Tvia Joins TUXIA Strategic Partner Program.Business Editors & Technology Writers AUGSBURG, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 13, 2001 Partnership Will Enable Development of New Generation of Advanced Settop Boxes Expanding the depth and breadth of its 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. software for information appliances See Internet appliance. (hardware) Information Appliance - (IA) A consumer device that performs only a few targeted tasks and is controlled by a simple touch-screen interface or push buttons on the device's enclosure. , TUXIA today announced the signing of a partnership agreement with Tvia 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 : TVIA), a provider of streaming media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. gateway processors for Internet appliances, Broadband Set Top Boxes and Digital televisions. The joining of Tvia in the TUXIA Strategic Partner Program will enable TUXIA's embedded Linux software line, TASTE(R) (TUXIA Appliance Synthesis Technology), and developer toolkit, TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). (TUXIA Synthesis Environment), to be integrated with Tvia's CyberPro(TM) streaming media gateway processor family to provide OEMs with an advanced settop box solution that offers higher performance, quicker time-to-market and increased return-on-investment. The new partnership between TUXIA and Tvia will allow TASTE, the smallest, fastest and most stable embedded Linux platform for information appliances, to be integrated with the CyberPro 5000 and CyberPro 5300 families, a range of media gateway processors offering features such as DuoVision, TVDirect and three-dimensional animation and text. This integrated solution will allow OEMs to bring a new generation of multimedia settop boxes to market that will provide consumers with an enhanced interactive television viewing experience. Through such features as picture-in-picture (PIP) tools, Internet connectivity options and e-mail capabilities, the TUXIA and Tvia partnership will provide settop box solutions that combine the advent of the Internet with the familiar medium of television. For example, a consumer using a settop box built with TASTE and CyberPro could watch a football game and simultaneously select different camera angles, look up player statistics, order a pizza, e-mail, chat or instant message with other fans, and arrange for tickets and airfare to next week's game. "Since the first impression of an interactive television device starts with the quality of the image, it is critical to provide the sharpest text and video display features possible in an advanced settop box solution," said Mr. Vahe Akay, Vice President of Marketing, Tvia. "At the same time, it is also crucial to offer a cutting-edge array of video and interactive features that fully utilize the power of an advanced settop box solution such as processing multiple streams of rich media content, multiple windows, blending and overlays. With our new partnership and the integration of CyberPro and TASTE, we can jointly satisfy the rising demand for the functionality provided by Linux-operated settop boxes while still meeting the market need to provide the highest level of video and text quality for an enhanced viewing experience through interactive television solutions." In addition to the integration of TASTE and CyberPro, as part of the new partnership between TUXIA and Tvia, CyberPro will be included as a component in TUXIA's TSE developer toolkit for TASTE. This will allow developers maximum flexibility in implementing CyberPro to configure a settop box to their exact specifications. "With the fast-paced growth and change of today's information appliance market, partnerships are crucial to gaining competitive advantage and expanding market share," said Holger Ippach, chief technology officer, TUXIA. "We are pleased to have Tvia become a member of our partner program, and we look forward to combining the speed and small memory footprint Memory footprint refers to the amount of main memory that a program uses or references while running. This includes all sorts of active memory regions like code, static data sections (both initialized and uninitialized), heap, as well as all the stacks, plus memory required to hold of TASTE with the multimedia functionality and scalability of CyberPro to engineer a leading-edge settop box solution for OEMs." 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 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 that the worldwide market for information appliances will grow from more than 31 million units in 2000 to more than 168 million units by 2005. About Tvia, Inc. Tvia, Inc. designs, develops and markets streaming media gateway processors for Internet appliances, settop boxes and digital televisions. The company has worldwide operations employing more than 200 hardware and software product development engineers. The company has secured major design wins with OEMs worldwide in all of its three target markets. For more information visit www.tvia.com. About TUXIA TUXIA(R) 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 information appliances, such as thin clients, WebPADs(TM) and settop 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 Inserted into. See embedded system. Mozilla browser Mozilla browser may refer to one of the following web browsers produced by the Mozilla Foundation:
prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the use of an information appliance. Using block compression technology, TUXIA has engineered TASTE to have the smallest memory footprint of any media-rich embedded Linux system available today, which yields dramatic savings for device manufacturers. With TUXIA's development kit 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 ACCESS, Citrix, Insyde Software Insyde Software is listed on the second board (the GreTai) of the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TWSE), stock code 6231. The company is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan. Intel is said to own approximately 20% of the company. , FOCUS Enhancements, M-Systems, National Semiconductor, STMicroelectronics and Tvia. Additional information about TUXIA may be found on the Internet at www.tuxia.com |
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