TUXIA Announces FOCUS Enhancements as New Strategic Partner.Business Editors & Technology Writers AUGSBURG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 9, 2001 TUXIA(R), a manufacturer of embedded Linux The Linux operating system configured and enhanced to work in a wide variety of applications, including handheld devices, network appliances, industrial machines and consumer electronics devices. The modularity of the Linux kernel makes it well suited to embedded systems. (R) software for Internet appliances such as set-top boxes, PDAs and thin clients, today announced the signing of a partnership agreement with FOCUS Enhancements, a provider of advanced, proprietary video scan conversion For conversion of vector images to raster images, see . Scan conversion or scan rate converting is a technique for changing the vertical / horizontal scan frequency of video signal for different purposes and applications. products for the computer and television industries. The joining of FOCUS Enhancements in the TUXIA Strategic Partner Program will enable TUXIA's embedded Linux software line, TASTE(R) (TUXIA Appliance Synthesis Technology), to be integrated with FOCUS Enhancements' FS450 and FS460 digital video co-processor drivers to provide a new, higher-quality generation of Internet set-top boxes, interactive TVs and information appliances. The new partnership between TUXIA and FOCUS Enhancements will allow TASTE, the smallest, fastest and most stable embedded Linux platform for Internet appliances, to be integrated into systems with FOCUS Enhancements' FS450 and FS460 ASICs, the most advanced PC-to-TV co-processors developed. This integrated solution will allow OEMs and developers to reduce costs, improve quality and decrease time-to-market for a new wave of information appliances that will combine the advent of the Internet with the familiar medium of television. Together, the TASTE embedded Linux system and the FS450 and FS460 ASICs will be used to power PC-to-TV information appliances, including advanced multimedia Internet set-top boxes, interactive home entertainment systems and video kiosks. "Video and text quality on a television is probably the most important enhancement critical to the growth of PC-to-TV information appliances," said Bill Schillhammer, vice president of 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 sales, FOCUS Enhancements. "Every customer's first impression of a media appliance starts with the quality of the image. FOCUS provides the best possible image to view the text and video displayed by the TASTE images. With the FOCUS and TUXIA partnership, we will provide an integrated solution in which the FS460 will provide the capability to perfectly size a desktop onto a TV while blending multiple video channels and TASTE will provide a user-friendly interface that requires no advanced technical knowledge to install. As a result, this partnership will offer manufacturers and developers an information appliance solution at the leading edge of PC-to-TV convergence." "TUXIA's new partnership with FOCUS Enhancements marks an important move forward in taking the power of the Internet to the TV screen," said Hannes Eisele, chief executive officer, TUXIA. "With the synergy of TUXIA's turn-key embedded Linux software suite and FOCUS Enhancements' digital video co-processors, we will provide a one-of-a-kind solution for the development of information appliances that will offer consumers convenient, in-home Internet access See how to access the Internet. through their TVs. TASTE will deliver the full media-rich Internet experience for users by enabling such features as Mozilla(R) browsers, Java(TM) language capabilities, Macromedia(R) Flash(R) animation, RealPlayer(R) streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. and MP3 audio plug-ins." The TUXIA Strategic Partner Program offers participating companies sales, marketing and technical support to leverage joint business opportunities to empower a new generation of Internet appliances. The program enables OEMs, ISVs, SIs and VARs (value-added resellers) an opportunity to join forces with TUXIA to develop optimized embedded Linux solutions to generate higher sales, increase market share and penetrate new sales channels. The market for Internet appliance devices is expected to grow rapidly in the next few years. Research firm IDC forecasts the worldwide market for information appliances to be more than 89 million units or $17.8 billion in 2004, up from a market of 11 million units and $2.4 billion in 1999. About FOCUS Enhancements FOCUS Enhancements, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on : FCSE FCSE Frequency Control Symposium and Exhibition ) and Videonics, Inc. (previously NASDAQ: VDNX), both formerly independent public companies, completed a merger on January 16, 2001. The merged company, operating under the FOCUS Enhancements name, is a leading designer of world class solutions in advanced, proprietary video scan conversion ASICs, and affordable, high quality, digital-video conversion and video production equipment. Semiconductor products include the FS400, and FS450 series ASICs for scaling, scan conversion, Internet TV (1) Watching TV programs on or from the Internet. There are countless video clips available on Web sites for streaming as well as subscription services that offer TV programs and movies for downloading. and interactive TV applications. Commercial products for video presentation include desktop PC-to-TV scan converters, scalers, and line quadruplers. Video production products include application controllers, edit controllers, mixers, and character and effects generators. The company's products and technologies are sold globally through Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) and resellers to the broadcast, education, cable, business, industrial, presentation, Internet, gaming, home video production and home theater An audio/video entertainment center that has a large-screen TV and hi-fi system with three speakers in the front (left, right and center) and left and right speakers in the rear. Starting in the early 1990s, video inputs were added to stereo receivers and preamplifiers. markets. FOCUS Enhancements stock is traded on the NASDAQ SmallCap Market under the symbol FCSE. More information on FOCUS Enhancements may be obtained from the company's SEC filings, or by visiting the FOCUS Enhancements home page at http://www.focusinfo.com. About TUXIA TUXIA(R), Europe's largest embedded Linux company, is blazing a new path in the field of embedded Linux systems by delivering the full Internet experience to network computing Storing and/or running applications in servers in a network. See cloud computing and network computer. and Internet appliances, such as thin clients, WebPADs(TM) and set-top boxes. Leveraging more than eight years of experience in pioneering turn-key Linux devices Because of the open source philosophy that Free and open source software brings to the software world, many people have ported the Linux kernel to run on devices other than a typical desktop, laptop or server computer. , TUXIA has engineered a new generation of Linux embedded systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. with TASTE(R) (TUXIA Appliance Synthesis Technology). TASTE features a Linux Kernel The nucleus of the Linux operating system. The Linux kernel, which was developed by Linus Torvalds, was integrated with software from the GNU Project and other sources to create the actual Linux operating system. See Linux, GNU/Linux and kernel. 2.4 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. , an embedded Mozilla browser Mozilla browser may refer to one of the following web browsers produced by the Mozilla Foundation:
TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). (TUXIA Synthesis Environment), the appliance software can be easily customized and extended to customers' needs. With centers of excellence spanning four continents, the growing 120-member TUXIA team is one of the leading players in the embedded Linux revolution. TUXIA's strategic partnerships include National Semiconductor, STMicroelectronics, M-Systems and Citrix. Additional information about TUXIA may be found on the Internet at www.tuxia.com. |
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