Press Release: HI Provides EMOBILE with MascotCapsule(R) for its Audio Terminal H11T - Electronics Design, Strategy, News

HI Provides EMOBILE with MascotCapsule(R) for its Audio Terminal H11T

Hi Corporation

(Product Announcements, 24/3/2008)

TOKYO, March 24 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- HI CORPORATION (Headquarters: Meguro-ku, Tokyo; President and CEO: Kazuo Kawabata hereinafter 'HI') announced today that HI's real-time 3D rendering engine MascotCapsule has been adopted for H11T and will be released from EMOBILE Ltd. (Headquarters: Shin-Nikko Bldg., 10-1 Toranomon, 2-chome Minato-ku, Tokyo, Representative Director, Chairman & CEO Sachio Semmoto) on March 28. By adopting MascotCapsule, H11T can utilize various content assets developed for V3 while utilizing a high-speed 3D rendering process by GPU(*1) at a maximum. At the same time, it can also use JSR184(*3), which is the international standard API(*2) adopted in V4. HI will actively provide EMOBILE terminals with MascotCapsule and technical support in the future. * 1 GPU Abbreviation for Graphics Processing Unit, an IC that performs calculations required for rendering 3D graphics to assist the main CPU. * 2 API Abbreviation for Application Programming Interface, an inlet for applications for using functions provided by OS and programming languages and commonly used by many pieces of software such as file control, window control, image processing and character control. In many cases, it is provided as a set of functions. * 3 JSR184 Mobile 3D graphics API for J2METM (Java 2 Micro Edition: Java2 function set for embedded devices such as home electronics, handheld terminals and cell phones). * MascotCapsule is a registered trademark of HI CORPORATION in Japan. * Other company names and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of respective companies. About HI CORPORATION HI CORPORATION is a leading research and development company in middleware development for embedded devices. Its flagship product, real-time 3D rendering engine 'MascotCapsule' has been widely adopted by Japanese as well as overseas carriers and handset manufacturers in the U.S., Europe, Korea and China, including five carriers in Japan. It also has global license agreements with major mobile handset manufacturers. Over 300 million devices (as of September 2007) have been shipped with MascotCapsule. With the expertise of graphics and applications for resource constrained devices, the company continues to develop innovative products to meet the mass market's demand. For more information, please visit our web site ( http://www.hicorp.co.jp ). Inquiries about this release: Public Relations: Mitsutaka Monma, Pam Hung, Marketing Dept. HI CORPORATION Meguro Higashiyama Bldg. 5th Floor, 1-4-4 Higashiyama, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-0043 Tel: +81-3-3710-9376 Fax: +81-3-5773-8660 Email: press@hicorp.co.jp