Salt Lake City, UT — (press release excerpt) — Century Embedded Technologies today announced that National Semiconductor has licensed an evaluation version of Century's PIXIL Thin Client for distribution with National's Geode family of processors for thin clients and personal Internet access devices. National selected PIXIL Thin Client because the embedded Linux-based software provides robust features for advanced features and services while maintaining a small footprint. A demonstration distribution of PIXIL will ship with National Semiconductors reference and development platforms.

PIXIL Thin Client provides device manufacturers with a complete software stack for server-based computing that provides Windows and Linux access and offers PC-like capabilities in a small footprint, low-resource thin appliance. PIXIL Thin Client offers remote deployment of the Windows desktop, as well as direct access to Linux applications. PIXIL Thin Client supports Microsoft Terminal Server and Citrix Systems ICA access to remote Windows servers. Browser-based connectivity is available through the PIXIL Thin Client Browser and features small footprint adapted versions of Mozilla and Netscape. Advanced internet technologies currently available include: HTML 4.0, JavaScript 1.4, Real Networks, Adobe PDF, and Flash.

 
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