From:	 Annette Oevermann <aoevermann@pacifico.com>
To:	 <lwn@lwn.net>
Subject: MontaVista to Support Intel XScale
Date:	 Mon, 27 Aug 2001 18:04:20 -0700

MontaVista Delivers Embedded Hard Hat Linux for Intel XScale Platform

San Jose, Calif., Intel Developer Forum, August 28, 2001--MontaVista
Software, the company powering the embedded revolution, today announced that
Hard Hat Linux 2.0 would include support for the Intel® XScale� micro
architecture later this quarter. In January, MontaVista had demonstrated the
first working version of embedded Linux®, targeting the Intel® XScale� at
the Linux World and Expo in New York.

"With Hard Hat Linux for XScale, MontaVista shows its ongoing commitment to
provide embedded Linux for Intel mobile and scalable computing platforms,"
said Jim Ready, MontaVista president and CEO. "MontaVista proudly adds Intel
XScale to the industry-leading array of embedded CPUs that we support."

MontaVista has optimized Linux and development tools to take advantage of
XScale-specific architectural features. XScale application developers will
benefit from these enhancements, which include per-formance tuning, reduced
memory footprint and integrated device interfaces. In keeping with
MontaVista and open source practices, all such work will be submitted back
to the StrongARM/XScale/ARM source trees, promoting the architecture for the
entire community.

Intel unveiled the XScale platform last year to extend the successful
StrongARM� technology base into the handheld/wireless marketplace. XScale is
a powerful processor featuring cost-effective, power-efficient integration,
targeted for applications in mobile telephony, personal connectivity,
wireless video and handheld PCs, as well as for network infrastructure
devices such as routers, switches and network attached storage. Unique to
XScale is its ability to ratchet its power consumption up and down to suit
different computing loads and thus conserve battery life on handheld
devices.

Availability
Hard Hat Linux 2.0 for XScale will be available in the third quarter of 2001
from MontaVista to subscribers of the Hard Hat Linux 2.0 Professional
Edition. The first embedded target hardware supported will be the Intel
IQ80310 evaluation platform, featuring the 80310 I/O chipset with a 600 MHz
80200 StrongARM processor core.


About Hard Hat Linux 2.0 Professional Edition
Hard Hat Linux 2.0 Professional Edition boasts unrivaled development support
for the broadest range of embedded processor architectures, with more than
480 fully tested and supported host-target combinations.  The feature-rich
product enables development and deployment for a wide variety of embedded
applications, providing a standard platform for designs in communications
infrastructure, networking, consumer electronics, instrumentation and
control.


About MontaVista Software Inc.
MontaVista Software Inc. is a leading provider of open-source systems
software solutions for embedded developers. Founded in 1999 by real-time
operating system pioneer James Ready, MontaVista¹s principal offerings are
the cross development tools and operating system tailored for embedded
developers. MontaVista products include Hard HatTM Linux®, a Linux-based
embedded source and binary distribution, development platform and tool kits
for x86/IA-32, PowerPC, StrongARM, MIPS, SH, ARM, and other microprocessor
architectures. MontaVista offers developers a family of products and
services for embedded design targeted for applications ranging from
communications infrastructure to thin-client and edge applications.
MontaVista Soft-ware also makes available valuable technology add-on
packages that address specific customer requirements such as the Java
development environment, High Availability technology, legacy RTOS porting
tools, GUI toolkit and more.

Headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, in Sunnyvale, Calif.,
MontaVista Software is a privately held company funded by leading investors
such Alloy Ventures, US Venture Partners, RRE Ventures, WR Hambrecht + Co.,
and Intel Capital. For more information about MontaVista, please visit
http://www.mvista.com, email to info@mvista.com or call (408) 328-9200.

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

Contacts:
Joe Samagond
Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications
MontaVista Software Inc.
Phone: (408) 328-9234
E-mail: jsamagond@mvista.com

Patricia Colby
PR Strategy and Business Development
Pacifico Inc. 
Phone: (408) 293-8600 ext. 340
E-mail: pcolby@pacifico.com