Integrated Systems announces support for Motorola ColdFire embedded microprocessor; to provide ideal solution for consumer electronics from communications to multimedia

Business Wire, April 17, 1995

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 1995--Integrated Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:INTS) today announced that its industry leading pSOSystem(TM) embedded real-time operating system and development environment will support the new ColdFire(TM) Processor Family starting with Motorola MCF5102(TM) embedded microprocessor. The MCF5102 microprocessor is specifically designed to meet the needs of advanced consumer electronics.

The Motorola ColdFire architecture provides the means to achieve price/performance points uncharacteristic of products offered on the market today. The MCF5102 microprocessor allows for high performance, low CPU cost and tool compatibility benefits. The pSOSystem port for the MCF5102 chip is expected to be available from Integrated Systems this summer.

Fred Stotz, Tools Program manager for Motorola's High Performance Embedded Systems Division, explains: "A robust, reliable real-time operating system such as Integrated Systems' pSOS is critical to today's embedded applications. Its historic strength with the 68K architecture makes it an ideal partner with ColdFire."

Moses Joseph, Integrated Systems' vice president, marketing, states: "The low power and small footprint of ColdFire provides significant advantages for developing cost-sensitive embedded applications. This, combined with ColdFire's unique use of the 68K instruction set as a foundation makes it extremely well-adapted for use in interactive multimedia, communications, and office automation industries where our pSOSystem development environment and operating system are strong."

The pSOSystem Family includes pSOS and pSOS m (multiprocessing), the world's fastest growing real-time operating system kernels; the industry's most advanced visual debugging and analysis tool, ESp(TM); and advanced networking capabilities including Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) and OpEN(TM) (Open protocol Embedded Networking) software which allows any STREAMS-compliant networking protocol to work with the pSOS operating system. With OpEN software, developers only need to write an application once to support multiple protocols.

Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector

Having 1994 worldwide sales of $6.9 billion, Motorola's Semiconductor Products Sector is the largest U.S.-based broad line supplier of semiconductors, with a balanced portfolio of more than 50,000 devices. Motorola is one of the world's leading providers of wireless communications, semiconductors, and advanced electronic systems and services. Major equipment businesses include cellular telephone, two-way radio, paging and data communications, personal communications, automotive, defense and space electronics and computers. Communication devices, computers and millions of consumer products are powered by Motorola semiconductors. Motorola's 1994 sales were $22.2 billion.

Integrated Systems, Inc.

Headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., Integrated Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:INTS) is a leading worldwide provider of software development tools for the communications, automotive, multimedia/entertainment, office/retail automation, aerospace and process control industries. Its software helps manufacturers bring reliable, more fully-featured products to market faster. Increasingly, these products incorporate a computer chip using embedded software that must respond in real time -- devices as critical as anti-lock brakes and as prevalent as credit card readers. There are sales and services offices in Asia, Europe and 18 United States locations.

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Note to Editors: ESp, OpEN, pSOS, pSOS m, pSOSystem are trademarks or registered tradenarks of Integrated Systems, Inc. Other products names are property of their respective owners.

CONTACT: Integrated Systems, Inc.

Wanda Cavanaugh, 408/980-1500, ext. 529

wanda@isi.com