Unterpremstaetten, Austria, and Orlando, FL – April 14, 2010: Today at the RFID Journal Live! technical conference and exhibition, MTI will demo how connecting everyday items to the internet through embedded short-range mobile transceivers enables a new method of communication between people and objects, and between objects themselves. Novel EPCglobal C1G2 RFID products, including the USB Dongle UHF RFID reader and Gen2 Tag with advanced capabilities, al low integration of ubiquitous computing to trigger innovative high value applications for everyday life. Easy to install, one-click downloadable software allows use by experts and novices alike to simply and quickly access the Internet of Things.

MTI’s RFID USB Dongle (RU-888-100), based on austriamicrosystems AS3992 high-performance UHF RFID reader IC provides a global, affordable and mobile EPCglobal C1G2 integrated UHF reader complete with embedded antenna.  RF-iT Solution’s innovative detego® EXPRESS provides a powerful software module catalogue.  A variety of predefined interfaces to backend ERP or database systems can be downloaded easily.  The internet link module directly feeds product code information into internet search engines. NXP’s newly announced UCODE G2iL+ tag silicon provides advanced features for EPCglobal C1G2 tags, including the industry’s first tag level I/O signalling interfaces, enabling low cost passive UHF RFID to be used in applications never before possible.   

Come see MTI’s Internet of Things – from Vision to Reality demonstration at MTI’s booth (#355) during RFID Journal Live! 2010 in Orlando, Florida, April 14-16, 2010 & see UHF passive RFID in a new and exciting way:

Smart Interfacing

Plug MTI’s RFID USB Dongle (RU-888-100) with austriamicrosystems inside to a USB port of your PC, download the detego® EXPRESS soft ware from RF-iT’s homepage and feed EPC data to any IT-Backend system of your choice. Through a series of interfaces defined data (ID, timestamp, location) is pro vided to seamlessly integrate into your IT backend sys tems like SAP, Navision, Sage and numerous others.

Smart Advertising

Download the Internet link option from RF-iT’s home-page and optionally feed EPC data to search engines like Google. Find out valuable information about prod ucts and services by just presenting a tagged item to MTI’s RFID USB Dongle reader powered by austriamicrosystems with RF-iT’s software application seamlessly connecting EPC data to the world wide web.

Smart Theft Protection

The recently announced NXP Semiconductors UCODE G2iL+ presents many exciting new features never be fore available from EPCglobal C1G2 compliant UHF tag silicon. One application that the partners have leveraged from the UCODE G2iL+ and demonstrate is the activa tion and deactivation of electronic devices over the RFID link.  By integrating NXP’s tiny G2iL+ silicon into a tag, and then embedding this within an object or item, or even a printed circuit board (PCB) of a device such as a mobile phone, MP3 player or printer, the product can be stored on the sales floor in a deactivated state minimizing its val­ue to potential shoplifters. Activation and downloading of relevant software or firmware of the device can be done at home after proper registration on the vendor’s homepage, or alternatively at the POS, whichever is most convenient.

About NXP Semiconductors

UCODE G2iL series offer leading edge read range enabling simple antenna design solutions that increase the cost effectiveness of RFID solutions.  An extensive set of unique features, including the Digital Switch, Data Transfer, Tag Tamper Alarm, battery assist mode and advanced privacy features make RFID more reliable, more flexible and easier to work with.  NXP Semiconductors provides High Performance Mixed Signal and Standard Product solutions that leverage its leading RF, Analog, Power, Digital Processing and manufacturing expertise. These innovations are used in a wide range of automotive, industrial, consumer, lighting, medical, computing and identification applications. Headquartered in Europe, the company has about 28,000 employees working in more than 25 countries and posted sales of USD 3.8 billion in 2009. News from NXP is located at www.nxp.com

About MTI

MTI was founded in 1983 as the first RF and Microwave design and manufacturing company in Taiwan. Internationally recognized today as a global leader in supplying RF and microwave products, MTI designs and manufactures products for cellular base stations backhaul; Remote Radio Heads for LTE; satellite receivers, upconverters and transceivers; terrestrial PTP and PTMP Radios, and Broadband Wireless Access applications.  With award winning quality systems and a proven track record for high-volume manufacturing and shipments of complex RF and microwave products in excess of 1M pcs/month, MTI is focusing its resources on innovating and developing RFID Reader products for high-volume manufacturing applications  and to enable triggering of mass market and ubiquitous adaptation of UHF passive RFID.  For further information please contact prince_darryn@mti.com.tw or visit www.mti.com.tw.

