John: Thanks to the ISI acquisition, WIND is now in IBM's set-top boxes.
--alan
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> LAS VEGAS, Apr 11, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- ANT Limited, embedded
> communication software provider, announced today that it has ported its
> advanced Fresco(R) Browser software to IBM's (NYSE: IBM ) newly announced
> "system on a chip" solution, which delivers computing power to television
> set-top boxes (STBs). Since IBM's announcement on March 24, 2000, ANT
> demonstrated the ease of portability of its browser technology by providing
> code to IBM for porting to the new chip. As a result, just several weeks
> later, IBM is able to demonstrate the ANT browser running on its latest STB
> integrated chip at the National Association of Broadcasters show in Las Vegas
> this week.
>
> "We believe our new set-top-box chip can help customers build products that
> are capable of delivering a host of new services," said John Sixsmith, IBM
> marketing manager for set-top chips. "The introduction of these services is
> likely to accelerate with the advent of software products like ANT's new
> browser. We were pleased to work with ANT on what proved to be a quick and
> easy port of their browser to our platform."
>
> ANT's robust browser technology is designed for embedded communication devices
> such as digital set-top boxes, Internet television, mobile phones, PDAs, games
> consoles, household appliances and in-vehicle information systems. It has a
> fully customizable user interface and requires minimal memory, making it ideal
> for the latest generation of consumer and Internet products, which have
> limited memory resources.
>
> "We were very pleased with how quickly and smoothly this porting proceeded,"
> said Simon Woodward, CEO and president, ANT Limited. This is a testimonial
> both to the portability of our Fresco Browser and to the robust device drivers
> in IBM's set-top box chip architecture. In addition, our browser enables IBM
> customers to customize the user interface, providing them with control over
> the look and feel of their own brand."
>
> Internet access through the television is a growing trend, as is Internet
> access through a variety of other consumer products, including mobile phones
> and games consoles. ANT partners with OEMs and integration partners to bring
> Internet connectivity to the consumer, through any appliance, from anywhere.
>
> The operating system used in this design was pSOS+ by Wind River Systems Inc. |
