We also appreciated that most functions remain governed by standard switches, buttons and dials instead of an annoyingly complex menu-driven multimediasystem of the sort that tends to hamper most upscale cars these days.
Spun out from Philips Electronics in 2007, Silicon Hive specializes in paralell processing designs that can be built into the system-on-chip products at the heart of multimedia-friendly consumer electronics devices.
As with all the OE Styled radios in the Advent line, this infotainment solution, lets the new car buyer upgrade to a high-quality multimedia and navigation system, without having to purchase other packages or trim levels.
The project is part of a European-funded initiative, known as Smart ("search engine for multimedia environment-generated content"), which aims to create a system for internet users to search and analyse data from sensors.