| MontaVista Reveals Embedded
Linux Strategy for
Consumer Electronic Devices Specialized Product and Broad Partner Ecosystem Enables
International Consumer Electronics Show, Las Vegas, USA, Jan.
8, 2003— MontaVista Software Inc., the company powering
the embedded revolution, today announced a new push into the consumer
electronics market with the introduction of the MontaVista™ Linux®
Consumer Electronics Edition 3.0, and the unveiling of an extensive ecosystem
of strategic semiconductor, software application and middleware partners
for complementary device solutions. This push represents a new aggressive
strategy that will offer software developers a rich development environment
especially optimized for Consumer Electronics. The company will also make
available its rich Java development environment and state-of-the-art graphics
tools to complete its strategic focus on meeting the needs of the Consumer
Electronics market. As part of its comprehensive consumer electronics strategy, MontaVista today announced MontaVista™ Linux® Consumer Electronics Edition 3.0 (CEE)— the first Linux operating system and cross-development environment specifically designed for consumer electronics applications. This new product - also part of the well known MontaVista Linux family of products - enhances Linux with dynamic power management, rich consumer-focused networking support and consumer-grade reliability. MontaVista Software is demonstrating a range of cutting-edge consumer products built on MontaVista Linux, from the world’s leading Consumer Electronics companies in Booth # 35179, in the Embedded Technologies Pavilion at the International Consumer Electronics Show, Jan 9-12, 2003 in the Las Vegas Convention Center. Broad and Robust Ecosystem For example, CEE will initially support the TI’s OMAP1510 and OMAP5910 processors and the IBM PowerPC 405LP processor with support for additional processing platforms to be added in the future. In addition, CEE will provide the foundation of solution stacks from software partners in key consumer electronics markets. The MontaVista Partner program already includes companies such as:
Dozens of additional partnerships will be announced over the coming months that will enrich the ecosystem and continue to allow developers to choose from a wide array of components that have been validated with MontaVista Linux. "These extensive collaborative efforts offer OEMs complete hardware/software solutions, which will both speed time-to-market and lower total development costs for the next generation of consumer and home electronics devices,” said Sheila Baker, vice president, Marketing, MontaVista Software. “These partnerships will help consumer electronics companies leverage a wealth of applications and meet the high productivity and low power requirements of new consumer devices with more complex functionality.” More than 100 consumer electronics device companies are already using MontaVista Linux, developing products as varied as cell phones, PDAs, set-top boxes, Internet radios, residential gateways, automotive telematics and Karaoke machines. MontaVista Software’s current consumer electronics customer list includes Sony, Panasonic (Matsushita), NEC, and Toshiba America. Companies like Holland-based Zintec Holding and Araneo in Israel have also chosen MontaVista Linux for their digital television market products. Important Consumer Electronics Developer Needs – Java and
Graphics Designing graphics for the variety of embedded devices requires powerful tools, flexible graphics functionality and close integration with the architecture and platform being used. To address the growing demand by developers of consumer devices, MontaVista delivers a full graphics environment with state-of-the-art graphics tools and libraries to enable developers to create graphics solutions for a wide variety of products. Built with the best open source technology available today, MontaVista Graphics combines a diverse set of components into a single, fully tested and supported graphics development toolkit. MontaVista Software also offers Qt/Embedded built, tested and supported specifically for MontaVista Linux Professional Edition. Based on the popular Qt API Qt/Embedded provides a small-footprint implementation designed to meet the needs of the next generation of consumer devices. About MontaVista Software Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale, Calif., MontaVista Software is a privately held company funded by leading investors such as Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, WR Hambrecht + Co., IBM, Intel Capital, Sony, Panasonic (Matsushita), Toshiba America and Yamaha Corporation. For more information about MontaVista Software, please visit http://www.mvista.com. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MontaVista is a trademark of MontaVista Software Inc. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective companies. Contacts: Patricia Colby |
