As part of its core business, NEC Electronics has been actively expanding its portable device lineup. In November 2008, the company introduced the EMMA Mobile 1 SoC as part of its well-received mobile multimedia processor product line. The company added to the lineup of its EMMA Mobile 1 series with the EMMA Mobile 1-D product, and also expanded collaboration with Wind River and developed a Linux-based Software Development Kit (SDK) for the market of portable devices.

The new EMMA Mobile/EV SoCs offer the following features:

(1) Capable of HD format decoding in various formats

Through a dedicated A/V engine, EMMA Mobile/EV can decode H.264, MPEG2, MPEG4, VC-1 content up to full-HD (1920 x 1080 pixels) on portable devices.

(2) Incorporates built-in advanced interface with 3D graphics engine

The EMMA Mobile/EV2 chip integrates a high-performance POWERVR(TM) SGX(TM) 3D graphics core from Imagination Technologies Ltd., realizing 3D processing at 14.7 megapolygons per second and pixel-filtrate performance of 500 megapixels per second sustained under realistic operating conditions. This feature brings advanced effects that enable the creation of more realistic and compelling images.

(3) Reduced power consumption when playing back multimedia data

The new products incorporate various technologies such as automatic clock control, on-chip power switch and quick recovery (Note 1). Using those features, EMMA Mobile/EV reduces power consumption by up to 30 percent compared to EMMA Mobile 1, thereby contributing to longer battery life.

(4) Supports mobile DDR and DDR2 memory

The new products support mobile DDR and DDR2 as the main memory. System designers can choose either mobile DDR with low power consumption, or apply DDR2 to develop non-portable devices at low cost.

NEC Electronics considers EMMA Mobile/EV as a strategic product in the field of portable audio-visual devices and plans to market it actively.

Pricing and Availability

Samples of the new EMMA Mobile/EV chips are scheduled to be available in July 2010 priced at US$50 per unit. Mass production is scheduled for December 2010 and expected to reach one million units per month by 2011. More information about NEC Electronics' EMMA Mobile series can be found at http://www.necel.com/mobile/en/emma_mobile/index.html. (Pricing and availability are subject to change without notice.)

Exhibition at MWC

NEC Electronics plans to exhibit EMMA Mobile EV chips in NEC's booth (Hall 8, Stand 8A125) at the Mobile World Congress 2010 (MWC 2010) to be held in Barcelona, Spain, from February 15 to 18.

(Note 1)

-- Automatic clock control: Technology that supplies the most suitable frequency clock to only the operating blocks.

-- On-chip power switch technology: Technology that divides several power blocks in a chip and controls the power supply by a control switch.

-- Quick recovery technology: Technology that enables speedy, continuous processing by restoring the pre-powered-off condition.

About NEC Electronics Corporation

NEC Electronics Corporation (TSE: 6723) specializes in semiconductor products encompassing advanced technology solutions for the high-end computing and broadband networking markets; system solutions for the mobile handset, PC peripheral, automotive and digital consumer markets; and multi-market solutions for a wide range of customer applications. NEC Electronics Corporation has subsidiaries worldwide including NEC Electronics America, Inc. (www.am.necel.com) and NEC Electronics (Europe) GmbH (www.eu.necel.com). More information about NEC Electronics worldwide can be found at www.necel.com.

Cortex is a trademark of ARM Limited. EMMA Mobile is a trademark or registered trademark of NEC Electronics Corporation in Japan, Germany, United States of America, and other countries. POWERVR and SGX are trademarks of Imagination Technologies Ltd. Other names of products and services mentioned in this text are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

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Kyoko Okamoto, + 81-44-435-1676 
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The LSI MegaRAID SAS 9200 series controllers have demonstrated a 190 percent throughput improvement for RAID 5 writes and a 240 percent throughput improvement for RAID 6 writes compared to products based on 3Gb/s SAS technology, translating to significant system performance gains.

The 9200 series controllers, including the four-port MegaRAID SAS 9260-4i and eight-port MegaRAID SAS 9260-8i and MegaRAID SAS 9280-8e, allow customers to address both inside-the-box and external storage connectivity, and provide the flexibility to connect to 3Gb/s and 6Gb/s SATA and SAS hard drives, solid-state drives, or a mix of drive types for greater system flexibility.

"The selection of LSI 6Gb/s SAS MegaRAID technology to enable NEC's next-generation Express5800 servers validates our strength in the industry as a leading SAS and RAID technology provider," said Kelly Bryant, DAS RAID business line director, Engenio(R) Storage Group, LSI. "Our extensive 6Gb/s SAS and SATA product families provide customers with the flexibility to meet a broad range of application requirements while achieving the best return on their IT investments."

