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Market Trend
Consumer electronic products are huge driving forces (e.g., Year-End 2006 Revenue at $145 Billion, PR of CEA 2007) to the semiconductor industry, especially on the convergence of technologies and growth of market of embedded products. Digital Photo Frame (DPF) is one of the examples reflecting this trend. The number of DPF shipment is less than 1M in 2005, but will grow up over 10M in 2010 by the forecast as shown in the following figure.

Technology Requirement

With the rapid progress of the technology, now DPF is not only able to display photos, but also capable of a variety of multimedia applications, such as audio playing. To accomplish this fascinating consumer product providing many functions together within a device, you need a full functionality SoC with multimedia convergence and technology integration.

We provide an integrated and verified platform to save your effort on the verification cycle and shorten your development period of the project thus reducing time-to-market to maintain your competitiveness in the marketplace.

Andes Solution
Andes provide the integrated and verified platform by

	High performance CPU N12 N12 runs audio/video decoder without additional hardware accelerator simplifying system design and reducing hardware cost of DPF. The supported formats include JPEG, MPEG2, MPEG4, MP3, ACC, and WMA decoders.
	Cost-effective SoC AG101 AG101 is a N12-based SoC containing AMBA and peripherals. The peripherals supported for DPF are touch panel for easy use, USB interface for transferring multimedia files, CF and SD card interface for storing multimedia files, AC97 and SSPC for audio output, and LCD controller for displaying, output size from 3.5” to 12”. Other than these components, you can also connect your own IPs to our extending AHB bus to reach the differentiation of your products.
	Flexible software AndeSoft AndeSoft provides RTOS Nucleus and full-function Linux. In addition to OSes, drivers of filing and network are available for general requirements of consumer electronics. You can choose the suitable OS, drivers, and middleware of multimedia codec from AndeSoft, and then add more audio or video formats to your product by the AndeSight development tool.
	[AG101 block diagram with components highlighted for DPF]

Application ready
Andes platform, AG101, provides the DPF-ready solution. You can turn it into DPF by selecting the preferred LCD panel and shaping into the look-n-feel of your product. You can add more components for value-added features to the target fit for different market segments. With the verified HW/SW reference solution, you can rapidly develop your DPF with the minimum effort and cost and quickly get your product to market. With the high performance CPU, SoC, software, and support from Andes, you can achieve your business goal in this competitive consumer market.