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NewNEMA™ |GFXGraphicsAPIEnhancesRapidHighQualityGUIDevelopmentforEmbeddedandWearableDevices

Softwaretoolenablessmoothgraphicsandanimationstocreatefastandresponsivetouch-screenapplications

BARCELONA,Spain–OCT20th,2016–TodayatIOTSolutionsWorldCongress,ThinkSiliconannouncedtheNEMA™ |GFXAPI (ApplicationProgramming Interface)designed toacceleratehighqualityGraphicsUser Interface (GUI)developmentfor embedded and wearable devices. The key differentiation from other API offerings is support for ultra-low powerfunctionswithouttheoverheadofunnecessaryprogramminginstructionsforIoT(InternetofThings)hardware.ASystem-on-Chip (SoC) with Cortex-M or Amicrocontroller pairedwith the NEMA™ GPUs and NEMADisplay Controller is theprecisecombination for theNEMA|GFXAPI thatoffersdevelopersdirectaccess to the full spectrumof capabilities tocreate appealing GUIs for ultra-low power devices. NEMA | GFX API plus NEMAGPUs are showcased in Hall 1, Booth#E635atIOTSolutionsWorldCongress.

“We’vedesignedtheNEMA|GFXAPIfromscratchtosignificantlyreduceapplicationdevelopmentbyprovidingaminimalyetverypowerfulsetoffunctions,”saidUlliMueller,VicePresident,Marketing&BusinessDevelopmentofThinkSilicon.“Byincludingtheframebufferandsoftwarelibrariesall intheSoCon-chipmemory,weeliminatedanycustomer’sneedfor costly external memory. The dedicated support for a fast, low-power executable empowers developers with theessentialbuildingblocksforusewithNEMAGPUstocreatenewclassesofembeddedandwearablehardware.”TheNEMA|GFXAPIprovidesthefollowingfeaturesandbenefits:

• Smallmemoryfootprintoptimizationthateliminatestheneedforcostlyexternalmemory.

• GUIimageenhancementsforperspectivecorrect3Dprojection,transparency/alphablending,colorkeying,multi-functionimageprocessing.

• Performance and power-optimized code providesflexibility in developmentforprogrammers.

• Supportformultiplecolorformats for both sourceanddestinationtextures.

• Support for multipleoperating systems andnon-OS systems(including real-timeoperating systems) inresource constrainedenvironments.

• Command List support decouples CPU and GPU execution and provides the ability to reuse a Command ListmultipletimesresultinginlowerCPUutilization.

TheNEMA|GFXAPIoffersdeveloperssupportforavarietyofgeometricprimitives.TheAPIalsoallowsforaffineand3Dtransformations including 2D/3D rotation, scaling, shearing, and more. A complementary element, NEMA |GFX Utils,provides access tohigh-level operations such as events, imageprocessing functions andmemory allocation algorithms.ThecombinationofthesetoolssupportshighqualityGUIdevelopment.

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General: Corporate Headquarters North America info@think-silicon.com Patras Science Park Ulli Mueller Sale inquiries Rion Achaias Toronto sales@think-silicon.com Greece 26504 Canada Tel: + 30 2610 911543 Tel: + 1 647.824.2006 www.think-silicon.com

FormoreinformationaboutNEMA|GFXAPI,pleasecontactsales@think-silicon.comAs part of the Horizon 2020 program, the European Commission has selected Think Silicon to participate in the SMEInstrumentinitiativeandsupportsThinkSiliconparticipationattheIOTSolutionsWorldCongressattheGranViaVenueinBarcelona,SpaininHall1,Booth#E635AboutThinkSilicon:Think Silicon S.A. (TSi) is a privately held Limited Company founded in 2007, located in Patras, Greece (HQ), Toronto,Canada(BusinessDevelopment&Marketingoffice),andSanJose,CA,USA(Salesoffice).TheThinkSiliconteamspecializesindevelopinghighperformancegraphicsIPtechnologyforultra-lowpowerandarealimitedIoTapplications.Contact:Mr.UlliMueller,+1647.824.2006,info@think-silicon.com