ASTRI


	Major "Spin-off" / Business Deals

	ASTRI's Photonic Technologies (April 2004) Altai Technologies Limited (April 2006) Marvell Technology Group Ltd. (End of 2005)

	Communications Technologies

	WiMAX Technology Platform Expands Business (2007) Digital TV Technology Enables New Local Service and Equipment Industry (2007) Customizable Wireless Management System (CWMS) Strengthen Equipment Vendors Practical MIMO Core Technology Brings up Competitiveness Ultra Wide Band Solution Explores Huge Market in China Internal Antenna Center of Excellence Effectively Supports Local Handset Industry Advanced Heat Dissipation Technology differentiates Lighting Devices Recordable Electrical Memory/Single Address Multiple Data storage capabilities Technology (REME/SAM) Explores Huge Market Size Next Generation Anode Material for Lithium Ion Batteries (NALI) Technology Benefits Rechargable Battery and Mine Companies Portable Analog and Mixed Signal Designs Enables 1st Devices in China Recipient of Hong Kong ICT Award 2006 Contributions to Local Public and Hong Kong Government Initiatives IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference 2007 (IEEE WCNC2007) ASTRI co-chaired and co-organized the whole event and paper review with HKUST (2007)

	Enterprise & Consumer Electronics

	Delivered the world's first H.264 D1 decoder and encoder on single DSP (2003) Technical Trial on "myHK" – a platform for mobile tourist information & promotion applications (2003) ASTRI's customer used ASTRI's H.264 technology to conduct a successful trial of Broadband TV in Europe (2004) ASTRI's customer deployed wireless video streamer in Cyberport, Hong Kong (2004) Equator and ASTRI showcased Full D1-Resolution AVC/H.264 Video Codec on the BSP-15 Processor (2004) Achieved 3 technology transfers to industry (2004) ASTRI's customer has won an international bid for H.264 multi-codec IPTV STB for the first IPTV licensed operator in Shanghai, China (2005) ASTRI's customer has won contracts for three international airport wireless surveillance projects (2005) First H.264 IPTV STB technology integrated with Hollywood certified DRM vendors, announced in NAB 2005 (2005) ASTRI's customer announced MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 IPTV Set-top Box Achieved 12 technology transfers to industry (2005) H.264 based Real Time Surveillance technology deployed in three international airports (2006) H.264 multi-codec IPTV STB deployed by the first IPTV licensed operator in Shanghai, China (2006) Home Media Center product deployed in six shopping malls in Hong Kong (2006) Voice over IP technology iSIP phone, in production in UK, Europe (2006) ASTRI's WiFi phone reference design has won and received an incentive offer from Freescale (2006) UIC granted ASTRI UPnP AV media server and render certification (2006) ASTRI passed interoperability testing in the DLNA Plugfest in Taiwan (2006) Multi-lateral collaboration framework MOU with Local Universities (2006) Achieved 16 technology transfers to industry (2006) First Wi-Fi phone with Boingo access working in a commercial hot spot in HK (2007) WiFi phone in pilot production (2007) Home Media Center product in pilot production in Korea and Europe (2007) ASTRI's IPSTB technology supporting China Digital TV standard (2007) ASTRI was invited to join nDTV industry alliance in China (2007) ASTRI was invited as active participant in development of next generation AVS standard in China (2007) Dual mode DVB-T and IP STB product deployed in Australia and produced by HK manufacturer (2007) ASTRI formed Digital Living Consortium to support HK consumer electronics industry (2007) Compliment Letters: Letter from a company on camera/ISP contract service (2007) Compliment Letters: Letter from a company on Home Media Center technologies (2007) Awards (2007)

	IC Designs

	IC Design Service Microcontroller IC Platform Low Power IC Design Technology Multimedia IC Development Platform H.264 IC IP Development Technology PAD achievement and impact to HK IC Industry (2006-2007) Developed IC chips for HK Companies Invented several Circuits

	Material & Packaging Technologies

	LED Programs
	Achievement for MR16 and in volume production by OPILED, a Hong Kong based Company (Since 2006) Achievement for ITO GaN LED Technology (2005) Achievement for Photonic Crystal Reflector Technology (PRC) (2006) Achievement for Thin GaN vertical LED Technologies (2007) Achievement for Active- dynamic LED Backlight (Since 2005) 4 technology transfers and service contracts to Industry 46 Patents have been filed (2006-2007) Industrial Contributions (2006-2007)

	Photonic Components Program
	Achievement for Low-cost fiber optic transceivers for automotive optical network applications (2004-2005) Achievement for Distance Sensor Prototype for industrial application (2006-2007) Development of optical HDMI cable (2006-2007) Anti-shaking Compact Camera Module (2007) 3 Technologies Transferred to industry (2006-2007) 15 Patents have been filed (2005-2007) Industrial Contributions (2007)

	Advanced Packaging Program
	Initiation & Establishment of Advanced Packaging Design Centre of Excellence (APDCoE) (2006-2007) Initiation and Establishment of Advanced Packaging Technologies Consortium (APTC) (Since 2006) CES Award 2006 in Las Vegas (Consumer Electronics Show) (Since 2006) Best paper award in ICEPT 2006, Shanghai, China (Since 2006) 10 Technologies Transferred and contract services to industry (2005-2007) 7 Patents have been filed (2005-2007) Industrial Contributions (2005-2007)