ZHUHAI, China and CAMBRIDGE, England, July 21, 2014
/PRNewswire/ -- Actions Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACTS), one
of China's leading fabless
semiconductor companies, and ARM (NASDAQ: ARMH), the world's
leading semiconductor intellectual property (IP) supplier, have
signed a license agreement for the 64-bit ARM®
Cortex®-A50 processor family. Actions Semiconductor's
first SoC is due to be available in late 2014, making it one of
China's leading technology design
companies delivering an ARM-based 64-bit chip for tablet
devices.
Actions provides comprehensive portable multimedia and mobile
internet system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for portable consumer
electronics. With this IP license, Actions will develop 64-bit SoC
solutions targeting the tablet and over-the-counter (OTT) set top
box markets.
"We are pleased to extend our relationship with ARM by licensing
the Cortex-A50 processor family," said Dr. Zhenyu Zhou, CEO of Actions Semiconductor. "We
believe this investment in 64-bit architecture reinforces our
position as one of the leading design houses in China providing leading-edge, high performance
products at attractive price points. With the mobile industry
rapidly migrating from 32-bit to 64-bit operating systems, we
expect our next generation SoCs utilizing this IP will allow us to
compete more effectively in both the branded and whitebox segments
of the tablet and OTT set top box markets."
"Premium smartphones and tablets have become primary computing
devices and that is driving strong demand for 64-bit
solutions," said Allen Wu,
president, ARM Greater China. "Actions Semiconductor is a valued
partner and we believe the combination of its expertise in low
power SoC development with the ARM Cortex-A50 processor family and
ARM POP IP is an exciting way of fulfilling this requirement."
About Actions Semiconductor
Actions Semiconductor is one of China's leading fabless semiconductor
companies that provides comprehensive portable multimedia and
mobile Internet system-on-a-chip (SoC) solutions for portable
consumer electronics. Actions Semiconductor products include SoCs,
firmware, software, solution development kits, as well as detailed
specifications of other required components. Actions Semiconductor
also provides total product and technology solutions that allow
customers to quickly introduce new portable consumer electronics to
the mass market in a cost effective way. The Company is
headquartered in Zhuhai, China,
with offices in Shanghai and
Shenzhen. For more information,
please visit the Actions Semiconductor website at
http://www.actions-semi.com.
