“National Semiconductor® Corporation has appointed INFOMATEC
AG / IGEL Technology Labs® to serve National’s Asia Pacific
customers of its innovative information appliance platforms.
INFOMATEC / IGEL will develop Linux-based firmware to port to
National Semiconductor’s market-leading set-top box and thin-client
platforms.”
“National Semiconductor’s strategy to provide highly integrated
solutions for the information appliance market is illustrated by
its introduction in July of the Geode? SC1400, which integrates an
interactive set-top box onto a single piece of silicon–including
full PC functionality. The partnership between National
Semiconductor and INFOMATEC / IGEL complements earlier partnerships
with two Windows? CE system integrators, CCL and ITE, allowing
customers to choose either Windows CE or Linux as the operating
systems for their information appliances based on Geode
technology.”
“To optimize performance and market value of these new devices,
it is vital that our Geode solutions run as many operating systems
as possible,” said Ozy Wong, National’s Information Appliance
Market Director, Asia Pacific. “IGEL’s expertise in JNT, the
Java-based operating system, and Linux is a great asset in further
enhancing our reach in the information appliance market.”