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Quadros Systems Integrates SDIO into RTXC Quadros RTOS

Partnership with Jinvani Systech delivers high-performance I/O technology for portable 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), and Jinvani Systech, an innovator of secure digital (SD) and SDIO protocol products, solutions and services, have partnered to offer the RTOS SD Driver Development Kit (DDK) as a tightly integrated SDIO stack with the RTXC Quadros RTOS. Supporting a wealth of application formats, SDIO has become the de facto standard in adding plug-and-play accessories to portable consumer devices such as WiFi, Bluetooth, modems, GPS, digital TV tuners, cameras, voice recorders, and even scanners and fingerprint recognition systems. With the RTOS SD DDK, RTXC developers can easily integrate these high-performance SDIO-based peripherals into their system.

The SD RTOS protocol driver architecture and tool chain includes all components needed to provide high-speed I/O with low-power consumption. SDIO’s plug-and-play capabilities combined with its multifunction support of multiple I/O and combined memory and I/O give developers exceptional flexibility in meeting memory and data transfer needs via byte, block, multiblock and stream data at speeds up to 200 Mbps. In addition the SD RTOS architecture provides an interface that easily scales to support future SD-based peripherals.

“RTXC is used in the world’s leading portable media players, so Quadros Systems is an obvious partner for us to deliver integrated SDIO technology,” noted Abhay Jain, founder and CTO of Jinvani Systech. “Together we simplify the development of consumer devices and provide an easy path to add future functionality.”

“The mobile market is highly competitive and must meet aggressive time-to-market demands,” observed Tom Barrett, president of Quadros Systems. “Our partnership with Jinvani Systems ensures that Quadros RTXC developers enjoy the best of both worlds—an RTOS kernel that can deliver superior real-time control and dataflow capabilities and integration with technologies needed in the end application. Our goal is to ease the development process by integration from hardware through peripheral.”

The SD RTOS DDK is based on the latest industry SD and SDIO specifications. SD RTOS provides SD memory and MMC multimedia card support up to 2 GB, 1- and 4-bit SD/SDIO, large DMA support, plug and play, abort and resume features and high-speed host/card support up to 50 MHz. With a well-documented, easy-to-use API, developers are well-equipped to meet the stringent constraints of mobile electronic devices.

To provide an integrated purchase and support experience for its customers, Quadros Systems will resell the SD RTOS DDK and associated tools.

Price & Availability

Single-project licenses for SD RTOS DDK start at $5,000.

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.

About Jinvani Systech, Inc.

Jinvani Systech Inc. is the leading provider of Secure Digital (SD) technology to the embedded market space. Jinvani Systech Inc. offers turnkey software solutions, products and services. Products include SD Sleuth bus analyzer, SD Extender cards, SD gold host and high-performance SD bus drivers for RTOS. For more information visit www.jinvanisystech.com or contact us at +1 408 390 6819.

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