StreetFire Sound Labs’ RBX1600 Music Server Powered By MontaVista Linux

Provides Optimal Real-Time Performance for Open Source Stereo Equipment

SUNNYVALE, Calif. and SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 25, 2004 — MontaVista Software, and StreetFire Sound Labs, an open architecture stereo equipment company, today announced that MontaVista® Linux® is the chosen operating system for StreetFire’s debut RBX1600 Digital Music Server.

The StreetFire RBX1600 Digital Music Server is the first of an ecosystem of StreetFire home stereo/home theater products. The RBX1600 puts a smart, networked front-end on cost-effective Sony CD jukeboxes, integrating hundreds - or even thousands - of users’ CD-based music with hard drive-based MP3 tunes. Client software for the RBX1600 provides an intuitive interface for managing music collections and is compatible with Windows, Apple Macintosh, or Linux platforms. Now it’s possible to simply enjoy music regardless of its format or location.

“The RBX1600 is a revolutionary step in bringing the Open Source movement to consumer electronics and digital music,” said Stephen Street, Founder and CEO of StreetFire Sound Labs. “MontaVista Linux, and its excellent MontaVista DevRocket™ development tools environment, were the perfect combination for our StreetRacer™ CPU card, which is based on Intel XScale® technology. We were able to get the required performance out of our hardware for real-time music performance and shorten our development time.”

“StreetFire is at the leading edge of digital home entertainment with the RBX1600, a product that should be very well received by consumers,” said Mike Mathews, senior product marketing manager, MontaVista Software. “MontaVista Linux is a leading platform for home entertainment devices because it provides more flexibility and control to device manufacturers, with a lower development and deployment cost compared to other operating systems.”

Key Factors in the Selection of MontaVista Linux:
According to StreetFire, the following requirements led it to move to MontaVista Linux:

  • Real-time performance
  • A robust and versatile tools environment
  • Getting products to market rapidly
  • Lower overall development costs

Availability
The StreetFire RBX1600 Digital Music Server is available exclusively from StreetFire Sound Labs at http://www.streetfiresound.com. Explore the Open Source community and current development projects for the RBX1600 platform at http://www.streetfiresound.com/community.shtml.

MontaVista Linux Professional Edition is available from MontaVista Software and the company’s sales and distribution channels worldwide. It provides customers with the MontaVista Linux kernel, software updates, deployment components, utilities, development tools, access to the MontaVista Zone™ (a customer portal), comprehensive technical support and hands-on Linux training classes.

About MontaVista Software
MontaVista Software provides an Open Source platform allowing system designers to innovate across a wide range of inter-connected intelligent devices and communications infrastructure. MontaVista enables software developers with a commercial-grade Linux-based operating system. MontaVista Linux is a universal development platform that helps customers differentiate their products and get them to market faster at lower overall development costs. MontaVista Linux is the preferred choice of some of the world's largest corporations.

Founded in 1999, by real-time operating system pioneer James Ready, and headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale, Calif., MontaVista Software is a privately held company funded by leading venture capital firms and strategic corporate investors. For more information about MontaVista Software, please visit http://www.mvista.com.

About StreetFire Sound Labs

StreetFire Sound Labs creates smart, open devices for home entertainment networking and media management. StreetFire’s premier product, the RBX1600 music server, effortlessly manages a vast music library by network-enabling inexpensive Sony CD jukeboxes and integrating CD- and hard drive-based music. The ground-breaking RBX1600 combines the power of Open Source software with hardware HackPoints™ to bridge the stereo and computing worlds and enable unlimited customization. StreetFire Sound Labs is a privately held company in San Francisco, with additional information at http://www.streetfiresound.com.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MontaVista and DevRocket are trademarks or registered trademarks of MontaVista Software Inc. Intel and Intel XScale are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other countries. All other names mentioned are trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective owners.

Contacts:

StreetFire Sound Labs
Mark Matossian
Phone: (415) 222-9990
Email: mark@streetfiresound.com

 

MontaVista Software Joe Samagond
Director, Corporate Marketing
MontaVista Software, Inc.
Phone: (408) 328-9234
E-mail: jsamagond@mvista.com