The first result of this partnership is demonstrated live today by Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.(MSI) at Computex 2001, Taiwan. MSI is the first to use the joint Pace/LinkUp reference design to create an Internet TV set-top box product for the provision of email, MP3 streaming, Interactive services and web browsing services via the TV.
Pace is already a world leader in developing Interactive TV products based on open Internet standards. It has amassed over 15 years of research and development experience in this field and created the world’s first Internet TV set-top box for Oracle in 1996 followed by the launch of the world’s first 14 inch Internet TV for the Bush Alba brand in 2000. Pace’s core RISCOS technology is complemented by LinkUp System’s expertise in developing ARM-based silicon chips for Internet-enabled appliances and consumer electronics.
The successful application of Pace’s Internet TV software on LinkUp System’s reference design has created a fully integrated hardware and software design solution that provides a cost-effective way to access Internet-based content on a variety of electronic displays. Based on open industry standards (HTML, JavaScript, SSL) and on world-wide TV standards (PAL and NTSC), the Pace/LinkUp reference design can work with any TV technology, anywhere in the world.
MSI’s first live demonstrations of its Internet TV set-top box using the Pace/LinkUp joint reference design, reveals how Internet TV technology enhances the value of a content or product provider’s service. It also demonstrates the important new revenue generating services that can be exploited, including email, MP3 streaming, Interactive shopping and banking, entertainment services and web browsing.
Looking ahead, Pace is exploring options to apply its Internet TV technology to a variety of other electronic products, including hand-held devices that talk wirelessly to the set-top box home gateway within the networked home. The integration of Pace’s Internet TV technology inside hand-held devices would enable consumers to read and send e mails, listen to Internet radio, surf the web or undertake home shopping and banking for example in private, away from the main TV screen.
Pace is a pioneering company that is totally focused upon developing high quality, cost effective solutions for customers, at the right time, said Richard Nicoll, Director of Pace’s Information Appliance Division. Pace’s alliance with LinkUp Systems, as well as other leading System-On-Chip (SOC) silicon vendors and software developers is key to this mission.
The combined strength of Pace and LinkUp System’s knowledge and experience in Internet TV technology will ensure we remain first to market with leading-edge solutions that enhance our customer’s products and provide important new revenue generating opportunities to exploit, Richard added. Our solutions will also continue to make information and communications technology accessible to everyone by revolutionising the capabilities of the TV, where enhanced entertainment, communications, education, banking and other interactive services become an integral part of the TV experience.
We are delighted to partner with Pace Micro Technology in the development of Internet TV reference design using RISCOS, said Ravi Bhatnagar, president and CEO of LinkUp Systems Corp. The small footprint of RISCOS along with its fast speed will be key to the design of next generation of cost-sensitive Internet enabled products. This relationship is further proof of the power of LinkUp’s system-enabling solutions marketing strategy that enables customers to reduce their time to market. LinkUp expects to further this relationship by collaborating on mobile multimedia-enabled products reference designs.
The first result of this partnership is demonstrated live today by Micro-Star International Co., Ltd.(MSI) at Computex 2001, Taiwan. MSI is the first to use the joint Pace/LinkUp reference design to create an Internet TV set-top box product for the provision of email, MP3 streaming, Interactive services and web browsing services via the TV.
Pace is already a world leader in developing Interactive TV products based on open Internet standards. It has amassed over 15 years of research and development experience in this field and created the world’s first Internet TV set-top box for Oracle in 1996 followed by the launch of the world’s first 14 inch Internet TV for the Bush Alba brand in 2000. Pace’s core RISCOS technology is complemented by LinkUp System’s expertise in developing ARM-based silicon chips for Internet-enabled appliances and consumer electronics.
The successful application of Pace’s Internet TV software on LinkUp System’s reference design has created a fully integrated hardware and software design solution that provides a cost-effective way to access Internet-based content on a variety of electronic displays. Based on open industry standards (HTML, JavaScript, SSL) and on world-wide TV standards (PAL and NTSC), the Pace/LinkUp reference design can work with any TV technology, anywhere in the world.
MSI’s first live demonstrations of its Internet TV set-top box using the Pace/LinkUp joint reference design, reveals how Internet TV technology enhances the value of a content or product provider’s service. It also demonstrates the important new revenue generating services that can be exploited, including email, MP3 streaming, Interactive shopping and banking, entertainment services and web browsing.
