“ZF Linux Devices, Inc, is announcing its ultra- low power (<
½W @ 133MHz) MachZ PC-on-a-Chip with a software suite that
includes a fully implemented PhoenixBIOSTM from Phoenix Technology
and a choice of a customized Linux implementation or the WindRiver
VxWorks real-time operating system (RTOS). Every MachZ
Integrated Development System includes Red Hat Linux 6.2 and
LynuxWorks BlueCat(TM) Linux and the LynuxWorks development tools
for creating compact custom Linux embedded applications. OEMs no
longer have to pay costly license fees or go through the expensive
and time-consuming requirement of porting third party software and
searching for unique peripheral drivers.“
“MachZ, with the FailSafe System is the only X86 PC-on-a-Chip
that boots autonomously on application of power and can operate
even if system DRAM and Flash are unavailable. The groundbreaking
crash-immune PC-on-a-Chip is the only device available that ensures
successful on-line software upgrades. Using its patented
FailSafeä System it allows upgrades over the Internet while
eliminating the possibility of irrecoverable crashes. “The MachZ
PC-on-a-Chip is the only device that boots on power-up even if all
external system software has been corrupted or is inaccessible,”
stated David Feldman, CEO of ZF Linux Devices. “Using its
proprietary Z-tagTM interface, the MachZ can re-program system
Flash at a quick 2M-bits per second, rather than the usual
19.6Kbaud, reducing potential downtime dramatically,” he
continued.”
“MachZ integrates a PhoenixBIOS and customized Linux
implementation or VxWorks RTOS tailored to the MachZ’s unequaled
set of traditional PC hardware features including PCI, ISA and
Access (I2C) buses, serial and parallel I/O, floppy and hard disk
controllers. It also contains a host of patented features
specifically created to solve the problems faced by designers of
OEM products when integrating PC functionality. ZF Linux Devices’
introduction of the MachZ PC-on-a- Chip brings to market the lowest
power and most feature rich X86 PC-on-a-Chip ever introduced. The
MachZ was designed from the ground up to resolve the issues
necessary to create crash- immune PC compatible embedded
applications and offers the lowest total PC system cost in the
embedded market.”