Intel Press Release

Intel Collaborates With IBM To Deliver Wireless In-Car Client Platform

Companies to Combine IBM's VisualAge® Micro Edition; the J9 Virtual Machine and the Intel® XScale® Microarchitecture to Create Innovative Platform for Telematics

CONVERGENCE 2000 CONFERENCE, Detroit, Mich., Oct. 16, 2000 - Intel Corporation today announced plans to collaborate with IBM* to deliver a non-proprietary, standards-based in-car client platform for the expanding Telematics market segment. This collaboration will speed up the delivery of a complete set of Telematics client reference kits supporting the Intel® XScale® microarchitecture. These kits will enable developers and original equipment manufacturers to reduce their time to market and create leading-edge wireless applications.

IBM's popular VisualAge® Micro Edition Java™ application development tools and deployment technologies allow developers to quickly and easily leverage existing applications for e-Business. Introduced this fall, Intel's XScale microarchitecture is a new chip microarchitecture designed to benefit a wide variety of wireless Internet and networking infrastructure applications. The Intel XScale microarchitecture has the flexibility to handle requirements for both ultra-low power and high performance in devices ranging from Internet-ready cell phones to Internet infrastructure equipment.

Telematics is the market segment that includes cellular voice and Internet services in vehicles. Examples of in-car computing devices and services include navigation systems, emergency roadside assistance, and an array of entertainment applications and services.

Intel's support of IBM's embedded Java application development environment, Java class libraries and the J9 virtual machine for Intel's Xscale microarchitecture reference platforms provides Telematics developers and OEMs with a highly portable and reusable platform. "We are pleased to provide the burgeoning Telematics application development industry and OEMs with what are arguably the strongest wireless building blocks in the industry," said Pat Kerrigan, marketing manager at Intel's In-Car Computing Operation. "We anticipate that the efforts and expertise of both companies will create a truly open and standards-based platform that will help engineers and developers achieve a fast start, speeding the delivery of exciting applications."

"Automotive computing is an important and growing market segment that both Intel and IBM serve with advanced technology and products," said Skip McGaughey, director of marketing and sales for IBM's OTI embedded system group. "With this announcement, IBM takes the important step to broaden VisualAge Micro Edition to embrace Intel's Xscale microarchitecture. We welcome this opportunity to join with Intel to increase the availability of standard Java technology across leading automotive platforms."

Intel is featuring the latest offerings for the Telematics industry at the Convergence 2000 conference in Detroit. In addition to demonstrating automobiles equipped with the latest in Telematics technology, Intel will be revealing the benefits of XScale for Telematics at its booth themed "Intel takes Wireless Internet to the Extreme!"

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