Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductors)
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 28 May 2004
Partners bring more
software to programme
Five new companies have joined the Nexperia Home Partner Programme
The new members are: MontaVista Software, Moonlight, Roxus Technologies, Ordina and Bores Signal Processing. There are now 17 independent software vendors and partners in the Nexperia Home Partner Programme committed to developing connected middleware, applications and reference designs based on the Nexperia Home family of semiconductor solutions.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 28 May 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Nexperia Home Partner Programme, launched in December 2003, is designed to help ISVs and integrators market software-based products for Nexperia Home semiconductor solutions.
As a result, we will see a new wave of innovative consumer devices for the connected home including digital TVs, home media servers and set-top boxes.
"By combining Philips' robust Nexperia system-on-chip solutions and MontaVista Software's expertise in embedded systems and Linux-based software offerings, we can develop solutions for intelligent connected devices that will change the way people interact with TVs, media storage devices and other entertainment products", said Sheila Baker, Vice President of Marketing, MontaVista Software.
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"The value of the Nexperia Home Partner Programme is clear, and we are working together with Philips to provide the industry what is needed to enable the connected home".
"The Nexperia Home Partner Programme ecosystem is gaining momentum in the industry as we see many opportunities to help consumer electronics manufacturers with advanced products", said Leon Husson, Executive Vice President Consumer Businesses, Philips Semiconductors.
"With the boom of convergence devices and exciting new A/V applications in the Connected Home, everyone benefits when we join forces with these leading ISVs and integrators in order to rapidly address the unique hardware and software needs of CE manufacturers today".
The newest ISVs and partners bring a vast array of expertise to the Nexperia Home Partner Programme.
MontaVista Software is a leading developer of Linux-based software based in Sunnyvale, California.
Moonlight is a developer of industry leading MPEG and H.264 video compression software based in Israel.
Roxus Technologies is a leader in the design and development of broadband multimedia solutions in the telecommunications and cable television industry, based in Beijing.
Ordina is a leading provider of software development and integration services to the information, communication and embedded technology markets, headquartered in the Netherlands.
Bores Signal Processing is a media processing consulting and training organisation located in Woking, England.
The involvement of these partners adds to the breadth of software-based capabilities for Nexperia Home semiconductor solutions.
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