Cupertino, Calif., January 25th, 2005 – Fortemedia today announced that the FM1073 product family has been qualified by tier 1 automotive suppliers for automotive grade and is now shipping in volume. As the highest performance voice processors available in production today, the FM1073 devices, FM1073V23 and FM1073B, combine the industry’s only small array microphone technology and beam-forming capability to deliver unmatched echo cancellation and noise suppression. With the availability of automotive grade, designers can now harness the power of the FM1073 for their voice processing needs in various automotive applications.

Voice processors play an increasingly critical role in enabling hands-free communications in the automobile. Applications from built-in hands-free car kits, to aftermarket hands-free car kits, to portable speakerphones rely on the voice processor to provide a clear and noise-free communication channel. Designers can now use the FM1073 automotive grade parts to deliver the best communications experience for end-users. To date, Fortemedia’s voice processing technologies have already been deployed in vehicles from makers such as Jaguar, Nissan Motor, Honda Motor, Mitsubishi Motors, Isuzu Motors, Hyudai Motors, Kia Motors, and Renault Samsung Motors.

“Fortemedia is committed to delivering a broad range of solutions for our customers,” says Hans Wang, VP of Marketing for Fortemedia. “This release of automotive grade devices is one example. This year, we will continue to rollout innovative solutions to the market, such as low-power voice processors and next-generation voice processors with 16kHz sampling rates, in both the automotive and consumer grades.”

About Fortemedia

Fortemedia, Inc. is at the forefront of enabling noise free communication with the world’s only available small array microphone technology. By integrating our intelligent DSP algorithms with mixed signal ICs to deliver industry-leading echo cancellation and noise suppression solutions, Fortemedia enables natural flowing full-duplex communication in mobile devices such as hands-free car kits, portable speakerphones, and Bluetooth accessories. For more information, please visit www.fortemedia.com.

Contact Information:

U.S. – Hans Wang, hwang@fortemedia.com
+1-408-861-8088 x119

Europe – Arthur Nio, artnio@fortemedia.com
+33-5-59317147 (France)

Japan – Fumihiko Ishii, fumi@fortemedia.com
+81-(0)90-1123-2407

Taiwan – Herbert Wang, herbertwang@fortemedia.com
+886-2-2546-2100