Freescale Announces i.MXS Development Kit for Microsoft Windows Vista(TM) SideShow(TM) Applications; Design Kit Leverages i.MX Processor to Jump Start OEM Product Design for 2007 Vista Launch.TOKYO -- With a continued focus on enabling innovative mobile applications, Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. is an American semiconductor manufacturer. It was created by the divestiture of the Semiconductor Products Sector of Motorola in 2004. Freescale focuses their integrated circuit products on the automotive, embedded and communications markets. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :FSL FSL - Formal Semantics Language. A language for compiler writing. ["A Formal Semantics for Computer Languages and its Application in a Compiler-Compiler", J.A. Feldman, CACM 9(1) (Jan 1966)]. [Sammet 1969, p. 641]. ) (NYSE:FSL.B) announced availability of a high performance development kit aimed at Microsoft's Windows Vista The current version of Windows for the desktop. It was released in late 2006 for businesses and early 2007 for consumers. Vista adds numerous features, including improved security and advanced multimedia capabilities. (TM) SideShow See Windows SideShow. (TM) platform and .NET Micro Framework, as well as user defined Any format, layout, structure or language that is developed by the user. applications. The i.MXS MXS Maintenance Squadron MXS Microsoft Exchange Server MXS Svg Matrix Development Kit allows original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to design products enabled by the SideShow platform, such as laptop external displays, remote controls and USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. dongles, which can run certain applications without powering-up the laptop. In addition to Windows Vista SideShow applications, the i.MXS Development Kit also supports other Microsoft .NET See .NET. Micro Framework applications such as watches, TVs, desk phones, radios, clocks and other small form factor, embedded designs. Leveraging the popular i.MX processor from Freescale, the new development kit speeds design time to quickly bring new applications to market. Freescale has an expansive portfolio of applications processors and currently supports Microsoft's Windows(R) CE for a variety of mobile multimedia applications. Adding support of Microsoft's new .NET Micro Framework and Windows Vista SideShow applications gives Freescale's customers the ability to extend their range of offerings to include PC-enabled applications and auxiliary displays in a wide range of form factors. By leveraging features in Microsoft's recent software offerings, these devices can display information received from a PC based on the Windows Vista operating system without requiring the customer to open up, or even power up, the computer. "Microsoft has used Freescale processors for internal development since the initial prototypes of the Windows SideShow concept in 2005," said Colin Miller, Director of the .NET Micro Framework at Microsoft. "We expect that Freescale's commitment to .NET Micro Framework and SideShow with an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and development kit will help enable rapid development of new SideShow solutions and other .NET Micro Framework-based embedded applications for the consumer, industrial, medical and other markets." The advanced i.MXS Development Kit leverages Freescale's i.MXS applications processor, based on the ARM920T(TM) core, a highly integrated IC that has been in production for nearly two years. The integrated development platform featuring support of Microsoft's .NET Micro Framework for use with SideShow applications is designed to enable hardware developers to more quickly and easily design applications targeting Microsoft's highly anticipated Vista operating system. Freescale's i.MXS Development Kit features a small form-factor reference board that has a 2.5 inch color LCD panel with QVGA (Quarter VGA) A screen resolution of 320x240 pixels, which is used on handheld devices. Although 320x240 seems half the 640x480 VGA resolution, the "quarter" comes from the total number of pixels, which is one fourth the number (320 times 240=76800; 640 times 480=307200). resolution. The card includes Freescale's i.MXS applications processor that provides superb performance and extremely low power consumption, enabling hours of use off a single battery charge. The development kit also includes a USB interface and an expansion connector for add-on modules such as Bluetooth(TM) technology or the ZigBee(TM) wireless protocol, creating a comprehensive development platform for a variety of applications. "SideShow is a perfect application for the i.MXS applications processor, which has proven to be a cost-effective, high performance solution in a host of mobile applications," said Berardino Baratta, general manager of Freescale's multimedia applications division. "If the market embraces auxiliary displays, SideShow can conceivably begin popping up on servers, home appliances, gauges of every type, automobiles and anywhere else people want immediate access to information. The i.MXS Development Kit is designed to provide developers and OEMs a superb foundation for rapidly creating these innovative and differentiated solutions leveraging the fastest processor available for SideShow applications -- the i.MX processor." Pricing and Availability The i.MXS Development Kit, part number MXSDVK, is available now at the suggested resale price of $499.10 and can be ordered online at www.freescale.com/imx. About Freescale Semiconductor Freescale Semiconductor, Inc. (NYSE:FSL) (NYSE:FSL.B) is a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial, networking and wireless markets. Freescale became a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. in July 2004. The company is based in Austin, Texas, and has design, research and development, manufacturing or sales operations in more than 30 countries. Freescale, a member of the S&P 500(R), is one of the world's largest semiconductor companies with 2005 sales of $5.8 billion (USD USD In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the U.S. Dollar. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ). www.freescale.com Reader Inquiry Response: Freescale Semiconductor P.O. Box 17927 Denver, CO 80217 USA Freescale(TM) and the Freescale logo are trademarks of Freescale Semiconductor Inc. All other product or service names are the property of their respective owners. (C) Freescale Semiconductor Inc. 2006. |
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