Since the inception of SAS, LSI has delivered an industry-leading portfolio of products including controller ICs, expanders, MegaRAID and 3ware(R) RAID controllers, host bus adapters (HBAs), RAID-on-Motherboard (ROMB) solutions and storage systems. Based on a 25-year track record of hardware and firmware expertise and extensive validation processes, LSI is the silicon-to-systems supplier of choice for OEMs that want to deliver a broad range of storage solutions.

About LSI

LSI Corporation (NYSE: LSI) is a leading provider of innovative silicon, systems and software technologies that enable products, which seamlessly bring people, information and digital content together. The company offers a broad portfolio of capabilities and services including custom and standard product ICs, adapters, systems and software that are trusted by the world's best known brands to power leading solutions in the Storage and Networking markets. More information is available at www.lsi.com.

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For recent models of flat panel displays and projectors, higher screen resolution is essential to the specification of products with premium display quality. However, the rapid development of today's high-performance digital audio/visual (AV) devices has left consumers with the challenge of how to view low-resolution images on their new high-definition (HD) electronic products. For example, 1920 x 1080-pixel HD televisions have six times the resolution compared to the 720 x 480-pixel standard-definition (SD) image data, which results in blurred images. Although many image-enhancement technologies have been developed to process low-resolution image data into full HD images, designers, using traditional solutions, require large-capacity external memory devices and high-performance computational engines, as well as facing other challenges, to achieve real-time processing for vivid moving images.

To solve these problems, NEC Electronics and NEC Central Research Laboratories jointly developed a new technology that enables very high-resolution processing with one frame of image data. NEC Electronics has been releasing super-resolution ASSPs based on this new technology since November 2008. The company has named its super-resolution ASSP lineup the "NeoClearResolution (Bikaizo)" and now offers the new uPD9281GC NeoClearResolution ASSP with LVDS interface.

Designers can select up to four specific sections of an image and apply NEC Electronics' super-resolution technology to enhance image quality of those sections. This feature enables the application of the super-resolution technology, such as applying the technology onto a specific area of the picture-in-picture display, which is useful for picture-enhancement demonstrations at consumer electronics stores.

NEC Electronics expects this new ASSP will enable better archiving of valuable images in display devices, and plans to continue developing super-resolution system-on-chips (SoCs) using its NeoClearResolution (Bikaizo) brand name.

Mass production is scheduled to begin in February 2010, starting at 100,000 units per month. Pricing and availability are subject to change without notice.

NEC Electronics Corp. specializes in semiconductor products encompassing advanced technology solutions for computing and broadband networking markets; system solutions for the mobile handset, PC peripheral, automotive and digital consumer markets; and multi-market solutions for a range of customer applications.

More Information: http://www.am.necel.com/superresolution

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TwonkyMedia is a family of applications that link networked home and mobile devices and popular home entertainment services, such as the TV and PC, to enable seamless media sharing through standards such as the Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA), an interoperable platform for electronic devices. MediaFusion is a navigation portal for mobile devices that enables easy access to multiple applications and services, such as music downloads, ringtones, games and videos using a single, holistic application.

"Our collaboration with NEC will provide NEC customers with high-speed access to the media services they love on myriad devices, using femtocell technology as the centerpiece for delivering an innovative new way to experience and enjoy media. In addition, PV solutions increase the value of mobile operators' services and help differentiate their brand," said Osama Alshaykh, Ph.D., CTO of Packet Video. "We look forward to partnering with NEC to demonstrate the value of our newest joint offering at Mobile World Congress."</bodyText>

NEC Corporation(TSE: 6701) is one of the world's leading providers of Internet, broadband network and enterprise business solutions dedicated to meeting the specialized needs of its diverse and global base of customers. NEC delivers tailored solutions in the key fields of computer, networking and electron devices, by integrating its technical strengths in IT and Networks, and by providing advanced semiconductor solutions through NEC Electronics Corporation. The NEC Group employs more than 140,000 people worldwide.

About PacketVideo

Founded in 1998, PacketVideo is the software pioneer powering the world's leading multimedia services on millions of home and mobile devices. PacketVideo is a subsidiary of NextWave Wireless Inc. (NASDAQ: WAVE).

CONTACT: Rebecca Atherley, NEC Europe Tel: +44 (0)20 8752 2796 Tel: +44 (0)7720 415 875 e-mail: rebecca.atherley@eu.nec.com Kosuke Yamauchi, NEC Corporation Tel: +81 3 3798 6511 e-mail: k-yamauchi@ce.jp.nec.com WWW: http://www.nec.com Jeff Seedman, Ruder Finn for PacketVideo Tel: +1 310 882 4009 e-mail: seedmanj@ruderfinn.com

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