The Company
RMI Corporation is a leading fabless semiconductor company that provides high performance, highly integrated processor
solutions for infrastructure equipment, enterprise systems and consumer multimedia devices. Our processors enable secure delivery, use and
sharing of information and rich media content. Our proprietary architecture and innovative processor designs deliver high throughput and
advanced functionality within a given power budget. Our solutions can replace a number of single function semiconductors with a multifunction
solution that is scalable and programmable, allowing our customers to rapidly and cost-effectively bring a wide variety of product
offerings to market.
TECHNOLOGY
RMI offers highly scalable processor solutions that allow system designers the
flexibility to optimize performance, power consumption and cost for a wide variety of applications.
We offer a range of high performance, highly integrated, feature-rich Super System-on-a-Chip
(SuperSoC™) processor solutions. These processor solutions provide high throughput, power
efficiency, application and content awareness and security for the evolving global connectivity
network. Our products serve the infrastructure, enterprise and consumer multimedia markets
within this network with a wide range of price and performance configurations.
PRODUCTS
RMI’s products push the edge of processor technology in performance and
integration and are used by system and original equipment manufacturers to quickly respond to
changing market needs.
The company offers a full line of products including:
- XLR® Processor Family – RMI’s multi-core, multi-threaded XLR Processor™ family is a very
high throughput, feature-rich processor solution for a wide variety of infrastructure equipment
and enterprise systems. Our XLR Processors enable applications such as integrated security,
Web services, virtualized storage, load balancing and server offload, as well as content and
application aware, multi-service routing and switching.
- XLS™ Processor Family – RMI’s multi-core, multi-threaded XLS Processor™ family offers
mid- to entry-level derivative versions of the XLR architecture. The XLS Processor leverages
the XLR’s performance, scalability and technology innovations and incorporates additional
advanced connectivity standards. Our XLS Processors address applications that demand
smaller form factor and lower power consumption. Our XLS Processors are pin-compatible
within each series and software compatible across all XLS and XLR Processor families.
- Alchemy™ Communication Processor Family - The RMI Alchemy Au1500™ and Au1550™
network processors are versatile high-performance, low-power, high integration SuperSoC
devices designed for wired and wireless applications. These processors accelerate
networking and remote access applications such as gateways and network addressable storage
(NAS) units, wireless access points and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) environments.
- Alchemy™ Media Processor Family - The RMI Alchemy™ Processor Family consists of
Media and Navigation SoCs enabling designers to support multiple price-performance points
and application requirements. The processor of choice for full-featured PMP, mPMP,
Navigation, thin client and Mobile TV devices, Alchemy Processors are high-performance, low power
processors capable of delivering a rich multi-media experience to end users. The RMI
Alchemy Au1200 Product family of media processors includes the Au1200™, the Au1210™ and
the Au1250™ products.
TARGET END MARKETS
Infrastructure: Service providers are continuously deploying and upgrading new and existing communications networks to increase the amount of available bandwidth and offer new revenue generating services. Examples of such services include converging offerings of voice, video, data and wireless
communications in bundled and distinct packages as well as service level guarantees. To facilitate offering these services, new infrastructure equipment, such
as 3G, 4G, and WiMax base stations, higher performance core network routers and switches, multi-service network gateways, and unified threat management
(UTM) security appliances are needed. Equipment that offers the best combination of high performance, high throughput, low power consumption, and sufficient
extensibility to handle evolving network requirements over time is most likely to best meet the needs of the service providers. According to industry market
research firms and RMI company estimates, the market for silicon solutions used in communications equipment for infrastructure use is expected to reach $1.6
Billion in 2010.
Enterprise: Businesses of all types and sizes are taking advantage of the communications infrastructure upgrades to improve their productivity and business
processes. The advent of server and storage virtualization, storage networks, and software on demand has enabled businesses to optimize their information
technology utilization, extend their global reach and connect global operations and partners. As more enterprises connect to each other and more business
users remotely connect to their employers, data security and secure communications have become key requirements. As a result, the demand for high
performance, power efficient, and security enabled wireline and wireless LAN routers, application and content aware switches, network attached storage
systems, UTM appliances and thin clients is rising. According to industry market research firms and RMI company estimates, the market for silicon solutions
used in communications equipment for enterprise use is expected to reach $2.8 Billion in 2010.
Consumer Media: Availability of rich media content and increased bandwidth has spurred a continuous rise in consumer demand for the ubiquitous ability to
access, view and share this content. To satisfy this demand, consumer electronics manufacturers are introducing a myriad of new connected consumer
multimedia devices that are Internet-enabled, power efficient, and capable of seamlessly exchanging and processing all types of rich media content. Examples of
such devices for use in and around the home include home media players and digital televisions. Examples of such portable devices include personal
navigation devices and personal media players. According to industry market research firms and RMI company estimates, the market for silicon solutions used
in connected consumer media devices is expected to reach $4.5 Billion in 2010.
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