About austriamicrosystems

austriamicrosystems is a leading designer and manufacturer of standard and customized high-performance analog ICs in the areas of power management, sensors & sensor interfaces and mobile infotainment. Complemented by its full service foundry services, the company focuses on the communications, industrial & medical and automotive markets. austriamicrosystems leverages more that 28 years of expertise in low power and high accuracy to provide industry-leading products, operating worldwide with more that 1,000 employees with its own state-of-the-art manufacturing and test facilities. austriamicrosystems is listed on the SIX Swiss Exchange in Zurich (ticker symbol: AMS). For more information, visit www.austriamicrosystems.com.

About RF-iT Solutions

RF-iT Solutions GmbH stands for expert consulting, suc cessful project implementation and the development of advanced RFID solution modules.  As developer of the leading RFID platform detego® You-R OPEN and a lead ing European provider of integrated RFID solutions, we offer detego® standard modules for the optimization of business processes. At the same time, we focus our research and development capabilities continuously on in novative technologies in the Auto-ID field, to create a clear value for our customers. Since our founding in 2005, we witnessed a steady growth and have gained many new partners, employees and customers. For further informa tion about RF-iT Solutions GmbH and the solution modules of detego® please visit www.rf-it-solutions.com.

Tokyo, Japan. April 14, 2010 – eSOL Co., Ltd. (Head Office: Nakano-ku, Tokyo, President: Tsutomu Sawada, henceforth eSOL) today announced eSOL for Android™ as a one-stop solution for embedded systems development using Android™, an open source platform from the Open Handset Alliance (OHA). eSOL for Android consists of eSOL Adaptor for Android™, which enables Android to run on non-Linux OSes, and eSOL Professional Services for Android™, which offers technical services for Android-based software development. As a result, eSOL for Android is expected to bring Android to a much wider market beyond mobile phones.

eSOL has over 30 years’ experience in the development of proven, high-quality and highly reliable software for embedded systems like car navigation systems and home electronics. In addition to embedded OSes, the company also provides original development tools, middleware, and professional services for BSP development for its own OSes as well as others such as Linux and Windows®.

eT-Kernel Adaptor for Android is scheduled to be the first in a series of eSOL Adaptor for Android products. eT-Kernel Adaptor for Android permits replacement of a Linux kernel with the eSOL eT-Kernel OS, a high-performance, highly reliable POSIX- and TRON-conformant OS. eT-Kernel Adaptor for Android is now under development for release in the second quarter of CY2010. eSOL Professional Services for Android will offer various optimization services based on the knowledge acquired through the development of eSOL Adaptor for Android.

As the size of software programs required for embedded appliances such as cell phones, other consumer electronics devices, and automotive infotainment systems steadily increases, so does the pressure for improved development efficiency. To remedy this situation, developers have been working for years to improve software platforms. One result is Android. However, every embedded system has its own specific requirements and the Linux kernel-based Android will not fulfill them all, due to issues such as Linux licensing, quality assurance, and lack of true real-time capability.

eSOL offers an alternative to this situation by providing eT-Kernel Adaptor for Android, which replaces the Linux kernel with another OS, enabling high performance and reliability, while at the same time ensuring efficiency and reduced costs. In addition, eSOL Professional Services for Android will ensure successful development of an optimized Android-based system. eT-Kernel Adaptor for Android combines both the benefits of middleware- and application-rich Android and the real-time eSOL eT-Kernel. eT-Kernel Adaptor for Android provides the following benefits:

