Innovative Image Enhancement Technology Enables 3X Zoom Capabilities for Camera Module and Handset Manufacturers
SAN JOSE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 28, 2008--Tessera
Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq:TSRA), a leading provider of
miniaturization technologies for the electronics industry, today
announced its OptiML(TM) Zoom solution is now available for licensing.
This innovative image enhancement solution combines unique lens design
with specialized algorithms to replace traditional mechanical zoom
capabilities, enabling 3X optical zoom capabilities in a compact
camera module without moving parts.
Mechanical zoom solutions require moving parts, making them too
expensive and too large for handset manufacturers to integrate into
today's smaller, thinner cell phones - they also have the potential
for mechanical failures. Digital zoom solutions are inexpensive but
provide poor image quality. The OptiML Zoom solution enables camera
phone module makers to integrate high-quality optical zoom
functionality at a significantly lower cost and with higher
reliability, while enabling a reduction in the overall size of the
camera module.
"Tessera is driving the convergence of digital still camera and
cell phone capabilities, integrating its full range of consumer optics
expertise - from image enhancement technologies to wafer-level optics
expertise - to enable the next generation of smaller, smarter mobile
devices," said Michael Bereziuk, chief operating officer, Tessera. "We
believe the OptiML Zoom solution, which is the industry's first
non-mechanical optical zoom solution, meets the growing demand for
better functionality in camera phones, providing an optimal
combination of price, performance, size and ease of integration."
The OptiML Zoom solution provides a significant performance
advantage when compared to the most advanced digital zoom technologies
in use today. The technology incorporates an innovative lens design
that increases the resolution in the center of the image without
narrowing the field of view. The result is true optical magnification
without loss of detail.
"Tessera's OptiML Zoom technology addresses many of the issues
that have plagued camera phones since day one," said Tony Henning,
senior analyst at Future Image, Inc. "We're optimistic about the
adoption of Tessera's non-mechanical zoom capabilities by handset OEMs
and module manufacturers, and the subsequent widespread availability
of higher quality camera phones in the near future."
The OptiML Zoom solution is now available for licensing from
Tessera. For more information about the company's portfolio of image
enhancement solutions, please visit:
http://www.tessera.com/technologies/.
About OptiML Image Enhancement Technologies
The OptiML family of image enhancement technologies enables
significantly higher-quality images in camera phones without the need
for mechanical parts, providing a cost-effective alternative to
current solutions which require moving parts and are larger, slower
and less reliable. The OptiML Zoom solution offers 3X zoom
capabilities, and the OptiML Focus solution enables all aspects of a
high-quality image to be brought into focus automatically and
simultaneously. The OptiML UFL solution improves low-light performance
by increasing the amount of available light by as much as 250 percent,
without degrading the field depth or other performance factors.
About Tessera
Tessera Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of
miniaturization technologies for the electronics industry. The company
provides a broad range of advanced packaging, interconnect, and
consumer optics solutions which are widely adopted in high-growth
markets including consumer, computing, communications, medical and
defense electronics. Tessera's customers include the world's top
semiconductor companies such as Intel, Samsung, Texas Instruments,
Toshiba, Micron and Infineon. The company's stock is traded on the
Nasdaq National Market under the symbol TSRA. Tessera is headquartered
in San Jose, California. For information call 1.408.894.0700 or go to
www.tessera.com.
Safe Harbor Statement
This press release contains forward-looking statements, which are
made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ
significantly from those projected. Material factors that may cause
results to differ from the statements made include delays, setbacks or
losses relating to our intellectual property or intellectual property
litigations, or any invalidation or limitation of our key patents;
fluctuations in our operating results due to the timing of new license
agreements and royalties, or due to legal costs; changes in patent
laws, regulation or enforcement, or other factors that might affect
our ability to protect our intellectual property; the risk of a
decline in demand for semiconductor products; failure by the industry
to adopt our technologies; competing technologies; the future
expiration of our patents; the future expiration of our license
agreements and the cessation of related royalty income; the failure or
refusal of licensees to pay royalties; failure to achieve the growth
prospects and synergies expected from acquisition transactions; and
delays and challenges associated with integrating acquired companies
with our existing businesses. You are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on the forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the
date of this release. Tessera's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, including its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the
year ended December 31, 2007, include more information about factors
that could affect the company's financial results.
Tessera and the Tessera logo are registered trademarks and OptiML
is a trademark of Tessera. All other company, brand and product names
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companies.
CONTACT: Tessera
Julie Seymour, +1-408-383-3602
jseymour@tessera.com
or
JHG-Townsend for Tessera
Liya Sharif or Lori Scribner, +1-858-457-4888
Tessera_Team@jhg.com
SOURCE: Tessera Technologies, Inc.