SAN JOSÉ, Calif., April 7, 2003—LynuxWorks™, Inc., the technology leader in the embedded software solutions market, today announced that Transmeta (Nasdaq: TMTA) has joined its SynergyWorks alliance program, and the marketing partnership has resulted in the availability of both the LynxOS® real-time operating system and BlueCat® Linux® operating system for the new energy efficient Crusoe™ Special Embedded (SE) processor. This processor is targeting a wide range of x86 embedded applications, including industrial automation, scientific instrumentation, point-of-sale terminals, automotive infotainment, process control and home automation systems.
LynxOS is uniquely positioned to serve the operating system needs for these markets, with the performance and reliability necessary for mission-critical and real-time embedded applications. In the high-performance RTOS world, LynxOS offers its users the Linux processing model, POSIX® conformance and open, standard application programming interfaces (APIs), and support for sophisticated hardware features of the processors, namely full MMU support. BlueCat Linux completes the offering with an open source alternative for OEMs, whose applications require soft real-time performance and benefit from the wealth of advantages that embedded Linux has to offer.
Transmeta's Crusoe SE processor and the range of operating system choices available through LynuxWorks will help OEMs deliver the most advanced product features, and with open standards and compatibility available through the software and hardware, manage product life cycles more effectively," said Arthur L. Swift, senior vice president of marketing, Transmeta Corporation. "That's very important in markets where product revisions occur very quickly and new technology is constantly available."
"We are excited to add the Transmeta Crusoe SE to the ever expanding list of platforms supported by our embedded operating systems," said Bob Morris, vice president, sales and marketing for LynuxWorks. "The availability of both LynxOS and BlueCat support for the Transmeta Crusoe SE represents a very powerful solution set for a broad range of demanding embedded applications. The Crusoe family of products delivers a unique high performance, energy efficient and passively cooled hardware solution for our customers, with complete x86 compatibility. By utilizing LynxOS' ABI compatibility with Linux, OEMs can now develop a range of real time performance products across their product line, without the burden of maintaining different versions of their applications. Their Linux applications can run unchanged on either BlueCat or LynxOS, while hosted on the low power, yet high performance Crusoe SE platform."
Complete LynxOS 4.0 and BlueCat 4.0 support for the Transmeta Crusoe SE is now available for purchase from LynuxWorks.
Learn more about Crusoe SE.
LynuxWorks is a world leader in the embedded software market, providing operating systems, software development products and consulting services for the world's most successful communications, aerospace/defense, and consumer products companies. Established in 1988, the company is a founding member of the real-time operating systems (RTOS) industry, and a leading participant in the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC). LynuxWorks' headquarters are located in San José, California. The company's products include the open-source BlueCat® Linux® and the scalable, Linux-compatible LynxOS real-time operating system. World-class companies use LynuxWorks' products, including: 3Com, Alcatel, Boeing, Ericsson, Hewlett Packard, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Lockheed Martin, Lucent Technologies, Marconi, Mitsubishi, Motorola, NEC USA, Raytheon, TRW and Xerox.
LynuxWorks is a trademark and LynxOS and BlueCat are registered trademarks of LynuxWorks, Inc. Transmeta and Crusoe are trademarks of Transmeta Corporation. Other product or service names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other brand names and trademarks mentioned in this document are the properties of their respective holders.
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