SystemSoft Announces Comprehensive Software Support for Intel's New Mobile Pentium II Processor
Business Wire - April 02, 1998 13:33
Reduces OEM Product Time-to-Market By Providing ACPI and PC 98
Support, Offering Compliance With Industry Design Requirements
NATICK, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 2, 1998--SystemSoft Corp. (NASDAQ:SYSF), a leading global provider of enabling software technologies for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), today announced the immediate availability of comprehensive software support for Intel's. Mobile Pentium. II processor, announced today by Intel Corporation. Leading Taiwanese notebook OEMs, including ASE, Chaplet, Clevo, Dual, Featron/Philips, Kapok, MiTAC, USI and Veridata, are among the first SystemSoft customers to license its software for Mobile Pentium II-based systems.
SystemSoft's BIOS software delivers complete Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) and PC 98 support. By providing notebook vendors with early compliance for these future industry design requirements, SystemSoft's software allows OEMs to reduce their product time-to-market and the pressure they face to ensure system-compliance. Notebook OEMs are required to provide ACPI support as of April 1 and PC 98 support by July 1 to comply with Microsoft's design requirements.
SystemSoft provides support for both the new Mobile Pentium II and Pentium processor with the same BIOS, allowing notebook vendors to easily migrate to - and reduce time-to-market for - Mobile Pentium II-based systems. SystemSoft's BIOS also supports the Intel Pentium II processor microcode update function. During the SystemSoft BIOS software's Power On Self Test (POST), the Mobile Pentium II processor can upload encrypted microcode contained in the BIOS. SystemSoft's support of this function enables quick and easy updates to the new Intel processor.
INDUSTRY SUPPORT FOR SYSTEMSOFT'S SYSTEM-LEVEL SOFTWARE
"Through its support for advanced mobile technologies and with its strong customer base, SystemSoft will play a role in the success of the Mobile Pentium II processor," said Andy Combs, director, Mobile Support Operations, Intel Mobile and Handheld Product Group. "SystemSoft's BIOS software provides notebook vendors with the tools to create advanced mobile computing platforms."
"SystemSoft provided MiTAC with early support for the Mobile Pentium II and delivered complete ACPI and PC 98 capabilities," said James Huang, general manager, MiTAC International Corp. "Our product time-to-market advantage is a direct result of SystemSoft's close working relationship with Intel. The work the two companies have done on the Mobile Pentium II has helped us push the performance envelope."
"SystemSoft is providing early and comprehensive system-level support for the latest member of the Pentium processor family," said Stephen J. Gentile, vice president of marketing for SystemSoft's Platform Products Group. "The SystemSoft BIOS software complements the Mobile Pentium II by delivering the core functionality necessary for designing high-performance corporate systems."
ABOUT SYSTEMSOFT'S SYSTEM-LEVEL SOFTWARE
SystemSoft's BIOS software is one of the industry's leading system-level software products, supporting the latest mobile computing standards, while also providing OEM customers maximum system design flexibility and end-user manageability. ABOUT SYSTEMSOFT
SystemSoft is a leading worldwide provider of system-level, connectivity and problem-resolution software. Founded in 1990, SystemSoft reported annual revenue of $42.6 million in its 1998 fiscal year. SystemSoft licenses its products primarily to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). Its clients include Acer, AST Computer, Compaq (NYSE:CPQ), Dell (NASDAQ:DELL), Gateway 2000 (NYSE:GTW), Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HWP), Hitachi, IBM (NYSE:IBM), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Micron Electronics (NASDAQ:MUEI), Packard Bell NEC, Sykes Enterprises (NASDAQ:SYKE) and Toshiba. Information on SystemSoft products and services is available on the World Wide Web at systemsoft.com.
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