COMPANY HISTORY

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1995The core team started operations at one of the leading Bulgarian consumer electronics companies.
1998The team changed its focus from retail to multimedia consumer devices.
1999Design of the first European digital still camera (1Mpxl with TFT display): gold medal at the International Technical Fair in Plovdiv.
2000Partnership with Zoran Corporation for the development and production of the CamMini line of DSC reference designs.
2001

The first consumer devices designed by the team were introduced to the market:

Diva MP3 Digital Audio Player—first player acting as a USB mass storage device.

PhotoClip-VGA multifunctional digital device—the first 5-in-1 camera on the market—fully designed and manufactured by the team.

GRUNDIG Picca 1.3 Mpxl and GRUNDIG Picca 2.1 Mpxl 5-in-1 cameras designed for Grundig AG, Germany.

2002The team spun off and established a new independent company, MM Solutions Ltd. (MMS).
2003The company’s focus changed to mobile imaging.
2004The first MMS mobile imaging and audio IPs were licensed to Alcatel Mobile and Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB (SEMC).
2005MMS became a strategic partner of Texas Instruments Inc. and established itself as a core software provider for TI imaging coprocessors (DM line), Communication AB (SEMC).
2006MMS became Nokia Corporation’s preferred supplier for high-end mobile phone camera solutions.
2007MMS won its first TIPA Award in the category “Best Mobile Imaging.”
2008MMS changed its legal status to a joint-stock company, and Texas Instruments made a strategic investment in the company, acquiring 20% equity.
2009A key role in the international project “3DTV for mobile phones” in consortium with leading European companies and universities.
2011MMS started providing worldwide services to all TI OMAP customers and received the TI Supplier Excellence Award.
2012The first imaging project regarding HDR development and integration for the automotive industry was in collaboration with Texas Instruments.
2012MMS-licensed pack of 12 imaging IPs to Texas Instruments, shipped with any OMAP silicon.
2013Strategic partnership with Qualcomm Inc. for camera solution services and IPs.
2014Strategic partnership with Movidius Inc. for the development and licensing of camera solutions for the Myriad II line of computational camera processors.
2015Partnership with InvenSense Inc. for licensing of MMS Gyro EIS and development of new imaging IPs.
2017A patent of invention for a system and method for video stabilization of rolling shutter camera images was issued by the Bulgarian Patent Office.
2017Partnership with Renesas.
2018Thunder Software Technology made a strategic investment in MMS, acquiring 100% equity, and the company became part of Thundersoft Group.
2018The first Automotive project.
2019MMS changed its headquarters address and moved into the office building Kite, nominated in the national competition “Building of the Year 2019.”
2020MMS opened a new office in Plovdiv, the second-largest city in Bulgaria, with a team of distinguished experts and senior-level engineers.
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