ZHUHAI, China, May 14, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Actions
Semiconductor Co., Ltd. (Nasdaq: ACTS) ("Actions Semiconductor" or
"the Company"), 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, today announced that
its wholly owned subsidiary, Actions Technology (Zhuhai) ("Actions
Technology") released a new 64-bit high performance open source
platform SoC, the S900, along with a reference design platform, the
ActDuino S900, targeting the Android and Linux open source platform
markets for a wide range of leading edge smart connected products,
including game console boxes, high performance computing digital
display signage, notebooks based on popular OS, smart projectors,
educational devices, robots, virtual reality devices and other
differentiated electronics devices.
Combining 64-bit architecture with 28nm process technology, the
S900 features a highly integrated compact design, high-performance
computing, low-power consumption, robust peripherals and rich
diversity. The S900 SoC integrates a quad-core ARM Cortex-A53
processor with TrustZone® Security system, as well as a
high performance, world-class Imagination PowerVR G6230 GPU.
The S900 SoC provides superior performance and supports up to
2560x1600@60fps LCD display with Ultra HD(4K) @30fps external HDMI
TV display dual-screen output and all standard video decoding
playback capabilities which includes HEVC 4K x 2K@30fps / H.264 FHD
1080P@60fps video decoder. The internal ISP (Image Signal
Processor) is also integrated for up to 13M pixels cameras. The
S900 SoC has rich peripheral interfaces, providing customers with
convenient expansion needs, and integrates with a wide variety of
ports.
The ActDuino S900 open source reference design platform, also
features 64-bit architecture with 28nm process technology and
supports the Android 5.x, Linux and Ubuntu operating systems.
It includes a hardware reference design schematic and board layout
diagram supplemented by abundant tools, documents, and other
necessary resources to help Actions Technology's partners quickly
introduce new customized solutions to capture the industry trend of
64-bit architecture with powerful performance and rich diversity,
in addition to creating their own development boards and establish
themselves in the high-end SoC market.
As a founding member of Linaro's 96Boards initiative, Actions
Technology's 64-bit S900 plays an integral role in this new open
source development platform that combines Actions' low-cost design
and manufacturing experience with Linaro's software expertise to
produce a very high performance and diversified development
platform for a broad range of software developers, from
professional developers in large corporations to individual
enthusiasts and makers.
"We are pleased to extend our open source product offering with
the high performance S900 SoC and ActDuino S900 reference design
platform, featuring 28nm process technology with an ARM quad-core
64-bit CPU, Imagination PowerVR G6230 GPU and 4K HEVC (H.265)
video decoding capabilities. As a founding member of Linaro's
96Boards initiative, we are establishing a foothold in the open
source intelligent hardware community, and we are excited the
latest 96Boards product, the Bubblegum-96, drew strong interest at
the Hong Kong Electronics Show," said Dr. Zhenyu Zhou, CEO of Actions Semiconductor. "We
remain committed to providing our partners with the best technology
for the latest 64-bit ARM architecture and allowing them to quickly
bring new products to market with powerful performance and rich
diversity."
About Actions Technology (Zhuhai)
Actions Technology focuses on solutions for smart handheld and
smart home devices. Its main products are tablet, over-the-Top
("OTT") set-top boxes and Bluetooth enabled boombox solutions,
along with total product and technology solutions based on the
Android platform. These products feature high performance, low
power multi-core CPUs and GPUs, supporting high resolution displays
and wireless connectivity. Actions Technology currently has nearly
500 employees, 425 of whom are engineers. Among these engineers,
more than half have over three years of research and development
experience. Actions Technology is ranked among the first in terms
of engineering talent, project experience and product quality
within the IC design industry in China. Actions Technology is a wholly owned
subsidiary of Actions Semiconductor Co. Ltd.
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, Mainland
China, with offices in
Shanghai, Shenzhen, Hong
Kong and Taipei. For more
information, please visit the Actions Semiconductor website at
http://www.actions-semi.com.
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Compass Investor
Relations
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