BSQUARE Announces SDIO Now! Version 2.0; Enables Enhanced Functionality on Windows Mobile and Windows CE-based Smart Devices.BELLEVUE, Wash. -- BSQUARE (Nasdaq:BSQR) today announced the next generation version of its leading SDIO See SDIO card. technology for Windows Mobile The Windows platform from Microsoft for handheld devices, including PDAs, cellphones and Portable Media Centers. See Pocket PC, Pocket PC Phone Edition, Smartphone and Portable Media Center. and Windows Embedded devices. The forthcoming release of SDIO Now! 2.0 will include features requested by licensees such as support for the SD Card Association's soon to be released SDIO 1.1 specification, Intel's PXA270 native SDIO controller, substantial performance enhancements, support for Windows CE (Windows Consumer Electronics) Microsoft's version of Windows for handheld devices and embedded systems that use x86, ARM, MIPS and SHx CPUs. Windows CE .NET superseded Windows CE 3.0. 5.0 and Microsoft's next generation Windows Mobile platform, and other capabilities. "Over 65 smart device makers have joined our SDIO Now! program to gain early access to the latest SDIO technologies," said Tracy Rees, executive vice-president of sales, marketing and international operations Internal Operations (I.O., IO or I/O) is a fictional American Intelligence Agency in Wildstorm comics. It was originally called International Operations. I.O. first appeared in WildC.A.T.S. volume 1 #1 (August, 1992) and was created by Brandon Choi and Jim Lee. . "With SDIO Now! 2.0, BSQUARE continues to deliver new and enhanced functionality for OEMs, ODMs, silicon vendors, and peripheral vendors." By supporting the SDIO version 1.1 specification, BSQUARE will enable peripheral device See peripheral. peripheral device - peripheral companies to develop drivers for combo cards that feature both secure digital (SD) storage and input output (IO), such as the combination of 802.11 wireless networking See wireless network. and SD storage. BSQUARE's support of the specification also delivers improved handling of multi-function SDIO peripheral cards. A SDIO multi-function includes multiple IO capabilities in a single card such as a peripheral that features both laser and image scanning functions. Full SDIO support for the new Intel PXA270 processor will be included with SDIO Now! 2.0. The updated Host Driver Development Kits will provide a sample reference driver for Intel's PXA27x family of mobile processors. The SDIO Host Controller driver will come in source code form and provide for multiple SDIO slot support. SDIO Now! 2.0 contains significant development designed to improve overall throughput for peripheral devices. Loop Optimization In compiler theory, loop transformations play an important role in improving cache performance and effective use of parallel processing capabilities. Most execution time of a scientific program is spent on loops. has been performed to further increase SD write performance. A new "Soft-Block" function allows client drivers to perform large I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output operations to gain performance by reducing the number of driver stack traversals. When combined with version 2.0's new "Fast Path" performance feature, thread switching is eliminated as is overhead associated with corresponding operating system operating system (OS) Software that controls the operation of a computer, directs the input and output of data, keeps track of files, and controls the processing of computer programs. calls for thread synchronization in the SD Bus driver. As a companion to the improvements related to increasing throughput, version 2.0 is slated to deliver robust error recovery for host and peripheral device drivers. In addition, with the inclusion of BSQUARE source code for SDIO Now! version 1.1 in the newly released Microsoft Windows See Windows. (operating system) Microsoft Windows - Microsoft's proprietary window system and user interface software released in 1985 to run on top of MS-DOS. Widely criticised for being too slow (hence "Windoze", "Microsloth Windows") on the machines available then. CE 5.0, BSQUARE is delivering significant enhancements that will enable semiconductor vendors to take full advantage of CE 5.0 on their chipsets. Version 2.0 also provides a SDIO driver development foundation for OEMs and ODMs developing solutions based on Microsoft's next generation Windows Mobile platform. SDIO Now! customers with current memberships will automatically receive SDIO Now! 2.0 in late Q3, 2004. Companies interested in joining BSQUARE's SDIO Now! program can gain additional information at www.bsquare.com or call 888-820-4500. About SDIO Now! BSQUARE designed SDIO Now! to enable manufacturers of Microsoft Windows Mobile and Windows Powered devices to interoperate with chipsets, host controllers, and peripherals that are based on the popular Secure Digital (SD) and Secure Digital Input Output (SDIO) standards. The technology provides companies with a common development platform, eliminating the need for vendors to write individual drivers for each device. With a standard driver architecture and APIs, vendors can feel confident that their products will be compatible with various devices regardless of the choice of SD host controller or platform architecture. About BSQUARE BSQUARE is a leading global provider of software, engineering services and consulting for the smart device market. Since 1994, BSQUARE has provided world-class device makers with the building blocks necessary to design, develop, and test innovative products quickly and cost effectively. A sample of BSQUARE customers includes Motorola, Hewlett-Packard, Texas Instruments, Vodafone U.K., HTC HTC HTML (Hyper Text Markup Language) Component HTC High Tech Computer Corp (Taiwan, China) HTC Hennepin Technical College (Minnesota) HTC High-Throughput Computing , Microsoft and others. BSQUARE is one of Microsoft's largest value-added partners worldwide for Windows Embedded software, a Gold-level Systems Integrator of the year and a leading Windows Mobile solutions provider for Smartphone and Pocket PC. BSQUARE is a Texas Instruments-licensed Independent OMAP OMAP Office of Medical Assistance Programs (Oregon Department of Human Services) OMAP Open Multimedia Applications Platform (Texas Instruments semiconductor operating system) (TM) (Open Multimedia Application Platform) Technology Center. The company's SDIO Now! technology has been adopted by over 65 top-tier smart device makers. For more information, visit BSQUARE at www.bsquare.com or call 888-820-4500. BSQUARE is a registered trademark of BSQUARE Corporation. All other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners. |
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