LinuxLink from Timesys Simplifies Development of Linux Products Using Xilinx Virtex-4...

LinuxLink from Timesys Simplifies Development of Linux Products Using Xilinx
Virtex-4 and Virtex-5 FPGAs

Comprehensive solution from Timesys includes LinuxLink build environment as
well as new FPGA design service

PITTSBURGH, June 26 /PRNewswire/ -- Timesys Corporation
(http://www.timesys.com), provider of LinuxLink, the first commercial software
development framework for building custom embedded Linux based products, today
announced LinuxLink 3.0 support for Xilinx Virtex-4 and Virtex-5 FPGAs.

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Complementing this new Virtex support within LinuxLink, Timesys also announced
an FPGA design service. Customers who want to focus on developing value-adding
applications for their product can rely on Timesys to provide both a
well-optimized hardware design and accompanying Linux platform support.

With support for Xilinx's reference boards, LinuxLink customers can easily
leverage the flexibility of Xilinx's FPGAs to develop custom hardware with
comprehensive embedded Linux support. LinuxLink provides full support for a
wide variety of peripherals including Ethernet, Serial and System ACE,
enabling developers to achieve fast product design cycle.

The combination of the LinuxLink framework from Timesys and the EDK
development tools from Xilinx results in smooth hardware-software integration.
The Xilinx EDK tools accelerate the design cycle by allowing a hardware design
team to choose and customize from several IP blocks. Similarly, the Timesys
LinuxLink framework accelerates software development by enabling the design,
customization and integration of a custom Linux image matching the hardware
platform. The combination of these development tools allows companies to
create a complete custom Linux based product using the latest open source code
at a very reasonable cost.

"Timesys assists customers throughout the entire development process of an
FPGA-based Linux platform," said Charlie Ashton, Vice President of Business
Development at Timesys. "Providing LinuxLink support for Virtex FPGAs along
with FPGA design services allows us to deliver an end-to-end platform design
approach that is well aligned with FPGAs from Xilinx."

For a limited time, developers can obtain free LinuxLink access to quickly
configure, build and evaluate embedded Linux on PowerPC-based Virtex
processors by registering at https://linuxlink.timesys.com/register/factory.
Developers should enter promotion code PRV4V5 when completing the online free
trial registration form.

Additional information about LinuxLink subscriptions for Xilinx processors can
be found at http://www.timesys.com/xilinx.

About Timesys
Timesys is the provider of LinuxLink, a high-productivity software development
framework for embedded Linux applications. The LinuxLink framework includes
the Linux kernel, cross-toolchain, application development IDE, an
award-winning build system, called Factory, a vast library of middleware
packages, software stacks and libraries, documentation and expert technical
support. LinuxLink enables development teams to consistently build and
maintain a custom, open source embedded Linux platform through regularly
updated Linux sources, proven middleware packages, and a scriptable GNU-based
build environment. LinuxLink reduces the time, resources, risk and cost
associated with building a product based on open source Linux. For more
information, visit http://www.timesys.com.

About Xilinx
Xilinx is the worldwide leader in complete programmable logic solutions. For
more information, visit http://www.xilinx.com.

Editors' Notes:

Timesys is a registered trademark of Timesys Corporation.

XILINX, Virtex and other designated brands included herein are trademarks of
Xilinx in the United States and other countries.

Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvlads in the United States and
other countries.

All other company and product names mentioned are trademarks and/or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.

SOURCE Timesys Corporation

Theresa Kisha of Timesys Corporation, +1-412-325-6362,
theresa.kisha@timesys.com