Sophia Systems | Press | 2005/03/8: Sophia Systems announces gold BSP release of WinCE 5.0 for Sandgate II series

Sophia Systems announces the gold BSP release of WinCE5.0 for the Sandgate II series

INTEL DEVELOPER FORUM, San Francisco, Calif., Mar. 8, 2005 - Sophia Systems Co., Ltd. (JASDAQ: Sophia 6942), is pleased to announce the Gold release of its reference board support package (BSP) based on Microsoft Windows CE 5.0, for the Sandgate II development platforms running the Intel® PXA270 processor and Intel® 2700G multimedia accelerator.

For developers of hand-held and/or multimedia devices based on Windows CE 5.0 and the Intel PXA270 processor, Sophia's Sandgate II development platforms make great reference designs and can even be used as an actual design base for the device. The Gold release BSP for Windows CE 5.0 is now available for the Sandgate II DVK (based on Intel PXA270 processor) and the BSP for the Sandgate II-G DVK to follow within the month (based on the Intel PXA270 processor with the Intel 2700G multimedia accelerator).

Both Sandgate II development platforms enable engineers to develop the software at the same time as the hardware is being developed, greatly reducing the overall development time. In addition, the combination of Sandgate II boards and Sophia's EJ-Debug JTAG emulator for Intel PXA270 provides on-chip debugging capability the combination with Microsoft's Platform Builder brings a wide range of powerful debugging capabilities to Windows CE developers.

Tasuku Kashihira, CEO of Sophia Systems said, "With the Gold BSP release for Windows CE 5.0, developers can now feel confident that, with Sophia, they have all the right tools for their handheld and/or multimedia device projects based on the Intel® PXA270 processor. We are always happy to offer total development solutions for developers and to support strategic partners, Intel and Microsoft."

"With the addition of Windows CE 5.0 BSP to compliment the Sandgate II-G development system, our customers will have more options available to accelerate their time to market with products based on Intel® PXA270 processor and Intel® 2700G multimedia accelerator." Said Rob McNair, director of marketing for Intel's Handheld Graphics Operation.,

"We are very pleased Sophia Systems has announced the Gold release of its Windows CE 5.0 BSP for the Sandgate II development platforms," said Jane Gilson, director, Mobile and Embedded Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. "This latest BSP further enhances the tools developers can utilize when they want to quickly and efficiently build Windows Mobile- and Windows CE-based devices."

About Sophia Systems Co., Ltd.
Sophia Systems has been a leader in the embedded systems industry for 30 years and offers comprehensive development solutions supporting Intel® XScale® Technology and Microsoft® Windows® CE. Sophia Systems is headquartered just outside of Tokyo Japan with sales offices and/or distributors throughout Japan, North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East.

In September 2004, Sophia Systems was awarded "Windows Embedded 2004 Partner of the Year" by Microsoft Japan for contributing to the success of WinCE based development environments. Leading up to the award, Microsoft highly evaluated our Sandgate and Sandgate 2 DVK's as well as our work in creating BSPs, taking part in hardware enabling programs and making alliances with Intel and other technology leaders.