<s>
ZiiLABS	B-General_Concept
is	O
a	O
global	O
electronics	O
company	O
,	O
producing	O
a	O
line	O
of	O
media-oriented	O
application	O
processors	O
,	O
reference	O
platforms	O
and	O
enabling	O
software	O
,	O
in	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
platforms	O
named	O
ZMS	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
products	O
are	O
found	O
in	O
low-power	O
consumer	O
electronics	O
and	O
embedded	O
devices	O
,	O
including	O
Android-based	O
phones	O
and	O
tablets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZiiLABS	B-General_Concept
was	O
founded	O
in	O
1994	O
as	O
3Dlabs	O
,	O
which	O
became	O
a	O
wholly	O
owned	O
subsidiary	O
of	O
Creative	O
Technology	O
Ltd	O
in	O
2002	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2009	O
the	O
company	O
re-branded	O
as	O
ZiiLABS	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
announced	O
its	O
first	O
applications/media	O
processor	O
,	O
the	O
DMS-02	O
in	O
2005	O
and	O
this	O
has	O
been	O
followed	O
by	O
the	O
ZMS-05	B-General_Concept
,	O
ZMS-08	O
and	O
most	O
recently	O
the	O
ZMS-20	O
and	O
ZMS-40	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
ZMS	O
processors	O
combine	O
ZiiLABS’	O
core	O
asset	O
,	O
the	O
"	O
Stemcell	B-General_Concept
Computing	I-General_Concept
Array	O
"	O
with	O
ARM	O
cores	O
and	O
integrated	O
peripheral	O
functions	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
system	B-Architecture
on	I-Architecture
a	I-Architecture
chip	I-Architecture
(	O
SoC	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2012	O
,	O
Creative	O
Technology	O
Limited	O
announced	O
it	B-General_Concept
has	O
entered	O
into	O
an	O
agreement	O
with	O
Intel	O
Corporation	O
for	O
Intel	O
to	O
license	O
certain	O
technology	O
and	O
patents	O
from	O
ZiiLABS	B-General_Concept
Inc	O
.	O
Ltd	O
and	O
acquire	O
certain	O
engineering	O
resources	O
and	O
assets	O
related	O
to	O
its	O
UK	O
branch	O
as	O
a	O
part	O
of	O
a	O
$50	O
million	O
deal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ZiiLABS	B-General_Concept
(	O
still	O
wholly	O
owned	O
by	O
Creative	O
)	O
continues	O
to	O
retain	O
all	O
ownership	O
of	O
its	O
StemCell	O
media	O
processor	O
technologies	O
and	O
patents	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
continue	O
to	O
supply	O
and	O
support	O
its	O
ZMS	O
series	O
of	O
chips	O
to	O
its	O
customers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
company	O
's	O
products	O
include	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
ARM-based	O
ZMS	O
processors	O
that	O
feature	O
its	O
so-called	O
StemCell	O
media	O
processing	O
architecture	O
,	O
plus	O
a	O
portfolio	O
of	O
tablet	O
reference	O
platforms	O
based	O
on	O
its	O
in-house	O
Android	B-Application
board	B-Operating_System
support	I-Operating_System
package	I-Operating_System
and	O
application	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
most	O
recent	O
platform	O
,	O
the	O
JAGUAR	O
Android	B-Application
reference	O
tablet	O
,	O
was	O
announced	O
in	O
May	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
core	O
asset	O
of	O
the	O
ZiiLABS	B-General_Concept
ZMS	O
chips	O
seem	O
to	O
be	O
an	O
array	O
of	O
processing	O
units	O
called	O
StemCells	O
that	O
are	O
programmed	O
to	O
perform	O
media	O
processing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
are	O
described	O
as	O
32-bit	O
floating-point	B-Algorithm
processing	O
units	O
and	O
are	O
likely	O
some	O
form	O
of	O
digital	B-Architecture
signal	I-Architecture
processor	I-Architecture
cores	O
used	O
to	O
accelerate	O
various	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
video	B-Application
codec	I-Application
and	O
3D	O
graphics	O
handling	O
in	O
the	O
ZMS	O
processors	O
is	O
handled	O
by	O
programming	O
this	O
array	O
of	O
coprocessors	B-General_Concept
to	O
do	O
the	O
job	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Over	O
the	O
years	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
other	O
development	O
platforms	O
have	O
been	O
made	O
introduced	O
including	O
the	O
Zii	B-General_Concept
Development	O
kits	O
(	O
traditional	O
large	O
form	O
factor	O
systems	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
