“Hard Hat Linux to Power the Alchemy Au1000 SOC in Embedded
Applications.”
“Alchemy Semiconductor, Inc., announced that it is partnering
with MontaVista Software to provide an embedded Linux development
tool kit for its Au1000 systems-on-a-chip (SOC) platform. Alchemy,
an Austin-based fabless semiconductor company will leverage
MontaVista’s flagship product, Hard Hat Linux, to target the
Internet Edge Device market. Building on Alchemy’s expertise in
high performance, low power and high integration SOCs, and
MontaVista’s proficiency and track record with embedded Linux, the
companies together address the needs of developers faced with
designing better edge products and bringing them to market more
quickly.”
“The Alchemy Au1000 is a high performance, low power SOC based
on the MIPS32 architecture, power dissipation less than half a watt
at 400MHz and targeted at the Internet Edge Device market: Customer
Premise (CPE) products, including both wireless hand-held
enterprise PDAs and remote Internet access products; and Internet
infrastructure products, such as routers and line cards. Alchemy
recognizes the growing use of MontaVista Hard Hat Linux in embedded
applications, demonstrated dramatically by its numerous customer
design wins. “The Alchemy-MontaVista partnership reflects not only
their confidence in our product family, but also our recognition of
their technology acumen in embedded open source.” said Eric
Broockman, President and CEO of Alchemy Semiconductor. He added,
“Jim Ready’s team has demonstrated good business sense and superb
technical expertise, and we are eager to partner with them to make
our combined offering a compelling value proposition for
customers.”