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Express Logic Has Record Year As ThreadX® RTOS Deployments Soar To Over 500 Million

14th April 2008

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Express Logic, Inc. today announced that the total number of product deployments using its popular ThreadX® RTOS now total in excess of 500 million units. Led by HP’s use of ThreadX in their line of inkjet and All-In-One printers and Broadcom and Marvel’s use of ThreadX in wireless networking SoCs, ThreadX has consistently ranked among the most widely deployed operating systems for embedded devices. Thanks to its royalty-free licensing model, Express Logic's ThreadX has been used in millions of Bluetooth, WiFi, and baseband radio wireless networking SoCs that target devices such as smartphones, PDAs, modems, and other wireless communications equipment.

Closely related to the growth in volume deployments of ThreadX, Express Logic’s business has flourished in the past year, growing by more than 100% in 2007. Over the past 5 years, Express Logic has grown at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of over 38%.

“In the past year, we’ve more than doubled our revenue as ThreadX deployments were accompanied by increases in our networking and USB products as well,” commented William E. Lamie, president of Express Logic. “Our volume deployment is largely due to the explosive growth of Bluetooth and 802.11 wireless networking applications that use ThreadX for RF communications. Our actual count is much higher than the 500 million we’re announcing today, but we’re making a conservative estimate, since many of our customers do not make their volume shipment figures available.”

ThreadX has been used to power a wide variety of products, from entertaining consumer electronics to life-saving medical devices:

Product Category ThreadX
Deployments
Representative Customers
Wireless Networking 250,000,000 Broadcom, Intel, Marvell
Inkjet Printers 200,000,000 HP, Sharp
Baseboard Management Controllers 25,000,000 Intel, QLogic
Cell Phones 15,000,000 Samsung, Infineon, Datang
Digital TV 12,500,000 Sony, Pioneer, Zoran
Digital Cameras 10,000,000 HP, Pentax, Zoran
DVD Recorders/Players 5,500,000 Toshiba, Sharp, Zoran
Storage Devices 2,700,000 ST, Quantum
DSL/Cable Modems 2,500,000 Conklin
Medical Devices 900,000 Welch-Allyn
Digital Radio 700,000 IBiquity
Space Probes 2 NASA

ThreadX is Express Logic’s small-footprint, fast, royalty-free RTOS for demanding real-time applications. Its royalty-free business model makes ThreadX extremely attractive for high-volume devices. Equally important is the ease-of-use that enables ThreadX-powered devices to get to market on time and within budget, leading to high levels of success in the marketplace and the resulting high volumes.

Lamie adds, “These deployment volumes illustrate the rock-solid reliability of ThreadX. Without bullet-proof high reliability, such production volume would never be economically achievable. We’re very proud that ThreadX has proven so reliable that many of our customers’ products have reached high-volume production success.”

Shipping and Availability
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