IGST CyberPro5050 is the First Multimedia Processor Supported by Wind River Systems' UGL Device Driver Framework.CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 1, 1999-- CyberPro5050 Sample Driver Source Code to Ship With Wind River's Graphics Products IGS IGS - Internet Go Server. Technologies, Inc. (IGST) today announced that Wind River Systems has selected IGST's CyberPro5050 Multimedia Processor as a reference platform for its Universal Graphics Library (UGL UGL Undergraduate Library UGL Unione Generale del Lavoro UGL United Gilsonite Laboratories UGL Universal Graphics Library UGL Unattainable Goal List ) device driver framework. OEMs building CyberPro5050 multimedia processor-based set top boxes will now be able to easily incorporate Wind River's industry-leading real-time and graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to software into their designs. UGL, Wind River's 2-D graphics stack, serves as the foundation layer for handling low level hardware-related graphics functions for Wind River's portfolio of graphics products. UGL is included with Wind River's Personal Jworks(tm), eNavigator(tm), HTMLWorks(tm) and Zinc(R) for VxWorks(R). As a result of Wind River's support for IGST, UGL will now include sample driver code for the CyberPro5050 Multimedia Processor. "CyberPro5050 is a very highly integrated multimedia processor that is ideally suited for set top box applications and has been designed into several new generation of leading-edge set top boxes," said Mike Raghavan, senior director of marketing at IGST. "Wind River chose IGST for the experience and expertise we have in providing SDKs for set top boxes and CyberPro products quality and features." "IGST has developed cutting edge multimedia technology and Wind River is pleased to offer the IGST CyberPro5050 driver as part of our standard driver distribution for UGL," commented Tracy Butler, director of strategic programs for Wind River Systems. "The CyberPro5050 sample driver source code will significantly reduce the design time for set top boxes using Tornado II." CyberPro5050 is part of CyberPro 5000 family that integrates 7 major functions in a single chip for set top box applications. The seven functions include FlexiBus(tm) CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. direct interface, NTSC/PAL TV encoder, 64-bit graphics accelerator A display adapter that performs a specialized set of graphics functions to render an image on screen. Today, all display adapters provide basic rendering functions in hardware, but many have graphics processing units (GPUs) that are sophisticated computers. , Video processor, Audio processor, Hardware alpha blending In computer graphics, the combining of the alpha channel with other layers in an image in order to show translucency. The alpha channel is an additional eight bits used with each pixel in a 32-bit graphics system that can represent 256 levels of translucency. and Softmodem. With the sample driver code integrated with Tornado BSPs and IGST-provided SDKs OEMs can immediately start new interactive internet-enabled set top box designs and complete them in record time with the highest picture quality and feature sets. In addition to x86 and MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. platforms, other CPUs are also supported by CyberPro5050 including Hitachi SH3 / SH4, Motorola / IBM (International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY, www.ibm.com) The world's largest computer company. IBM's product lines include the S/390 mainframes (zSeries), AS/400 midrange business systems (iSeries), RS/6000 workstations and servers (pSeries), Intel-based servers (xSeries) PowerPC, and strongARM. About IGS Technologies, Inc. IGS Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1993 to develop leading edge multimedia component solutions for emerging markets including Set Top Boxes and Information Appliances. IGS Technologies' mission is to become the leading supplier of highly integrated advanced multimedia components for commercial and consumer information appliances, Satellite, Cable, Multimedia Set Top Boxes, Web Browsers, WebDVD, Internet and Interactive TV applications. The company is funded by venture capitalists and major corporations. IGS has developed strategic alliances with leading companies and has major 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 designs worldwide in these emerging markets. Company headquarters are located in Santa Clara. Tel: 408-982-8588. IGST Website: http://www.igst.com. CyberPro, TVDirect, VideoDirect, FlexiBus, FlexAlpha, FlexVideo are IGST trademarks. All other products and brand names are trademarks of their respective owners. |
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