Zintec Selects MontaVista Linux as Foundation Platform for New Set-Top Box Products

( BW)(CA-MONTAVISTA/ZINTEC) Zintec Selects MontaVista Linux as
Foundation Platform for New Set-Top Box Products


    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

    PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2002--MontaVista Software Inc.,
the company powering the embedded revolution, today announced a
collaboration with Zintec Holding, a company developing digital
broadcast information system software for next-generation set-top box
products.
    In Q1 2003, Zintec plans to deliver Open TV EN-2 set-top box
software, which has been developed using MontaVista(TM) Linux(R)
Professional Edition. Zintec's next-generation set-top software
products will also be built using the powerful MontaVista Linux
development platform. The software will be used on the ZDX 7200
(full-featured Open TV set-top box) and on the ZDX 720 (budget Open TV
set-top box), which are manufactured and shipped by Zinwell, a major
customer of Zintec. Zintec will also use MontaVista Linux for its PVR
(Personal Video Recorder) and IP TV line of products. Zintec software
products run on TMS320AV7200, a fully integrated set-top box solution
from Texas Instruments.
    "After an in-depth search, we concluded that MontaVista Linux was
the only convincing product, if one were looking for a real-time Linux
OS," said Gerard Meijer, vice president, market development, Zintec.
"We appreciated the company's friendly and no-nonsense approach.
MontaVista Software has helped Zintec achieve our goal of reducing
time-to-market for our products and enabling our customers to maintain
their technical edge in this market."
    MontaVista Linux Professional Edition has been widely used by
scores of consumer electronics companies worldwide to build, develop
and deploy a wide range of products. Based on impetus from the market,
MontaVista Software has been focusing its recent efforts on enhancing
Linux for advanced consumer electronics applications.
    "The consumer electronics market has undergone a massive
revolution in the last few years, moving from simple, single function
devices to intelligent, digital networked appliances," said Cees
Boshuizen, vice president of sales in Europe, MontaVista Software. "We
are delighted to work with technology leading companies like Zintec to
provide them with the feature-rich, reliable and enabling development
platforms that let them fulfill and exceed the needs of their
customers in the digital television market."
    Zintec focuses its expertise on the research, design and
development of embedded systems software products for digital signal
processing in broadcast and information devices, especially television
set-top boxes.

    MontaVista Linux

    MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 2.1 is one of the most
widely used embedded Linux operating systems and development
platforms. It includes an impressive array of cross-development tools
for system and application code, unparalleled processor and board
support, native real-time performance in Linux, and hundreds of
deployable utilities, libraries, drivers, and other run-time
components. Earlier this year, MontaVista Linux Professional Edition
was named "Best Embedded Linux Solution" at the New York Linux World
and Expo. The product received the "Electron d'Or" award for "Best
Embedded Tool and Development Solution for 2002" from the prestigious
French publication "Electronique," and the Readers' Choice Award for
"Favorite Embedded Solution 2002" from the American magazine "Linux
Journal."

    About MontaVista Software

    MontaVista Software is a leading global supplier of systems
software for intelligent connected devices and their associated
infrastructure, for applications ranging from communications
infrastructure to consumer electronics. MontaVista powers the embedded
revolution by providing GNU/Linux based open-source systems software
solutions. Founded in 1999 by real-time operating system (RTOS)
pioneer James Ready, MontaVista Software's principal products include
MontaVista(TM) Linux(R) Professional Edition and MontaVista(TM)
Linux(R) Carrier Grade Edition. The Professional Edition comprises a
Linux-based embedded source and binary distribution, cross development
environments, and a versatile set of tools for the x86/IA-32, PowerPC,
StrongARM, MIPS, SH, ARM, XScale, Xtensa and other microprocessor
architectures. The Carrier Grade Edition is a next-generation high
availability product that is the first Commercial Off-The-Shelf Linux
(COTS) platform for telecommunications and carrier-grade applications.
MontaVista Software also provides several complementary technology
products addressing specific customer needs, such as Java development
and runtime, powerful graphics capabilities and more.
    Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale,
Calif., MontaVista Software is a privately held company funded by
leading investors such as Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE
Ventures, WR Hambrecht + Co., IBM, Intel Capital, Panasonic and Sony
Corporation. For more information about MontaVista Software, please
visit http://www.mvista.com, email to info@mvista.com or call (408)
328-9200.

    About Zintec

    Zintec Software is an embedded technology company focused on the
research, design and development of embedded systems software products
for digital signal processing in broadcast information devices,
specifically focusing on television set-top boxes. Founded in May
2000, Zintec employees over 40 people worldwide. It is a privately
held organization funded by strategic investors from Holland and
Taiwan. More information is located on the World Wide Web at
www.zintec.com

    Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. MontaVista is a
trademark of MontaVista Software Inc. All other names mentioned are
trademarks, registered trademarks or service marks of their respective
companies.


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    CONTACT: MontaVista Software Inc.
             Joe Samagond, 408/328-9234
             jsamagond@mvista.com
             or
             Pacifico Inc. (for MontaVista Software)
             Patricia Colby, 408/293-8600 ext. 340
             pcolby@pacifico.com
             or
             Zintec Holding BV
             Gerard Meijer, +31 182 393 228
             gmeijer@zintec.com

    KEYWORD: CALIFORNIA FRANCE INTERNATIONAL EUROPE
    INDUSTRY KEYWORD: COMPUTERS/ELECTRONICS SOFTWARE
    SOURCE: MontaVista Software Inc.






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