• Real-time performance provided by eSOL eT-Kernel over Linux.
• Android applications that can be mixed with reliable and real-time applications for POSIX/ μITRON and eSOL eT-Kernel.
• eSOL eT-Kernel Multi-Core Edition Memory Partitioning, a system protection function for multi-core systems prevents the corruption of memory between the kernel and different applications and ensures the reliability of complex multi-core systems by separating real-time POSIX/TRON sub-systems from Android sub-systems.
• A fully compatible Android application framework layer that permits the Android SDK to be used as usual.
• The eSOL eT-Kernel/POSIX profile of the multi-profiled eSOL eT-Kernel series, which  is highly compatible with Linux, and enables reuse of many Linux-based software assets.

eSOL Professional Services for Android is not only available for eSOL eT-Kernel-based Android systems, but also for a variety of different OSes, including Linux. Optimization services offered include system-level Android components such as Low Memory Killer, binder, libraries, HAL, and Android runtime customization, plus porting of eSOL Adaptor for Android and BSP development.

About eSOL

eSOL is a leading embedded software developer that enables customers to accelerate development of applications based on high-end embedded processors including multi-core. Our advanced, scalable, multi-profiled real-time operating systems are tightly integrated with development tools and middleware components to create flexible development platforms used by OEMs and ODMs worldwide in competitive vertical markets such as automotive, consumer electronics, industrial and medical equipment and aerospace. Founded in 1975, eSOL is based in Tokyo, Japan.

For more information, please visit http://www.esol.co.jp

About eT-Kernel

The eT-Kernel real-time OS is designed for embedded systems that require high performance and reliability. eT-Kernel is scalable with multiple profiles to fit any system size and purpose. These profiles include POSIX-compliant eT-Kernel/POSIX, enhanced eT-Kernel/Extended supporting memory protection and process model, and basic eT-Kernel/Compact. eT-Kernel Multi-Core Edition is available for multi-core processors featuring its unique Blended Scheduling® that enables the coexistence of both symmetrical (SMP) and asymmetrical (AMP) multi-core processing, in a single system. eT-Kernel has proved its value in a wide range of embedded systems such as car navigation systems, aerospace, consumer electronics, and more.
For more information, please visit http://www.esol.co.jp/english/embedded/et-kernel.html

About eT-Kernel Multi-Core Edition Memory Partitioning

eT-Kernel Multi-Core Edition Memory Partitioning is a system protection add-on for eT-Kernel Multi-Core Edition providing multi-core systems with the highest level of security. eT-Kernel Multi-Core Edition Memory Partitioning prevents individual applications with different levels of reliability and kernel-level drivers from interfering with each other, resulting in protecting memories of every application and even of the kernel. What’s more, the eT-Kernel Multi-Core Edition Memory Partitioning has the unique ability to permit these partitioned applications to talk to each other by means of basic OS services like messaging and semaphore, thus creating an integrated system that contains “separate yet blended” components.

For more information, please visit http://www.esol.co.jp/english/embedded/et-kernel_memory_partitioning.html

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. and SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) , a world leader in software and IP for semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing, and eSilicon Corporation, the largest independent semiconductor Value Chain Producer (VCP), today announced that eSilicon has joined the Synopsys IP OEM Partner Program. eSilicon has had a successful history using DesignWare® IP which includes the completion of 200 designs with 100 percent first-pass silicon success utilizing Synopsys’ broad portfolio of high-quality IP solutions such as DesignWare Library, USB, PCI Express®, DDR, SATA, Ethernet, HDMI, MIPI IP including 3G DigRF, CSI-2 and D-PHY, data converters and audio codecs.

The history of success with DesignWare IP in an array of applications such as telecom, consumer and computer applications is one of the key reasons eSilicon joined the Synopsys IP OEM Partner Program. Through this program, end customers gain access to a wide range of silicon-proven, interoperable IP that helps them reduce integration risk and speed time-to-market for their SoC designs. They also benefit from eSilicon’s proven VCP model which provides the IP, infrastructure, products, services and well-established supply chain for an optimal design flow.

