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Cradle Technologies and Sigpro Systems Announce Partnership
Sigpro to Provide Development and Licensing for Cradle's RDKs
| Source: Cradle Technologies
SUNNYVALE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- November 21, 2006 -- Cradle Technologies, a fabless semiconductor
company providing a line of Multi-core DSPs (MDSPs) for video and imaging
systems, and Sigpro Systems, a design and development company for
multimedia codecs and systems, have announced that the companies will
partner in the areas of development and licensing.
Sigpro has signed up as the first Cradle Technology Access Partner-Licensed
Design Center (CTAP-LDC). The initial focus is on Cradle's Bluegill and
Boxfish IP Video Streamer Reference Designs. Sigpro will be selling the
video/audio streamers, as well as the Bluegill and Boxfish Reference Design
Kits (RDKs), to OEMs and will provide support and NRE services under
contract.
"Sigpro has achieved the CTAP-LDC designation by continually delivering
quality software on time," said Bruce Schulman, Cradle Vice President of
Applications. "Their extensive experience with the Cradle SDK tools and
software has helped implement new features, extending the Bluegill and
Boxfish capabilities. Sigpro already has the backing of a number of our
customers. We are looking forward to more innovations."
Cradle's Bluegill and Boxfish RDKs are MPEG-4 IP video/audio streamers,
based on the CT3400 MDSP, designed for low-cost and small form factor. The
RDKs enable conversion of surveillance-related content from analog to
digital IP without requiring the substantial investment that would
otherwise be incurred in replacing the existing installed base of analog
cameras. Using Bluegill and Boxfish, users can remotely control and monitor
live video and audio from existing analog cameras using any web terminal on
the internet. The Cradle CT3400 MDSP can implement a variety of advanced
video and audio compression algorithms such as MPEG-4 and G.7xx to produce
high quality real-time video at low compression bit rates.
"When expanding our offerings from development services for multimedia to
products and solutions, it was important for us to choose a partner that
has a powerful processor architecture, usable tools, reference designs, and
a roadmap suited for the evolving demands and customizations of the video
surveillance market," said Abhijeet Wakle of Sigpro Systems. "The
CT3400-based Bluegill and Boxfish RDKs offer ready-to-deploy and
quick-customization possibilities for small to large volume video
surveillance OEMs. Cradle's performance roadmap offers Sigpro Systems the
possibility of addressing the growing needs of the industry by building
surveillance solutions on the next generation Cradle processors."
About Cradle Technologies
Cradle is a fabless semiconductor company providing the best
price/performance, most flexible, and most scalable DSP solutions for
real-time multimedia applications. Cradle's Multi-core DSP architecture
innovation delivers high-performance scalable DSP processing with the
flexibility, time-to-market, and product differentiation benefits of
processor-based programmable platforms. Coupled with a Rapid Development
System and suite of application software functions, Cradle provides OEMs
with all the building blocks necessary to enable flexible yet
high-performance DSP designs. Cradle's corporate headquarters are located
in Sunnyvale, California. For more information, visit www.cradle.com.
About Sigpro Systems
Sigpro Systems is focused on providing quality design and development
services and end solutions in the cutting edge areas of Multimedia Codecs
and Systems. In addition, Sigpro Systems licenses high end Network Video
Surveillance products, Network Surveillance Reference Design Kits, and
software IPs on various processors. These products are ready-to-deploy
solutions. Sigpro Systems' multiple domain competency and commitment to
innovation and quality offers its customers the distinct advantages of a
single point contact for solutions in various end equipments areas. Sigpro
Systems is committed to create and provide value for its customers, clients
and partners for a spectrum of requirements including audio codecs
development (AAC, AC3, DD+), video codecs development (MPEG-4, H.264),
speech codecs development (G.72x), systems development (Network
Surveillance, Network Conferencing), PC application software development
for video players, and ready-to-deploy products. For more information,
visit Sigpro at www.sigpro.co.in.