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Timesys Announces Strategic Partnership with Freescale Semiconductor
Timesys Corporation (http://www.timesys.com), provider of the industry's most-easy-to-use and affordable embedded Linux solutions, today announced a strategic alliance with Freescale Semiconductor, a global leader in the design and manufacture of embedded semiconductors for the automotive, consumer, industrial and networking markets. The first offering to result from this partnership is the availability of LinuxLink for Freescale's TWR-MCF5441X and TWR-MPC5125 Tower System modules.
FreeWe see a continuously growing demand for Linux on our development boards and are happy to collaborate with Timesys to offer our customers a proven embedded Linux platform for the Tower System modules, said John Weil, Industrial Solutions Manager, Freescale Semiconductor. Our customers now have a highly flexible and affordable Linux solution that takes full advantage of the low-cost, reconfigurable Tower System.
This is a strategically significant relationship for Timesys, said Atul Bansal, CEO, Timesys. We are committed to offering customers using Freescale processors an industry-leading, proven Linux development platform backed by expert, live support. Our LinuxLink offering has helped thousands of innovative products go to market on schedule, and we look forward to helping Freescale customers do the same.
LinuxLink Free Edition
Users can start developing prototypes using LinuxLink for the Freescale Tower System by registering for a free account at www.timesys.com/register and selecting their Tower System processor of choice.