VIA, Sun and iGoLogic Team Up for the JBoxâ„¢ Embedded Java Developers Kit

New Delhi 23, June 2005 – Chip maker VIA Technologies and US based iGoLogic, Inc. today announced the launch of the JBox™, an embedded x86 system based on the VIA EPIA M10000 motherboard for developing Java 2, Standard Edition (J2SE) embedded applications, at the JavaOne conference to be held in San Francisco on 27 June 2005. The first dedicated hardware and software solution to support the easy and cost-effective development, testing and implementation of J2SE embedded programs on either Solaris or Linux, the JBox™ is pre-loaded with J2SE 5.0 and is ready to run any J2SE-based application straight out of the box.

The JBoxâ„¢ provides considerable flexibility to developers by offering dedicated configurations for the development of multiple applications that leverage the power and capabilities of the embedded x86 platform. By basing the system on one of the versatile family of VIA EPIA embedded mainboards, the JBoxâ„¢ development platform is the ultimate volume deployment board, minimizing the risk in migrating code to the target device.

“We are very excited about the launch of this compact and versatile Java development tool, as it will enable us to better engage with the embedded community and provide a compelling reason to make J2SE the first choice for embedded applications,” said Laurie Tolson, Vice President, Java Platform Group, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

“Our key objective was to make it as easy as possible for embedded Java program developers by providing everything they need to develop, test and implement embedded x86 applications in a single, simple-to-use package,” said Eric Pang, CEO, iGoLogic, Inc. “We are delighted that VIA and Sun shared our vision of reaching out to the embedded developer community, and together we have created a standard development platform that will lower the risk of implementing embedded applications in real world conditions.”

“Without doubt the embedded market is increasingly turning to the x86 architecture for the performance, flexibility and capability boost it provides, so the JBox™, which makes embedded x86 far more accessible to Java developers for the first time” said Richard Brown, Associate Vice President of Marketing, VIA Technologies, Inc.

About the JBoxâ„¢
Measuring just 29.5cm x 27cm x 6.35cm, the JBox™ is an attractive, small footprint chassis designed especially for Java developers, and comes packaged with the robust and flexible Sun J2SE 5.0 pre-loaded. There is a choice of operating systems, either Solaris 10 for x86 or the JDS3 operating system, both with full Sun RTU licensing, or iGoLogic’s customized Linux 2.6.10 kernel, as well as a customized BIOS for the VIA EPIA M10000 mainboard.

The JBoxâ„¢ also comes with a minimum 40GB notebook hard drive, one PCI slot for expandability, front and rear access I/O ports and numerous onboard connectors, and high bandwidth DDR memory from 256MB up to 1GB, depending on customer configuration. Support options are also available for the latest LVDS embedded LCD panels, TTL display modules and optical storage drive.

More information on the JBoxâ„¢ may be found at the iGoLogic website at: www.igojava.com, or on the VIA website at: www.via.com.tw/en/company/digital-brilliance/jbox.jsp.