MegaChips and Mitsumi Simplify IP Camera Deployment

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 8, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- MegaChips Corporation today announced that its VoC technology is integrated into Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.'s new DRT-J590 unit, allowing it to directly power PoE (Power over Ethernet) cameras via coax cable. Sampling now, Mitsumi's unit helps simplify IP camera deployment in any location with existing coax cable, greatly reducing the cost and time associated with installations for device and camera makers in the security and surveillance industry.

"As the number of security camera installations continues to grow, it is crucial to be able to support multiple HD cameras on a single cable and add remote cameras to locations without power," said Koichi Akeyama, president of MegaChips Technology America Corporation. "Together with Mitsumi, we address this challenge, easing the transition from analog to IP cameras by enabling reuse of existing coax cable and providing high throughput and long range communications."

"The transition from analog to digital video is occurring worldwide, and customers are asking for simpler installations that don't require running more cables and power," said Fujio Furukawa, executive director at Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd. "Our partnership with MegaChips enables us to meet this customer demand by allowing them to more easily add cameras in remote locations without the need for AC power."

Mitsumi DRT-J590 unit / MegaChips VoC Highlights

• Unit samples available now with production later this year
• Power supply to IP camera by IEEE802.3af compliant PoE function
• High bandwidth VoC technology enables multiple HD streams to be transmitted over cable and supports up to 20 IP cameras depending on resolution and distance
• Installation is simple and cameras can easily be dynamically added or removed without affecting the rest of the system
• No need for extra cables or power allowing IP cameras to be installed in any location
• Applications in security and surveillance and bus/train entertainment/information systems
• Joint technology facilitates building new applications with IP cameras

About Mitsumi Electric Co., Ltd.
Mitsumi provides electronic components and devices through its subsidiaries in Asia, Europe, and North America. In addition to semiconductor devices, products include an array of component switches, coils, motors, connectors, actuators, camera modules, AC adapters, wireless communications modules, and antennas, etc. HD-PLC modules are already in use in industrial equipment while potential ODM production of units incorporating these modules is also undertaken. For more information, please visit: http://www.mitsumi.co.jp/index_e.html.

About MegaChips
MegaChips Corporation (1st section of the TSE (Tokyo Stock Exchange): 6875) was established in 1990 as the first innovative fabless LSI company in Japan dedicated to ASICs and SOCs with integrating LSIs and systems/applications knowledge. Its focus is on the development of cutting-edge SOCs incorporating original algorithms and architecture in the areas of imaging, audio, and telecommunications, and using the advances it achieves to offer outstanding products and solutions that meet the needs of its clients. MegaChips' products and technologies are targeting to Mobile, Wearable devices and IoT applications. For additional information, please visit: http://www.megachips.co.jp/english/index.html.

About MegaChips Technology America Corporation ("MegaChips America")
MegaChips America is a wholly owned subsidiary of MegaChips Corporation headquartered in Osaka, Japan. MegaChips and MegaChips America are fabless LSI companies, focused on the development of system LSIs and system products that incorporate original algorithms and architecture. Customers use MegaChips solutions for their office automation, networking and storage needs in a wide range of areas, including imaging, audio, home networking, security and communications environments. MegaChips America is headquartered in San Jose, California, with design centers at Osaka, Tokyo and Chiba in Japan and Bangalore in India of MegaChips Corporation. For more information, contact the company at 408-570-0555, or visit http://www.megachips.us.

SOURCE MegaChips Corporation

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