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Hughes Communications, Inc.
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Quadros Systems, Inc.
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Quadros Systems Ports RTXC Quadros RTOS to XScale PXA27x
RTXC powers media players and other portable consumer devices
Embedded Systems Conference: 130
ESC, San Jose, CA, April 4, 2006 - Quadros Systems, Inc., a leading
supplier of configurable and scalable real-time operating systems (RTOS),
continued its commitment to portable consumer devices, by announcing a
port of the RTXC Quadros RTOS to the Intel XScale PXA27x family. The
RTXC Quadros dual-mode RTOS—with its control and data streaming
capabilities—effortlessly manages the data streaming characteristics and
the interrupt-intensive control processing of the highly integrated
XScale processor. The small footprint and excellent efficiency of the
RTXC Quadros RTOS as well as the low-power optimization of the XScale
PXA27x processor makes an excellent combination for developers of
portable consumer devices such as media players and PDAs with color
displays, built-in cameras, web browsing, streaming audio and video and
other processing-intense functionality.
As the first XScale processor with wireless MMX technology, the Intel
PXA27x processor brings desktop-like multimedia performance of 2D and 3D
gaming, streaming MPEG-4 video, wireless encryption/decryption, digital
TV reception and voice recognition to the cell phone and PDA world. With
Wireless Intel SpeedStep technology, the developer gains granular control
over power management with five power-saving modes: Idle, Deep Idle,
Standby, Sleep, and Deep Sleep. The Mobile Scalable Link offers a
next-generation, scalable, low-power communication link between
application and communication processors—all impressive resources to
offer the portable device developer.
The RTXC Quadros dual-mode RTOS enables the developer to get the most
out of these powerful resources, saving valuable processor cycles. This
efficiency also pays big dividends by lowering power consumption.
“Intel is a leading supplier of processor solutions for many of today’s
most innovative handheld and communications solutions,” noted Tom Barrett,
president of Quadros Systems. “The XScale family features advanced
technologies that help deliver high performance, flexibility and robust
functionality in the small size, lower power framework of a handheld,
battery-powered device. RTXC Quadros RTOS is fine-tuned to maximize all
of these hardware capabilities and make them easily accessible to the
designer.”
Quadros offers a wide range of integrated software for the PXA27x family
including USB host and device solutions, file systems, graphics libraries
for LCD support, and TCP/IP support for wireless cards. Quadros supports
SD-based peripherals on the PXA27x with a complete SDIO protocol stack.
In addition, the RTXC RTOS supports protected code space using the XScale
memory management unit (MMU). These integrated solutions help ease the
development process for portable consumer devices.
RTXC Quadros supports the PXA27x with the Intel C++ Software Development
Suite.
Price & Availability
Single-project licenses for RTXC Quadros dual-mode RTOS start at $15,500.
About the RTXC Quadros Family of Real-time Operating Systems
RTXC/dm is one of four highly scalable real-time operating systems in
the RTXC Quadros family, offering distinct performance advantages for
each of the major processing models. RTXC/ss (single stack) uses a
lightweight specialized executive to support high data rate and signal
processing applications. RTXC/ms (multi-stack) is optimized for control
processing using an event-driven, prioritized, preemptive scheduler.
RTXC/dm (dual mode) marries RTXC/ms and RTXC/ss and is ideal for
convergent processing applications that combine DSP/dataflow and RISC/control
processing in a single-core architecture. Both RTXC/ms and RTXC/dm are
brought together under RTXC/mp (multiprocessing) in various combinations
to support multicore and multiprocessor implementations.
About Quadros Systems, Inc.
Quadros Systems, Inc. develops and markets RTXC technology, bringing
together RTOS, hardware and software professionals into one development
team to provide innovative technology that maximizes real-time
responsiveness and eases the development process for customers. To speed
application development Quadros Systems offers a wide range of
communications stacks and middleware integrated with the RTXC Quadros
RTOS including TCP/IP, USB (host and device), SDIO, file systems,
graphics libraries, CAN and more. RTXC products have been deployed
worldwide in thousands of embedded systems, serving markets such as
communications, medical, and industrial automation. For more information,
contact Quadros Systems, Inc. at 832-351-2830, Quadros Systems Europe
at +49-703/339-1561 or +44 207 993 6334 or visit www.quadros.com.
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