By virtue of this agreement, T&W has designed M-Systems’ 16MB DiskOnChip 2000 flash disk into its new e.Home-B product, scheduled to be launched in China in January. e.Home-B is a Linux-based set-top box that allows video on demand (VOD) and broadband Internet browsing with picture-in-picture (PIP) function. With VGA and both PAL and NTSC TV output, users can surf the Internet, send and receive email and enjoy enhanced television entertainment from the comfort of their home.
We are pleased to be working with M-Systems as a strategic partner for T&W’s STB products for domestic sales as well as other brand names for foreign markets, said Tang Fo Nan, general manager of T&W Electronic Co. Ltd. M-Systems products are easy to integrate, have the best cost structure and allow us to upgrade memory capacity in the same footprint. DiskOnChip even allows us to offer online upgrading of the operating system and applications – an important feature considering that we hope to sell more than 100 thousand e.Home-B set-top boxes next year.
Although each design win is an important step in our ongoing effort to market DiskOnChip, I am particularly pleased with the announcement that we are making today regarding T&W, said Barry Doong, president of M-Systems Asia. T&W is a pioneer set-top box maker in China with many new models planned for the near future. As a strategic partner to them, M-Systems will be there with them as they sell their products in China and throughout the world.
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