IAR Systems and XEMICS Close a Deal On Development Systems for Bluetooth - TM - Products
NEUCHATEL, Switzerland & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS
WIRE)--Dec. 10, 2001--
IAR Systems in Sweden and XEMICS in Switzerland today
announced that a deal has been closed around development
and production of Bluetooth Starter Kits for the XEMICS
semiconductors for the Bluetooth wireless technology. The
products will be developed and manufactured by IAR Systems in
Jonkoping, Sweden, and marketed and sold by the XEMICS
world-wide sales organization.
The Bluetooth Starter Kit from XEMICS contains Bluetooth hardware
as well as software that enables engineers to evaluate, and start
development of, Bluetooth products based on ultra- low power Bluetooth
semiconductors from XEMICS. The kit contains all hardware and software
needed to set up a working Bluetooth node, and is specially tailored
to serve the needs of battery powered Bluetooth solutions.
IAR will also add support for the Bluetooth solution from XEMICS
in IAR MakeApp for the Bluetooth protocol stack, the world's first
development tool with graphical configuration and automatic code
generation tool of optimized Bluetooth protocol stacks.
"This deal strengthens IAR System's position as the leading
supplier of development tools for Bluetooth products," says Lars-Erik
Stenkil, General Manager at IAR Systems in Jonkoping, Sweden. "At the
same time, we can help XEMICS to bring a powerful evaluation and
prototyping system for the XEMICS semiconductor devices quickly to the
market."
"This alliance allows XEMICS' customers to easily develop
Bluetooth applications and to significantly reduce time to market of
their products," says Alain Dantec, Chief Executive Officer at XEMICS,
Switzerland.
He added that "battery powered applications especially, will
additionally benefit from IAR's optimized protocol stack and XEMICS
highly integrated Bluetooth IC's due to the performance as well as
system cost optimization."
By using the Bluetooth Starter Kit for the Bluetooth modules from
XEMICS, R&D engineers around the world will be able to start product
development using the XEMICS devices much faster. It also allows the
developers to explore the unique features of the XEMICS devices.
About IAR Systems
By focusing on the embedded systems industry, IAR Systems has
reached the position of leading supplier of software development tools
for embedded microcontrollers. Since the company was founded in 1983,
IAR has worked in close cooperation with the world's major chip
manufacturers to develop a wide range of programming tools supporting
a large number of chip architectures. The tools today consist of
highly efficient C and EC++ compilers in the IAR Embedded
Workbench(TM) development environment, the device driver wizard IAR
MakeApp(TM) for graphical configuration and initialization of the chip
and creation of complete device drivers and the IAR visualSTATE®
graphic programming tool with a patented technology to generate
validated and small production-ready code. IAR Systems also provides a
total solution for Bluetooth(TM) protocol stacks and applications,
from development of Bluetooth devices to qualification. IAR Design
Services injects engineering expertise and experience into embedded
system projects. It contributes to IAR's mission to reduce the
development time for embedded systems and accelerate time to market.
IAR Systems has offices in the US, UK, Japan, Canada, Germany,
Denmark, and Sweden. More information is available at www.iar.com.
About XEMICS
XEMICS is a privately owned fabless semiconductor company with
headquarters in Switzerland and a world-wide sales and customer
support network. XEMICS delivers a range of advanced short-range
wireless connectivity solutions to a global customer base. XEMICS is a
leading designer and provider of Bluetooth(TM) devices, CODEC's,
Wireless RF transceivers, and data acquisition, as well as GPS
solutions. With a focus on low cost and high quality XEMICS provides
solutions by utilizing ultra-low power technology in innovative IC
designs. Web site: www.xemics.com
Contact:
IAR Systems
Lars-Erik Stenkil
phone: +46 36 345000,
mobile phone: +46 708 120606
e-mail: lars-erik.stenkil@iar.se
or
XEMICS SA
Isabelle Bellaton
phone +41 32 720 5562
e-mail: pr@xemics.com
