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| Type | Subsidiary, Creative Technology |
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| Founded | January, 2009 (see footnote) |
| Headquarters | Jurong East, Singapore |
| Products | IT, Consumer electronics, ARM processor, System on a chip models: ZMS-05 and ZMS-08 |
| Employees | 800 (2009) [1] |
| Parent | Creative Technology |
| Website | www.ziilabs.com |
| Formed when 3DLabs and Creative's Personal Digital Entertainment division merged in January 2009. | |
ZiiLABS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Creative Technology formed when the Personal Digital Entertainment division merged with subsidiary 3DLabs in January 2009. The official announcement came at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, where ZiiLABS also unveiled its first product, the ARM based ZMS-05.[2][3][4] Prior to the unveiling at CES, Creative generated buzz with a mysterious website promising a "stemcell-like" processor which would give a 100-fold increase in supercomputing power over current technology as well as advances in consumer three-dimensional graphics.[5] The new ZMS-05 is rumored to be powering Creative's first touchscreen player, the Creative Zii. In November 2009, ZiiLABS introduced the ZMS-08 chip. The ZMS-08 has an onboard ARM Cortex A8 processor clocked at 1.0 GHz. Among the other notable upgrades from the ZMS-05 are the abilities to output to 1080p HD, encode and decode at 720p, Adobe Flash 10 support, and OpenGL 2.0 ES support.[6]
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ZiiLABS Products
- ZMS-05 Processor
- Zii EGG
- Creative Zii is a Creative deviant of the Zii Egg
Partnerships
Zii Labs has partnered with hardware manufactures to produce products using the Zii processor, including ASTAK, F&S Electronic, Grandeye, Micro-Star International, MediaNet, Perception digital, and PowerLinux.[7] In addition, there are standing agreements with Opera Software and mobile software developer Ideaworks3D, the owner of the Airplay SDK.
References
- ^ ZiiLABS - [1]
- ^ Engadget - Creative unveils Zii
- ^ Gizmodo - Confirmed: Zii StemCell Computing Is Media-Savvy System on a Chip
- ^ CNET Asia - Meet Zii, Creative's miniature supercomputer
- ^ Engadget - Creative's Zii "Stemcell Computing" is not likely to be awesome
- ^ Tech in Hiding - ZiiLABS Introduces the ZMS-08: The World’s First 1080p Capable Handheld Processor
- ^ http://news.digitaltrends.com/news-article/18879/in-person-demos-of-creative-labs-new-zii
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