New ARM Processor Technology Gains MontaVista Linux Consumer Electronics Edition Support.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers electronicaUSA 2004 Embedded Systems Conference San Francisco 2004 SUNNYVALE, Calif. & CAMBRIDGE, England--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 29, 2004 Combination Is Ideal for Use in Mobile, Networking, and Automotive Infotainment Applications MontaVista Software Inc., the company powering the embedded revolution, and ARM (Nasdaq:ARMHY)(LSE LSE - Language Sensitive Editor :ARM), the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC processor solutions, today announced at ElectronicaUSA/Embedded Systems Conference, San Francisco, that MontaVista(R) Linux(R) Consumer Electronics Edition will support the ARM1136J-S J-S Jam-to-Signal Ratio (TM) and ARM1136JF-S(TM) processor cores, developed for use in networking, consumer and automotive infotainment applications. "Because of its flexibility and ease of use, Linux is becoming a popular choice for application developers of today's pervasive Internet-connected and wireless consumer devices," said Mary Inglis, director, Software and Alliances, ARM. "Now, developers can leverage MontaVista Linux, with its special enhancements for consumer electronics, to build upon the high performance, integration and power-efficiency of our ARM11(TM) technology." MontaVista Linux Consumer Electronics Edition (CEE cee n. The letter c. ) is a popular Linux operating system and cross-development environment specifically designed for consumer electronics applications such as mobile phones, digital televisions, set-top boxes and automotive telematics. CEE is tailored to the demands of highly constrained mobile devices, which require low power consumption, restricted memory size and short boot and resume times. CEE enhances Linux with dynamic power management support for direct execution from flash memory, a protected RAM file system, consumer-grade reliability and a complete development solution including system analysis tools for performance tuning. "The ARM11 microarchitecture provides an ideal hardware platform for MontaVista Linux Consumer Electronics Edition (CEE), especially for target applications in the consumer electronics, networking, wireless, and automotive market segments," said Kevin Morgan, VP Engineering, MontaVista Software. "Now, MontaVista and ARM are offering a validated development platform for embedded devices, which can help original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) significantly reduce design complexity and speed time-to-market for their next-generation of highly differentiated products." CEE has been ported to the ARM1136J-S and ARM1136JF-S microprocessor cores on an ARM11 microarchitecture development platform and evaluation board. MontaVista Linux also supports ARM core-based processors from Intel, Motorola, Texas Instruments and others. More information is available at http://www.mvista.com/cee. A demonstration of this technology can be seen on the ARM stand, number 1825, South Hall, Moscone Center, showing the integration of the ARM Intelligent Energy Manager (IEM IEM Industrial Engineering and Management (course/program) IEM In Ear Monitor IEM Institution of Engineers, Malaysia IEM Inborn Errors of Metabolism (molecular biology) IEM Intelligent Energy Management ) prediction software with the MontaVista DPM (Documents Per Minute) The number of paper documents that can be processed in one minute. framework, running on a Texas Instruments OMAP Texas Instruments OMAP is a Texas Instruments proprietary microprocessor for multimedia applications. Some of the processors in the OMAP family contain a dual-core architecture consisting of both a general-purpose host ARM processor and one or more DSP. (TM) Innovator development platform using the MontaVista Linux Consumer Electronics Edition. Availability Support for the ARM11 microarchitecture-based cores will be available in the second half of 2004 direct from MontaVista and their distribution channels worldwide. MontaVista Linux is offered as a product subscription, providing customers with the MontaVista Linux kernel, utilities, development tools, software updates, deployment components, access to the MontaVista Zone (customer resource portal), comprehensive technical support and hands-on Linux technology training classes. The ARM1136J-S and ARM1136JF-S processor cores are available now from ARM. For more information about this technology, visit http://www.arm.com/products/CPUs/. About ARM ARM is the industry's leading provider of 16/32-bit embedded RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. microprocessor solutions. The company licenses its high-performance, low-cost, power-efficient RISC processors, peripherals, and system-on-chip designs to leading international electronics companies. ARM also provides comprehensive support required in developing a complete system. ARM's microprocessor cores are rapidly becoming the volume RISC standard in such markets as portable communications, hand-held computing, multimedia digital consumer and embedded solutions. More information on ARM is available at http://www.arm.com. About MontaVista Software MontaVista Software is a leading global supplier of systems software and development tools for intelligent connected devices and associated infrastructure. MontaVista powers the embedded revolution by providing Open Source GNU/Linux-based software solutions. Founded in 1999 by real-time operating system (operating system) Real-Time Operating System - (RTOS) Any operating system where interrupts are guaranteed to be handled within a certain specified maximum time, thereby making it suitable for control of hardware in embedded systems and other time-critical applications. pioneer James Ready, MontaVista offers a family of products that address software developer needs encompassing applications ranging from communications infrastructure to consumer electronics. MontaVista products include MontaVista Linux Professional, Consumer Electronics and Carrier Grade Editions. MontaVista DevRocket, a powerful integrated development environment See IDE. integrated development environment - interactive development environment , delivers state-of-the-art development tools across all the product Editions. MontaVista Graphics offers a rich GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. development tools platform. Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale, Calif., MontaVista Software is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. funded by leading investors such as Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE RRE Red Rock Eater (News Service) RRE Road Race Engineering RRE Remote Roof Easy RRE Residential Real Estate RRE Rise-And-Run-Length Encoding RRE Royal Radar Establishment (Great Britain) Ventures, WR Hambrecht + Co WR Hambrecht + Co. is a full service investment bank with headquarters in New York and San Francisco. It specializes in using its unique auction process called OpenIPO to compete with the traditional methods of larger and more established banks. ., 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) , Intel Capital, Sony, Panasonic (Matsushita), Toshiba America and Yamaha Corporation. ARM is a registered trademark of ARM Limited. ARM11, ARM1136J-S and ARM1136JF-S are trademarks of ARM Limited. "ARM" is used to represent ARM Holdings plc (LSE: ARM and Nasdaq: ARMHY); its operating company ARM Limited; and the regional subsidiaries ARM INC; ARM KK; ARM Korea Ltd; ARM Taiwan; ARM France SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. ; ARM Consulting (Shanghai) Co.Ltd.; and ARM Belgium N.V. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MontaVista is a registered trademark of MontaVista Software, Inc. |
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