Samsung Signs for HIFi 2 for Home Entertainment Products

The Digital Media & Communications Business of Samsung Electronics has signed a multi-year license to Tensilica's HiFi 2 Audio DSPfor use in Samsung's multimedia system products after a successful previous deployment in Samsung's System LSI Division. Tensilica's HiFi architecture is the most popular commercial audio core for system-on-chip designs.

"We selected the Tensilica HiFi Audio DSP because of its impressive performance capabilities and because of the breadth of software codecs available," stated K.W. Chun, vice president, Digital Media & Communications Business of Samsung Electronics. "The HiFi 2 Audio DSP can execute the most demanding multi-channel audio algorithms at remarkably low MHz and low power."