2006-03-27
Fujitsu Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.

Fujitsu announces World's first Embedded 90nm Graphic Display Controller for Automotive Applications

High- and low-end devices extend the largest GDC roadmap in the industry for in-car Multimedia

Shanghai, March 27, 2006 — Fujitsu Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd.has announced the launch of two Graphic Display Controllers (GDCs) designed for the embedded automotive market, including the world's first controller for this sector to be fabricated in 90nm technology. The two GDCs have been developed in response to customer requests for FME to enhance its extensive GDC roadmap at both the higher and lower ends.

MB86297 is the third generation of high-end graphics products developed by Fujitsu, incorporating a brand new design that offers more than ten times the performance of previous highest end GDC - Coral. This 90nm device is fabricated in Fujitsu's own foundry at Mie, Japan and was developed to ensure that Fujitsu can provide an industry-leading solution for demanding automotive functions such as high-end graphics and multimedia applications.

MB86297 offers excellent 3D performance – up to 10Mpolygons/s; the highest rendering performance available in the embedded market, and the OpenGL ES 1.1 Standard for Embedded Accelerated Graphics is fully supported. The device can display resolutions of up to 1280 x 1024, and has a fully independent dual display output. MB86297 features excellent expansion options that include a DDR-SDRAM interface for the addition of up to 128MB graphic memory and a PCI66 host interface.

MB86276 GDC is also a new device manufactured specifically for price optimisation, providing a low-end extension to Fujitsu Microelectronics's GDC roadmap. The 0.18μm Lime device is an ideal solution for lower-end automotive applications that do not require 3D functions. Although Lime is aimed at the lower end of the market, the device offers advanced features, such as accelerated 2D functions. Dual RGB digital output is supported and the device displays resolutions of up to 1280 x 768. A range of connection options are available, including a 32/16-bit embedded host interface, GPIOs, I2C interface and an external SDRAM interface for the addition of up to 64MB of memory.

In line with Fujitsu's full range of Graphic Display Controllers, both MB86297 and MB86276 are fully binary compatible – unlike the spot products offered by others in the market. The devices offer universal connectivity to all MCUs and other CPUs, with a wide variety of operating system drivers available, as well as several unique features, including video inputs.

Fujitsu's extensive roadmap and the excellent scalability of all devices in the series mean that products are interchangeable, allowing customers to move to higher- or lower-end devices without having to make major software changes. Although MB86297 and MB86276 have been developed with the automotive market in mind, they are also suitable for a range of other markets that include Avionics, Marine, Medical, Industrial, POS, Surveillance and Console-Gaming.

Both MB86297 and MB86276 are housed in BGA packages. They are available for sampling now and will be in full, 100k a month production, by the middle of 2006. The devices will be offered at competitive prices, with full engineering support for Asia available from Fujitsu's GDC application team.

Fujitsu continues to invest heavily in research and development to further expand its range of GDCs to offer its customers the widest variety of solutions. The company is already working on derivations of these two products to offer more functionality; a Lime-based GDC featuring a CPU is already in planning as well as a Carmine-based GDC with additional media functions.

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About Fujitsu Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd

Fujitsu Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. was established in October 2003 as Fujitsu's semiconductor business representative in China. Headquartered in Shanghai, it has branch offices in Beijing and Shenzhen to provide sales and service support to customers throughout China.
Fujitsu Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. offers an extensive range of products from microcontroller, application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), application-specific standard product (ASSP), system-on-chip (SoC) to system memory, that can be supplied as product or complete solution. With technology resource centres and ASIC design support centres strategically located in Shanghai, Hong Kong, Shenzhen and Singapore, as well as Heavy investments in design and engineering capabilities and application support resources, complemented by a regional network of design partners, suppliers and distributors, Fujitsu Microelectronics (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. can readily delivers innovative and value-added solutions and varied range of products to its target markets in China.
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