ACCESS Announces Evaluation Kit for Its Mobile Linux Platform

ACCESS announced that it has created an evaluation kit that will allow handset manufacturers to evaluate its mobile Linux platform and native applications for possible use in future mobile devices. Based on the ACCESS Linux Platform and optimized for the Marvell PXA30x and PXA31x application processors, the evaluation kit offers a complete mobile applications suite, including multimedia and messaging. The announcement follows the company's release of the Product Development Kit for the ACCESS Linux Platform in February this year.

The pre-integration and optimization of the ACCESS Linux Platform for the Marvell application processors allows manufacturers to evaluate the kit on a real form factor without having to worry about low-level system integration. The Marvell PXA3xx family of application processors (codenamed Monahans) with Intel XScale technology is designed to offer advanced power management features, high performance and is built upon an architecture that allows maximum software re-use. The PXA310 application processor offers up to 624 MHz computing performance, hardware video acceleration and DRM security; while the PXA300 application processor is better suited for the development of cost-efficient smartphones, industrial embedded solutions and handheld devices such as GPS.

"Today, customers are looking for turnkey solutions to reduce time to market and at the same time, the flexibility to differentiate their products," said Toru Arakawa, CEO, president and co-founder of ACCESS. "Marvell's scalable, high-performance PXA3xx processors, running the ACCESS Linux Platform evaluation kit, provide a turnkey solution that integrates the technology our customers need to create exciting native Linux applications and devices without compromising on performance and usability."

The ACCESS Linux Platform is designed to provide handset manufacturers with an open, extensible platform that can be deployed on a wide range of mobile devices. The ACCESS Linux Platform includes three runtime environments, allowing third-party developers to create applications that are ACCESS Linux Platform native, Garnet OS (formerly known as Palm OS) native or Java native.