Boston MA - November 19, 2002 - Three US-based companies are demonstrating a joint technology at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston from November 19 - 20. The demo will be shown at Applied Data Systems' booth #717.
The demonstration features Font Fusion™, Bitstream's premier font rendering engine, and a core set of Bitstream fonts, running on Skelmir's fast, efficient and market proven CEE-J virtual machine technology. The demo is powered by Applied Data System's Graphics Client Plus, a RISC-based StrongARM™ system, known for its low power-consuming application-ready design.
Bitstream, a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based company, is the leading developer of font technology, digital fonts, and custom font designs. Bitstream has licensed Font Fusion to leading developers in the broadcast community. Font Fusion performs well in memory- and performance-constrained environments. For example, a complete traditional Chinese TrueType font with over 13,000 characters can occupy as much as 8 MB. With Font Fusion, the same characters occupy less than 0.5 MB, representing considerable savings in memory and disk space costs.
Skelmir LLC, a Somerville, Massachusetts-based company, develops CEE-J. CEE-J is a suite of fast, compact and proven clean room virtual machines for hosting MHP, OSGi, browsers and other Java™ applications on embedded devices.
Applied Data Systems (ADS), a Columbia, Maryland-based company, is a leading developer of "application-ready" Intel StrongARM® and XScale®-based systems, used for powering PDAs, mobile, wireless and Internet-connected portable applications. With its family of proven custom and off-the-shelf embedded systems, ADS specializes in bringing customers products to market quickly and effectively within a few months.
"Working with the teams and technologies of both Applied Data Systems and Bitstream has enabled Skelmir to offer customers tremendous advantages. The robust and easy to use development systems of ADS give CEE-J licensees an excellent platform for quickly creating and deploying to market their applications and devices. Bitstream's Font Fusion gives CEE-J licensees a superior choice for True Type font rendering" said Shari Agatstein, president of Skelmir.
"This joint capability allows broadcasters to make it quick, easy and affordable for customers to deploy Java™ applications on their embedded systems," said Anna Chagnon, President of Bitstream. "Skelmir's VM is a perfect match for Bitstream's Font Fusion, a small fast font engine that runs on any device and platform and renders high-quality text at any resolution."
"Bitstream's software with Skelmir's CEE-J provides a fast and responsive technology combination for consumer solutions manufacturers needs, which works well on our low-power consuming platforms," said Bob Olsen, CEO of Applied Data Systems.
About CEE-J
Skelmir's family of CEE-J clean room virtual machines
and libraries are available for a wide range of processors,
operating systems and embedded virtual machine configurations.
Easily ported to new platforms, CEE-J offers advanced
graphical capabilities ideal for digital television
displays and MHP enabled appliances, onboard navigation
systems, Internet appliances, handheld wireless communications
and more. Independent developers and companies looking
to obtain commercial use and distribution licenses for
CEE-J can do so by contacting Skelmir directly.
About Font Fusion
Font Fusion provides developers with full font fidelity
and high-quality typographic output at any resolution
on any device, while maintaining the integrity of the
original character shapes. Font Fusion is small and
fast. Most developers can compile the source code in
32-105 KB, depending on options. It generates more than
16,000 characters per second, using the Arial font at
25 lines per em on a 233MHz Pentium® II processor,
cache turned off.
Font Fusion is designed for operating systems, software applications, Web applications, low-resolution screen devices, multimedia servers, high-definition television screens (HDTVs), set-top boxes, continuous tone printers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), and other embedded systems and information and wireless appliances.
About Graphics Client Plus
The Graphics Client Plus is one of the most versatile
and richly featured RISC-based embedded single board
computer systems. The GC+, an ideal "application-ready"
system includes 3 serial ports, CAN, Ethernet and ADSmart
IO. For more information, see http://www.applieddata.net/products_gcplus.asp
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About Bitstream
Bitstream Inc. (Nasdaq:BITS) is the leading developer
of font technology, digital fonts, and custom font designs.
Bitstream licenses its award-winning TrueDoc® and
Font Fusion™ technologies to Web and application
developers, and to manufacturers of information appliances,
wireless and handheld devices, set-top boxes, embedded
systems, and printers. Setting the standard for excellence
in font technology, Bitstream holds numerous key patents
that cover the creation of portable fonts for the Internet.
Building on this experience, Bitstream has released
ThunderHawk™, a breakthrough technology for the
wireless Web.
Founded in 1981, Bitstream is the first digital font foundry. In 1999, Bitstream created MyFonts.com, Inc. (http://www.myfonts.com), the Web site for finding, trying, and buying fonts on line. Bitstream is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Find out more about Bitstream at http://www.bitstream.com.
Media Contact:
Bob Thomas
Bitstream Inc.
Tel: 617/520-8376 617/625-1551
Fax: 617/868-0784 617/776-0740
bthomas@bitstream.com
About Skelmir LLC
Skelmir provides world-class embedded solutions for
hosting MHP, OSGi, browsers & other Java™ applications
on a variety of platforms and devices. Skelmir's clean
room technology arms customers with the tools necessary
for quick and reliable deployment of Java™ applications
and services. Skelmir offers technology backed by a
team of experts dedicated to perfecting practical and
market ready embedded solutions. Please contact us at
info@skelmir.com
or visit us on the Web at http://www.skelmir.com
Media Contact:
Pete Mellor
Skelmir, LLC
Tel: 617-625-1551
Fax: 617-776-0740
pmellor@skelmir.com
About Applied Data Systems
Applied Data Systems (ADS) is a US-based designer and
manufacturer of RISC-based application-ready systems
used to power mobile, wireless and Internet-connected
applications. ADS' family of systems is known for their
rich IO and low-power consuming formats. Established
in 1985, ADS products have been proven in fleet, defense,
retail, telecommunications, and medical device markets.
ADS is a Gold-level partner in Microsoft's Windows Embedded
Partner program. For more information, contact: sales@applieddata.net,
Web: http://www.applieddata.net
Media Contact:
Sarah Pick
Applied Data Systems
Tel: 301/490-4007 x128
Fax: 301/490-4582
spick@applieddata.net
Bitstream, the Bitstream logo, and TrueDoc
are registered trademarks, and Font Fusion and ThunderHawk
are trademarks of Bitstream Inc. Other technologies
and brand names are trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respective companies. All logos and trademarks
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Skelmir and CEE-J are trademarks of Skelmir. Java and all Java based marks are trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. Skelmir, LLC is an independent company offering proven clean room virtual machine technologies for multiple Java Platforms. Skelmir is not affiliated with Sun Microsystems, Inc.