will incorporate Microsoft Corp.’s digital audio and video codec technology and RealNetworks Inc.’s digital audio and video codec technologies into its SH-Mobile Series of application processors for next-generation mobile-phone systems.
Through this partnership, the codec technologies, which are currently used in PCs, PDAs and portable players, can also be installed in mobile phones. The technologies enable the support of multimedia content player functions and distribution services and offer solutions for the construction of systems linked to information devices like PCs.