“The combination of Synopsys’ DesignWare IP solutions and eSilicon’s services provides us with the optimal solution for our product requirements,” said Alain Legault, vice president of engineering at Octasic. “eSilicon, as a semiconductor VCP, provides a low-risk path to volume chip production by applying its best-in-class skills, expertise, systems and patented infrastructure. By eSilicon collaborating with an industry leader like Synopsys for high-quality DesignWare IP solutions, it enables us to successfully introduce differentiated products to the market.”

“As a Value Chain Producer, it is critical that we have high-quality IP available to help ensure our customers’ designs see silicon success,” said Kalar Rajendiran, senior director of marketing at eSilicon. “We’ve had a long history of success with Synopsys’ DesignWare IP, and joining the IP OEM Program is a natural extension of this collaboration. Through this program, eSilicon benefits from specialized on-site, in-depth product and integration training and high-quality products that are backed by a responsive and knowledgeable support team.”

“Having eSilicon achieve multiple first-pass silicon successes with DesignWare IP substantiates Synopsys’ investment in quality, breadth of portfolio and technical support. It also demonstrates eSilicon’s track record of successfully applying their design and manufacturing skills,” said John Koeter, vice president of marketing for the Solutions Group at Synopsys. “As a leader in interface and analog IP, we continue to provide proven and compliant IP solutions that help designers lower their risk, reduce costs and bring differentiated products to the market faster.”

About DesignWare IP

Synopsys is a leading provider of high-quality, silicon-proven interface and analog IP solutions for system-on-chip designs. Synopsys’ broad IP portfolio delivers complete connectivity IP solutions consisting of controllers, PHY and verification IP for widely used protocols such as USB, PCI Express, DDR, SATA, Ethernet, HDMI and MIPI IP including 3G DigRF, CSI-2 and D-PHY. The analog IP family includes Analog-to-Digital Converters, Digital-to-Analog Converters, Audio Codecs, Video Analog Front Ends, Touch Screen Controllers and more. In addition, Synopsys offers SystemC transaction-level models to build virtual platforms for rapid, pre-silicon development of software. With a robust IP development methodology, extensive investment in quality and comprehensive technical support, Synopsys enables designers to accelerate time-to-market and reduce integration risk. For more information on DesignWare IP, visit:http://www.synopsys.com/designware. Follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/designware_ip.

About Synopsys

Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ:SNPS) is a world leader in electronic design automation (EDA), supplying the global electronics market with the software, intellectual property (IP) and services used in semiconductor design, verification and manufacturing. Synopsys’ comprehensive, integrated portfolio of implementation, verification, IP, manufacturing and field-programmable gate array (FPGA) solutions helps address the key challenges designers and manufacturers face today, such as power and yield management, software-to-silicon verification and time-to-results. These technology-leading solutions help give Synopsys customers a competitive edge in bringing the best products to market quickly while reducing costs and schedule risk. Synopsys is headquartered in Mountain View, California, and has more than 65 offices located throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Asia and India. Visit Synopsys online at http://www.synopsys.com/.

About Value Chain Producer

A Value Chain Producer (VCP) is a company that collaborates with foundries, IP and service providers, EDA suppliers, package, assembly and test operations in designing and producing chips for fabless IC, IDM and OEM companies. VCPs optimize the economics of customer value chains and enable customers to focus on their product differentiation and market growth. A VCP earns revenue by shipping packaged, tested products with the customers’ logo. The term was created by eSilicon and was adopted by the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) as a new category in October 2009.

About eSilicon

eSilicon, a pioneering semiconductor Value Chain Producer (VCP), provides a comprehensive suite of design, productization and manufacturing services, enabling a flexible, low-cost, lower-risk path to volume chip production. The company delivers application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) to system original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and fabless semiconductor companies who serve a wide variety of markets including the consumer, computer, communications and industrial segments. eSilicon – Enabling Your Silicon Success™. For more information, please visit www.esilicon.com.