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Integrated Systems Inc. Announces Relationship With Texas Instruments for Set-Top Box Design Kit; Combined Technologies Speed Development and Time to Market
Business Wire - February 11, 1998 08:19
SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 11, 1998--Integrated Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:INTS), the leading supplier of millennium-ready embedded software solutions, announces a new set-top box design kit. A fusion of Texas Instruments' (TI) hardware and Integrated Systems' (ISI) development software, this new set-top box design kit is the industry's newest rapid development tool for designing differentiated digital set-top box systems. The set-top box (STB) provides an interface between a television and network, enabling reception of satellite or cable programming, Internet and email services on the home TV. While the set-top-box is primarily a tool for enhancing home entertainment, new technology allows the set-top box to leverage digital signal processing (DSP) to meld television and computer technology. By adding peripheral devices such as keyboards and printers, the set-top box is increasingly providing a home-computing alternative to the PC. As a result, the set-top box market is expanding rapidly and manufacturers are increasingly under pressure to develop new products with higher functionality, and get them to market faster, at a competitive price.
Features and Benefits
This new Set-Top Box Design Kit combines TI's advanced AV7000 series of single-chip STB solutions with ISI's pSOSystem(tm) and pRISM+(tm) development environment.
-- ISI's STB software includes the pSOS(R) real-time operating
system (RTOS), the widest selection of networking protocols
available, on-screen display graphics support, common STB
peripheral device drivers and World Wide Web enabling software
modules. pSOSystem provides a complete RTOS support solution with
the options, tools and support necessary to accommodate the most
sophisticated embedded development projects.
-- The pRISM+ development environment offers developers a suite of
best-of-class tools for developing, analyzing and testing the
embedded application in one seamless, open environment.
Additionally, pRISM+ for ARM(tm) development environment, coupled
with the pSOSystem, provides the most advanced system level
software and development environment available for the AV7000
series.
-- TI's AV7000 series of single-chip DSP solutions provides
optimized performance, because all the software is embedded
directly onto one 32-bit 40- millions of instructions per second
ARM-based reduced instruction set computing (RISC) processor.
This reduces the number of discrete devices on a STB -
integrating the microprocessor with the technology needed for
advanced audio, video and visual functionality, all in one place.
This solution ensures full compatibility and simplifies the
development and as well as the manufacturing process, keeping
costs down.
"With the Set-Top-Box Design Kit and TI's AV7000 chip series, we are effectively enabling a designer to create a STB on a chip -- with all functionality embedded directly onto the processor," said David St. Charles, CEO of ISI. "We expect this new ARM development environment to shave months off the design process. The end result will be a set-top-box with better performance, lower production costs and a lower price tag for the customer." "This integrated Design Kit allows STB designers to leverage the individual strengths of the TI and ISI products," said Tammy Gray, TI's AV7000 marketing manager. "The AV7000 series gives STB designers the ability to use a STB design environment configured specifically to the AV7000, making design and testing as effective and fast as possible."
Pricing and Availability
The Set-Top-Box Design Kit for AV7000 series products is planned to be available in 1Q98. STB customers will be able to contact their local ISI sales office to receive an evaluation copy of the ISI software, which includes board support for TI's AV7000 series development platform. Contact your local TI sales representative for pricing and availability on the AV7000 series development platform.
About Integrated Systems, Inc.
Integrated Systems, Inc. (ISI) (NASDAQ:INTS) is the world's number one provider of embedded operating software, and a leading provider of design automation tools. ISI's software helps embedded-products manufacturers bring higher quality, more fully featured products to market faster. With over 25 million installations worldwide, ISI's software is the most widely adopted solution for embedded systems products, and the Company is the dominant supplier to virtually every industry segment of the high-volume, high-growth embedded market. ISI is the first and only independent company in the embedded software market to reach $100 million in annual revenues. The Company reported $105.4 million total revenues for the fiscal year ending February 28, 1997, an increase of 25% over the previous year. Founded in 1980, and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, ISI's worldwide presence includes sales and service offices in Asia, Europe, and North America. Additional information about ISI is available on the Internet at isi.com.
About Texas Instruments
The worldwide leader and pioneer in digital signal processing solutions since 1982, Texas Instruments provides innovative DSP and mixed signal/analog technologies to more than 30,000 customers in the computer, wireless communications, networking, Internet, consumer, digital motor control and mass storage markets worldwide. To help customers get to market faster, TI offers easy-to-use development tools and extensive software and hardware support, further complemented by close to 300 third-party DSP solutions providers. Texas Instruments Incorporated is a global semiconductor company and the world's leading designer and supplier of digital signal processing solutions, the engines driving the digitization of electronics. Headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the Company's businesses also include calculators, productivity products, controls and sensors, metallurgical materials and digital light processing technologies. The Company has manufacturing or sales operations in more than 25 countries. Texas Instruments is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol TXN. More information is located on the World Wide Web at ti.com.
Note to Editors: pSOSystem is a trademark of Integrated Systems, Inc. ARM is a trademark of Advanced RISC Machines, Limited. All other products are the trademarks, service marks, or registered trademarks of their respective holders. >>> |
