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Being ready for the digital era Digital Terrestrial Television Conference, 24th October 2003, Cernobbio, Italy. Indro Mukerjee Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Philips Semiconductors. Philips Semiconductors: A leading silicon solutions company.
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Being ready for the digital eraDigital Terrestrial Television Conference, 24th October 2003, Cernobbio, Italy Indro Mukerjee Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer Philips Semiconductors
Philips Semiconductors: A leading silicon solutions company • Top-10 supplier with revenues of 4.6 billion Euro in 2002 • Focus on semiconductor solutionsfor Connected Consumer applications • 35,000 employees • A global organization with 19 manufacturing sites and a sales force delivering to 60 countries • Strong sustainability programs – Ranked No. 1 in the current Dow Jones Sustainability Index 2
Our vision A world where everyone can always connect to information, entertainment and services 3
The world of the Connected Consumer Connected Consumers WANT to • Create, access and share content • Transfer content from device to device, person to person Connected Consumers NEED • Ease of use, future proof, personalisation • Living Room prices From Power User to User Power
DTT – a powerful enabler for the Connected Consumer • DTT enables lifestyle changes through access to new services • Italian T-Government services accessible via DTT include: • On-line public administration • Telemedicine • Remote learning • DTT bridges the ‘Digital Divide’
Prerequisites for the semiconductor industry • Industry challenge is to empower / enable our customers to win the Connected Consumer • This can only happen through • Excellent applications domain / systems know-how • Software programmability • Platform approach & fast time to market • Ability to exploit Connectivity opportunities(WLAN, Bluetooth, NFC) • Adherence to open technology standards • Transmission • Encryption The Connected Consumer World creates a new challenge
Nexperia – our differentiation factor Nexperia is the Philips brand for a portfolio of programmable systems solutions that bring the next experience in multimedia to connected consumers • Nexperia HOME for Connected Consumer devices in the home • Nexperia MOBILEFor Connected Consumer devices on the move • Recognizing Connected Consumer varying wants and needs, our solutions can be optimized for: • The visually impaired (Audio Description) • High interference environments (Pulse Killer) 7
Connected Consumers already recognize the benefits of transitioning to Nexperia • A comprehensive range of Home and Mobile designs available for our customers • Nexperia cellular system solutions in 1 out of every 10 GSM/GPRS mobile phones • Digital ready solutions at living room prices • up to 30% reduction in time-to-market • Millions of Nexperia solutions in DVD and TV applications • 7 out of 10 DVD+RW video recorders sold in 2003 will be based on Nexperia Home • Feature rich DVDs are evolving into home entertainment centers 8
Summary Our approach to being ready for the digital era: • Recognizing the importance of DTT and its application in meeting a diversity of Connected Consumer wants and needs across the Digital Divide • Enabling digital television ( iDTV) solutions at living room prices • Bringing future-proof upgradeable technologies and solutions • Il pieno supporto di Philips alla rapida crescita della Televisione Digitale Terrestre in Italia