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Press Release: Segger & Jungo Deliver USB Host Mass Storage For Media Devices

SEGGER AND JUNGO DELIVER COMPLETE OFF-THE-SHELF USB HOST MASS STORAGE SOLUTION FOR MEDIA-ENABLED DEVICES


Highlights:
  • SEGGER Microcontroller Systeme and Jungo Software Technologies announce fifth joint customer design win
  • Partnership is based on Jungo's USBware™ Embedded USB Software Protocol Stack and SEGGER's embOS™ Real Time Operating System and emFile™ FAT-compliant File System
  • Complete off-the-shelf USB host mass storage solution with on-the-go connectivity for media-enabled devices
  • Pre-integrated turnkey solution reduces overall time-to-market for feature-rich embedded services

SAN JOSE, CA – November 27, 2007

SEGGER Microcontroller Systeme GmbH, a global provider of software development tools and middleware for embedded systems; and Jungo Software Technologies, a leading provider of USB connectivity software solutions, today announced their fifth joint customer design win. The partnership joins Jungo's USBware™ Embedded USB Software Protocol Stack with SEGGER's embOS™ Real Time Operating System and emFile™ FAT-compliant File System.

This integration includes USB host, device and OTG (on-the-go) connectivity. It provides all available class and function drivers, including audio, video, CDC (Communication Device Class), MTP (Media Transfer Protocol), PTP (Picture Transfer Protocol), HID (Human Interface Device) and DFU (Device Firmware Upgrade).

"The combination of SEGGER's embOS/emFile with Jungo's USBware provides a powerful solution that allows developers to be productive instantly," said Rolf Segger, President and CEO of SEGGER.

"Jungo's collaboration with SEGGER, which has already been proven to be successful, allows both companies to offer complete embedded software," says Ophir Herbst, VP & General Manager of Jungo's Connectivity Software Unit. "This is an important turnkey solution," Herbst says.

About SEGGER's embOS™ and emFile™
SEGGER's embOS™ supports all common 8/16/32-bit CPUs and has become one of the most popular kernels. It has constantly increased its market share in recent years and is used with a variety of network stacks. Its small memory footprint makes it suitable for single-chip applications. embOS™ is available as source or object code, royalty-free, and comes with six months of free technical support and updates. A ready to go project that features embOSView (profiling support) is included. emFile™, an embedded ANSI C file system is compatible with any CPU and any media. Its high-performance library has been optimized for speed, versatility and memory footprint. A variety of device drivers is available for storage devices such as: SmartMedia, Multimedia/Secure Digital, RAM disk, Compact Flash/IDE, NOR Flash and NAND Flash.

Trial versions of embOS™ and emFile™ are available at: www.segger.com/downloads.html


About SEGGER
SEGGER Microcontroller Systeme GmbH develops and distributes software development tools and ANSI C software components (middleware) for embedded systems in industries such as telecom, medical technology, consumer electronics, automotive and industrial automation. SEGGER's products include emWin™, a universal graphic software for embedded applications, embOS™, a small and efficient real-time kernel, emFile™, a MS-DOS/MS-Windows compatible FAT12, FAT16 and FAT32 compatible file system for embedded applications and J-Link™, the standard emulator for ARM cores.

SEGGER's aim is to reduce development time for embedded software applications by offering compact, flexible and easy-to-use middleware allowing developers to concentrate on their applications.

For more information: www.segger.com


About USBware
USBware™ offers a complete, high quality, small footprint and industry compliant embedded USB Host/Device/On-The-Go (OTG) software protocol stacks, enabling device manufactures to incorporate standard USB connectivity in their designs. Designed to suit the diversity of embedded platforms, USBware’s modular architecture encompasses three software layers: low level controller driver (HAL), USB Core, and Class Drivers ( Mass Storage, HID, Serial, CDC and others), all extendable to support additional custom devices. Jungo’s USBware is provided in ANSI C source code, extensive documentation and support services, with royalty-free distribution rights.

For more information, please visit: www.jungo.com/usbware_embedded_usb_solution.html



About Jungo
Jungo Software Technologies is a leading supplier of driver development tools, embedded USB software solutions, USB testing tools and residential gateway software. Jungo has partnered with leading operating system and silicon vendors to provide the best solutions to software and hardware developers.

For further details visit www.jungo.com
or contact sales@jungo.com for pricing and availability.


About NDS
NDS Group plc (NASDAQ: NNDS), a majority owned subsidiary of News Corporation, supplies open end-to-end digital technology and services to pay-television platform operators and content providers.

See www.nds.com for more information about NDS.



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Contact Details:

Daphna Weiss
Marcom Manager
Jungo Software Technologies, Inc.
Tel: 1-877-514-0537 (USA),
+972-9-8859365 ext. 101 (World Wide)
Email: daphna@jungo.com


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