Augsburg, Germany — (press release excerpt) — TUXIA today announced an agreement with FOCUS Enhancements whereby TUXIA's TASTE embedded Linux OS for Internet appliances will be integrated into systems along with target=”_blank”>FOCUS Enhancements' FS450 and FS460 PC-to-TV co-processors ASICs. Together, the TASTE embedded Linux system and the FS450 and FS460 ASICs will be used to power PC-to-TV information appliances, including advanced multimedia Internet set-top boxes, interactive home entertainment systems, and video kiosks.

“Video and text quality on a television is probably the most important enhancement critical to the growth of PC-to-TV information appliances,” said Bill Schillhammer, vice president of OEM sales, FOCUS Enhancements. “Every customer's first impression of a media appliance starts with the quality of the image . . . With the FOCUS and TUXIA partnership, we will provide an integrated solution in which the FS460 will provide the capability to perfectly size a desktop onto a TV while blending multiple video channels, and TASTE will provide a user-friendly interface that requires no advanced technical knowledge to install. As a result, this partnership will offer manufacturers and developers an information appliance solution at the leading edge of PC-to-TV convergence.”

 
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