eCosCentric announces eCosPro® for NXP Nexperia™ set-top box semiconductor solutions and introduces the high reliability Multimedia Filesystem

BIRMINGHAM, UK -- October 11, 2006 -- eCosCentric Limited,
the eCos and RedBoot experts and member of NXP Semiconductor's
Nexperia™ Home Partner Program for Independent Software Vendors,
today announced the availability of eCosPro® for the Nexperia
STB220 set-top box reference solution and eCosPro-MMFS, the high
performance Multimedia Filesystem. The STB220 solution will be
distributed with an eCosPro Starter Kit allowing end-users to
rapidly evaluate eCos and begin building applications based upon
it. The eCosPro Starter Kit is a commercial grade distribution of
the eCos RTOS for deeply embedded systems, including a GNU-based
compiler/debugger toolchain, graphical eCos Configuration Tool
and certified RedBoot binaries. eCosCentric also offers a direct
upgrade to the full eCosPro Developer's Kit.

"It has been exciting to work with NXP Semiconductors to provide
eCosPro for their latest generation of Nexperia solutions that
target high-end applications" said Daniel Morris, Sales & Marketing
Director at eCosCentric. "Creating the highly reliable Multimedia
Filesystem enables us to meet the performance demands and usage
patterns of innovative consumer-grade appliances that are being
built around STB220 silicon solutions."

"The availability of an eCosPro Starter Kit with NXP's set-top
box system solutions will enable OEMs and ODMs to quickly bring
to market personal video recorders and dual-view set-top boxes,"
said Menno Kleingeld, Senior Marketing Director for the NXP
Semiconductors business line Set-Top-Box & Home Media Devices. "The
Multimedia Filesystem will enhance our STB system solution with
simultaneous streaming and recording of multimedia content,
improving the consumers' entertainment experience."

NXP's STB220 system solution, built around the Nexperia
PNX8330 MPEG2/4 source decoder, is targeted at state-of-the art
entertainment applications, such as Personal Video Recorders
(PVR) and decoders for dual terrestrial, satellite and cable
reception. Each STB220 reference solution (with PVR and dual
decoding) will be distributed with an eCosPro Starter Kit, including
eCosPro-MMFS. The Multimedia Filesystem was designed to support
continuous media intensive applications for consumer applications
such as PVR and Video JukeBoxes. Multiple data streams may be
recorded simultaneously, even during stream replay and the file
system can be configured to make the most efficient use of the
underlying hard disk. Advanced features such as power-on recovery
and data integrity checking are included to cater for anticipated
real-life usage patterns. STB-specific software stacks that have
been validated by NXP and its IP partners on the earlier Nexperia
PNX831x devices with eCosPro may be swiftly migrated to the PNX833x
using the uniform toolset provided by eCosCentric along with the
stable APIs presented by eCosPro.

About eCosPro

eCosPro is a stable, fully tested and supported version of the
eCos open source real-time operating system and RedBoot bootstrap
firmware. The eCosPro Developer's Kit is a distribution of eCosPro
with commercial support & advice, prebuilt eCos host tools,
compiler toolchains, full documentation, Eclipse-based integrated
development environment to streamline eCos application development
(including graphical debugger), C++ runtime (including Standard
Template Library) as well as profiling, code coverage and memory
allocation debugging tools. Third party components certified with
eCosPro include a Java Virtual Machine, an In-Memory Database,
Graphical User Interfaces, CANopen and USB 2.0 compliant Host,
Device & OTG stacks.

About eCosCentric

Founded in April 2002, eCosCentric is the leading provider of eCos
and RedBoot support, training, development and consulting services
worldwide. Staffed by the original eCos creators and highly
experienced embedded system and software engineers, eCosCentric
provides complete solutions consisting of run-time systems,
complementary host tools and certified third party applications.

About NXP

NXP is a top 10 semiconductor company founded by Philips more
than 50 years ago. Headquartered in the Netherlands, the company
has 37,000 employees working in 20 countries across the world. NXP
creates semiconductors, system solutions and software that deliver
better sensory experiences in mobile phones, personal media players,
TVs, set-top boxes, identification applications, cars and a wide
range of other electronic devices. News from NXP is located at
www.NXP.com.