This article refers to the address: http:// STMicroelectronics today announced that it has signed a global license agreement for mobile decoder software with McubeWorks Ltd. ST will use McubeWorks' H.264 high-performance mobile decoder software in its award-winning Nomadik mobile multimedia application processor. . H.264 is a video compression standard widely used by digital video systems to improve image quality over limited data bandwidth. ST's Nomadik processor and McubeWorks' H.264 decoder make a mobile video platform like a reliable machine. The supercharged engine powers video phones that run video on demand, digital multimedia broadcast and media player applications. In particular, the authorization of video decoders allows ST to enter the fast-growing mobile phone market ahead of time and compete in similar portable applications such as mobile video players, TV handsets, and digital camcorders. In particular, video features such as interactive TV and movie clips are considered a key feature of third-generation mobile phones (3G). The convergence of Nomadik processors and McubeWorks codecs provides a shortcut for designers of these products to develop high-performance, low-power, scalable designs. McubeWorks' video decoder software runs on the STn8810 Nomadik processor and Symbian's Series 60 v9.1 operating system with an image transfer rate (fps) of at least 20 frames per second at QVGA resolution. The goal of the current optimization is to increase the frame rate to 30 fps and the resolution to the common interface format standard. Moreover, the decoder software can be integrated into any operating system and is fully compatible with the Java Vision Toolkit. Transformer Electric Energy Meter Co., Ltd. , http://www.nswatermeter.com