TES Electronic Solutions Selected By NEC Electronics for 3D Embedded Graphics Technology

Top supplier of automotive silicon solutions benefits from faster time-to-market and high performance of highly integrated D/AVE-3D Graphics IP

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- April 1, 2009 -- TES Electronic Solutions (TES), a global electronics design and manufacturing services company, today announced that NEC Electronics Corporation has signed a license agreement for TES's D/AVE-3D Graphics IP for use in NEC Electronics' multifunction system-on-chip (SoC), targeting automotive applications.

D/AVE-3D supports industry standard OpenGL-ES 1.1 and OpenVG 1.01 Graphics API. The IP core has been specifically designed to handle rendering of automotive graphics like 3D MAP, dashboard clusters and multimedia user interfaces. D/AVE-3D is among the smallest cores available in its segment.

"NEC Electronics is one of the top suppliers of silicon solutions in the automotive market," said Juergen Zeller, senior vice president, Design Services & Technology, TES. "With proven success and a highly competitive line card of silicon solutions, NEC Electronics now benefits from the expertise of TES high performance application specific 3D Graphics solution. With complete end-to-end solutions in graphics, TES has been able to deliver services in IP customization, OpenGL ES drivers and UI & MAP applications, accelerating the delivery of solutions to NEC's customers."

The new license agreement represents an extension of the existing relationship between TES and NEC Electronics that had previously comprised TES's D/AVE-2D technology.

About TES

TES Electronic Solutions is a global electronics services company offering a blend of technology innovation and custom electronic design and manufacturing solutions. TES designs customer specific systems or sub-systems that are optimized to a customer's application. TES also develops licensable wireless, graphics and multimedia IP which accelerates time to market. TES has expertise in the design of analog and digital integrated circuits, embedded software and hardware up to complete system solutions. The company delivers solutions to blue-chip companies worldwide from its 17 design centres and its manufacturing sites in France and in Penang.