Atmark Techno

Atmark Techno, Inc (Head Office: Sapporo Japan, President: Tomohiro Saneyoshi) has developed Armadillo-210, a small form factor Linux network terminal with improved security functionality.

Designed as the successor to Atmark Techno's existing small form factor network terminal Armadillo-J, with the move from a ARM7 to a ARM9 processor Armadillo-210 offers approximately a five fold increase in performance. With this, it is now possible to utilize the world standard IPSec and SSL protocols in order to ensure secure transmissions. The next generation networking protocol, IPv6, is also supported.

As Armadillo-210 is software compatible with Atmark Techno's top of the line Armadillo-9, it is possible to create middleware and applications using a shared development environment. It is also possible to carry out development using the full functionality of Armadillo-9, and then use the low cost Armadillo-210 for mass production.

NetBSD has been ported to Armadillo-9 by users and also runs on Armadillo-210. Nextech, Inc (Head Office: Sapporo Japan, President: Norikatsu Ohishi) has developed a product based on Armadillo-210 running NetBSD.

Armadillo-210 will be available from the 15th of December, with pricing expected to be JPY25,000 for the development model and approximately JPY15,000 for a 100 unit order of the mass production models.

Armadillo-210 will be on display at the Embedded Technology 2005 Conference (PACIFICO YOKOHAMA, organized by Japan System House Association) at Atmark Techno's booth (D-05) from the 16th to 18th of November.

About Atmark Techno, Inc

Founded in 1997, Atmark Techno, Inc. is specialized in embedded systems. For more information, visit http://www.atmark-techno.com.

About Nextech, Inc

Founded in 1997, Nextech, Inc carries out research and development of IP (Internet Protocol) based transmission technologies. Developing embedded and intranet systems, it offers safe, assuring, easy and convenient VPN solutions using wide area networking designs. For more information, visit http://www.nextech.co.jp/

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Terms

ARM7, ARM9

CPUs developed by ARM Ltd. Offering low power consumption, they are employed in mobile phones and PDAs.

IPv6

The next generation Internet protocol designed to replace the current IPv4 in order to accommodate the increasing number of Internet users.

IPSec

A standard for securing Internet communications by encrypting IP packets.

SSL

A standard for encrypting data such as WWW and FTP sent via the Internet.

NetBSD

An open source operating system, acknowledged for its security functionality and IPv6 implementation.

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