Trillium Digital Systems Inc. and QNX Software Systems Ltd. Join Forces to Enable Faster Product Cycles

Business Wire, Nov 2, 1998

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 2, 1998--

OEMs Can Now Quickly Integrate Trillium's Full Suite of

Communications Software With QNX's Mission-critical Operating

System

Responding to demands of networking equipment manufacturers who need to achieve both faster product cycles and higher availability, Trillium Digital Systems Inc. and QNX Software Systems Ltd. (QSSL) have cooperated on the development of an interface to be offered by QNX that allows fast integration of Trillium's communications software products with the QNX real-time operating system (RTOS).

The collaboration between the two industry leaders means that manufacturers of telecom and datacom equipment can now quickly combine Trillium's field-proven software solutions -- which include protocol stacks for SS7, ATM, H.323, V5, ISDN, Frame Relay and X.25/X.75 -- with the highly robust Universal Process Model (UPM) architecture of the QNX RTOS. With UPM, the QNX RTOS extends full memory protection to system-level services and drivers, thereby reducing downtime and enabling software upgrades on live telecom/datacom systems.

"To integrate voice and data, next-generation networks will need much higher levels of reliability," said QSSL CTO Dan Dodge. "With the Trillium protocol stacks available on QNX, networking solution providers can now take advantage of the same highly robust OS technology that has made QNX popular in medical instruments, emergency response systems and a host of other mission-critical environments."

"By providing an integrated software solution, the Trillium and QNX combination enables OEMs to concentrate on what's important -- differentiating their products," said Trillium CTO Larisa Chistyakov. "OEMs can focus on adding innovative features to their products, rather than spend considerable effort, and time, on system-level functionality."

Availability

Support for Trillium's software products will be available from QNX for both the QNX 4 and QNX/Neutrino RTOSs. Support for QNX 4 is planned for year-end 1998. Support for QNX/Neutrino will coincide with release 2.0 of QNX/Neutrino. Trillium protocol stacks are currently available from Trillium.

About QNX Software Systems

Founded in 1980, QNX Software Systems is the industry leader in scalable, realtime, microkernel OS technology for mission-critical applications. The company has established a strong customer base in a variety of industries, including telecommunications, aerospace, medical instrumentation, process control, point-of-sale, consumer electronics, finance, and telephony. With products distributed in over 100 countries worldwide, the company is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

About Trillium

Trillium provides solutions for a variety of mission-critical telecommunications products and understands the unique demands placed on public and enterprise network equipment. With the broadest communications software product range in the industry, Trillium provides customers with interworking capabilities and ease of portation through a common architecture. All Trillium portable source code software products are designed using the Trillium Advanced Portability Architecture (TAPA), a proven set of architectural and coding standards that provide flexible, scaleable, high-performance and portable solutions.

Trillium Digital Systems, Inc. is The World's Source for Communications Software(tm). Trillium develops, licenses and supports standards-based communications software solutions for SS7, ATM, H.323, V5, ISDN, Frame Relay, IP, X.25/X.75, fault-tolerance/high-availability and interworking technologies. Trillium is also developing solutions for wireless, mobility, Software on Silicon, Java and other emerging technologies. Trillium has licensed its source code software to more than 250 companies for use in more than 400 projects worldwide. Trillium provides its products in the C programming language, along with documentation, training and support as standard deliverables. Trillium was founded in 1988 and is commemorating its 10th anniversary. Additional company and product information is available on the Web at http://www.trillium.com.

Trillium and Trillium Digital Systems are registered trademarks of Trillium Digital Systems Inc. TAPA, Software on Silicon, and The World's Source for Communications Software are trademarks of Trillium Digital Systems Inc. Other trademarks are trademarks (registered or otherwise) of the respective trademark owners.

QNX is a registered trademark and UPM is a trademark of QNX Software Systems Ltd.