Jungo and Microchip Technology Collaborate to Provide Enhanced Software Solutions for the USB PIC® Microcontroller Family Jungo and Microchip Technology Inc. [NASDAQ: MCHP], a leading provider of microcontroller and analog semiconductors, today announced a new collaboration to include Jungo’s WinDriver™ driver and firmware development toolkit with Microchip’s PIC18F4550 development boards, including the PICDEM FS-USB board (part # DM163025).

The PIC18F4550 Flash PIC^® microcontrollers feature Full-Speed USB 2.0 connectivity and 48 megahertz (MHz) operation, for 12 megabits-per-second (Mbps) data-transfer rates. In combination with a wide variety of on-chip peripherals and nanoWatt Technology power management, these features provide a complete embedded-control solution for designers working with USB in industrial, consumer and many other embedded applications.

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Jungo's Embedded USB Stack Support for Philips' Embedded USB Controllers Jungo's embedded USB stacks include ready made production-level drivers for the Philips ISP 1160, ISP1161, ISP 1362, ISP 1760 and the ISP 1761. Jungo's small footprint USB software stacks enable device manufacturers to quickly and easily implement USB host and peripheral functionality.

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ISAAC Instruments Uses Windriver for the development of Vehicle Testing Solutions Learn how ISAAC Instruments, specializes in providing complete vehicle testing solutions, uses WinDriver to develop solid, industry-leading statistical tools. ISAAC's offers an affordable, complete, rugged and powerful Instrument for conducting comprehensive field testing. The company managed to reduce developing costs, as well as shorten products' time-to-market by selecting Jungo's WinDriver for its driver development tasks.

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WinDriver for Linux 2.6.x The WinDriver driver development tool-kit supports all Linux distributions for the 2.6.x kernel, up to revision 2.6.12, including the RedHat/Fedora, Mandrake and SuSE distributions, and is continuously tested with these and other distributions.
Support for the latest Linux kernel revision - 2.6.13 - will be added in the next minor release of WinDriver - v7.02 - scheduled to be released during November 2005.

The Linux 2.6.x kernels are supported on 32-bit and 64-bit x86 architectures and on 32-bit PowerPC CPUs. In addition, WinDriver provides backward support for the Linux 2.4.x and 2.2.x kernels as well.

For detailed information regarding WinDriver for Linux, refer to the following web pages:

• WinDriver Linux for PCI/PCI Express/CardBus
• WinDriver Linux for USB

Certified Wireless USB from the USB-IF With more than 2 billion wired USB connections in the world today, USB is the de facto standard interface in the personal computing industry. Soon, these same, fast, interoperable connections will become available in the wireless world, with the introduction of Certified Wireless USB from the USB Implementers Forum.

This new wireless extension of USB combines the speed and security of wired technology with the ease-of-use of wireless technology. Wireless USB ensures consumers have an easy, secure way to connect their home, office and mobile devices without a cable - without sacrificing speed.