| Alliance combines Advanced Graphics, Multimedia and Multilingual Font Technologies for OEM/ODMs |
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| Wednesday, 25 June 2008 | |
  
The alliance benefits OEM/ODMs and end-users of consumer, commercial, industrial and medical devices, enabling eye-catching graphics and (optional) multimedia capabilities, intuitive multilingual interfaces, ruthlessly efficient embedded hardware resource utilisation and reduced device costs. FST and Arphic are working together for next generation GUI devices, such as smart phones, portable media players, digital picture frames, TV set-top boxes, in-car telematics / infotainment, kiosks, building automation systems and medical devices. OEM/ODMs can quickly and easily differentiate themselves with feature-rich and high-performance devices for both low cost / high volume and niche international markets. FST’s flagship product is aptly called “FancyPants™”. The multi-award winning platform includes an optimised embedded run-time and SDK with powerful API for embedded application development, with live demo videos and fully functional evaluation kit accessed via www.fst.net. Specialising in multilingual digital fonts, Arphic developed iFont®, color, personalized and dynamic fonts, as well as font technologies such as their “Mobile Font® and Layout Engine®”engines for handling even the most complex of multilingual fonts, and with minimal embedded hardware requirements. FancyPants includes base font and codec options, as well as a plug-in architecture for components from third-party specialists. The FST/Arphic alliance provides immediate availability and support for the combination of FancyPants with Arphic’s widely used multilingual digital fonts. Furthermore, FST and Arphic are integrating FancyPants and Arphic’s Mobile Font engine technology, with imminent release of this option. FST also offers the option of bundling custom embedded application consultancy, design and development services for leading OEM/ODMs, since 1995, with repeat customers such as Toshiba Corporation (Japan) and VeriFone International (USA). “Arphic offers an excellent alternative to FancyPants’ base font option and brings a wealth of specialist skills and experience in font technologies. We look forward to the ongoing collaborative delivery of products and services that enable OEMs and ODMs to provide an unparalleled user experience and reach broader international markets,” said Robi Karp, CEO, FST. “FancyPants enables breath-taking user interfaces, easily meets rigorous demands of embedded environments and is highly portable across chipsets. FST and Arphic also have strategic relationships with leading chipset, codec, browser, O.S. and microkernel vendors. Together, we can accommodate emerging technologies and products long before they are introduced to the market. We expect a very high level of interest in our joint offerings,” said Grace Yang, CEO, Arphic. About FST FST specializes in providing advanced GUI and high-performance multimedia products for embedded application development, as well as comprehensive custom development services. FST’s flag-ship product is the award-winning FancyPants™ platform, enabling OEM/ODM’s to lead with dramatically enhanced user interfaces. FancyPants speeds time to market, is very hardware resource efficient, flexible and portable. Since 1995, customers include Toshiba, VeriFone, Ericsson, HP, Optus, Vodafone and GEC. For more information, visit www.fst.net or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it About Arphic Arphic provides superior patented font technology, Mobile Font® and HiFont® compact, for information appliances and digital home. Arphic Layout Engine® is a program library mastering layout of written scripts worldwide, such as Hindi, Bengali, Arabic, Thai, etc. In general, Arphic is a leading developer of total font solutions and provider of global fonts in embedded systems. It is a corporate belief to develop more prominent font solutions to improve digital display in consumer and industrial electronic devices. For more information, visit www.arphic.com or email This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it Hits [ 1 ] |
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