SciTech has agreed to support ATI's mobile, desktop, and embedded visual processors in upcoming releases of its SNAP Graphics “Industrial Embedded Solution” (IES) offering. The deal extends a previous agreement between the two companies that brought support for ATI products to SciTech's SNAP Graphics Enterprise (ENT) line.

Scitech expects its newest agreement with ATI to have the biggest effect on users of “alternate industrial-embedded OSes.” Michael Smith, group manager of developer relations for ATI, notes, “The SciTech core device driver architecture allows ATI to more easily support customers [who] choose alternate and application specific OSs.”

SciTech calls SNAP “the total graphics device solution for the embedded/industrial systems developer,” with support for more than 200 chipsets and operating systems that include Linux X11, Qt/Embedded, OS/2, Athene, Amiga, and SMX. SciTech says its standards-based, OS-agnostic approach to graphics device support allows for the rapid development and deployment of embedded solutions across multiple platforms, removing the need to address hardware specific requirements.

SciTech says SNAP technology lets graphics device makers like ATI focus on developing powerful hardware solutions that will be compatible with end user machines regardless of operating system.

More information is available on SciTech's Industrial, Embedded, and Military page, including a whitepaper on the SciTech SNAP (System Neutral Access Protocol) driver architecture.

As reported in early October, SciTech offers embedded developers an LGPL license option for its SNAP software development kit (SDK), alongside a commercial license.

“SciTech is driven by the desire to produce the most reliable, cross-platform device driver solution available regardless of targeted environment.” said Andrew Bloo, SciTech director of sales and marketing.

 
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