October 2006
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, today announced the availability of the industry’s first VITA 46 (VPX)-based single board computer (SBC) from Curtiss Wright Controls Embedded Computing. The VPX6-185 combines the performance and the advanced I/O capabilities of the Freescale 8641 processor with an extensive I/O complement to provide a highly capable processing platform for a wide range of embedded military/aerospace applications.
The VPX standard, collaboratively developed by COTS industry leaders and prime military integrators, delivers a high-speed serial interconnect with a form-factor and feature set specifically designed to meet demanding military/aerospace applications.

The VPX6-185’s processing engine is the Freescale 8641 single/dual-core PowerPC device. With its dual integrated 64-bit memory controllers, it offers vastly increased memory performance compared to prior generations of PowerPC processors.

The core-processing feature of the VPX6-185 includes 2Gbytes DDR II-266 SDRAM with ECC & 512 Mbytes Flash with write protection. Its I/O features includes a full master/slave VME64 interface, an on-board Serial RapidIO interconnect, 3 Gigabit Ethernet ports, 6 serial I/O channels, 2 full MIL-STD-1553 channels, 2 Serial ATA 1.0 ports and 16 discrete LVTTL I/O signals.

For core backplane connectivity, the VPX6-185 incorporates 4 Advanced Switching Interconnect (ASI) switch ports. For integration with high-density computing products such as Curtiss-Wright’s CHAMP-AV6 VPX-based DSP engine, the VPX6-185 also provides Serial RapidIO connectivity.

The dual XMC/PMC sites on the VPX6-185 conform to the VITA 42.3 standard. With PCI Express connectivity, the 2 XMC sites provide the high bandwidth to memory required for high-performance graphics, networking, and data acquisition modules

A key enabler to the unmatched capabilities of the VPX6-185 is the VPX format, which provides backplane connectors capable of handling signaling speeds of up to 6.25 Gbits/sec.

The VPX connectors also include an ESD protection mechanism that enables the VPX6-185 to be safely handled in flight-line.

Software support for the VPX6-185 includes BSPs and driver suites for VxWorks 6.x with Wind River Workbench 2.0, INTEGRITY 6.x, and Linux 2.6.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is a leading global supplier of embedded boards and integrated electronics subsystems for diverse markets and applications including Defense & Aerospace, Medical Imaging, and Industrial Process Control. They serve the embedded industry with an unmatched array of innovative technology and solutions. Their rugged and commercial-grade products, advanced system integration services and lifecycle services programs enable customers to focus on their core competencies to ensure their success.

New SVME/DMV-682 FireBlade is first 24x1GbE + 2x10GbE VME Board

September 2006
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, today announced the availability of 6U VME64x SVME/DMV-682 FireBlade Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) multilayer switch from Curtiss Wright Controls Embedded Computing. The SVME/DMV-682 FireBlade is the embedded military and defence industry’s densest multilayer switch enabling the vision of inter-networked defence platforms within the Global Information Grid (GIG).

The SVME/DMV-682 FireBlade provides wire-speed performance, delivering 24x1GbE ports and 2x10GbE ports in a single VME slot. Each of the interfaces can individually auto negotiate 10/100/1000 Mbps operation in a non-blocking manner, while the card’s two (2) 10 GbE ports can be used for architecting a high performance 10G platform backbone, a redundant failover network, or can be used as an inter-switch stacking solution that can scale to higher port counts for larger systems.

Curtiss-Wright’s FireBlade is available in 12/20/24 GbE port counts. Four (4) of the FireBlade’s GbE ports can optionally be configured as Fast Ethernet to the rear panel, GbE Ethernet to the front panel, or optical fiber to the front. Each version of the FireBlade is available in either fully managed or unmanaged versions.

One of the great advantages of the SVME-682 is its backward compatibility with Curtiss Wright’s flagship VME-680 Switchblade. Newer features of FireBlade include 10GbE-stacking links, wirespeed IPv4/v6 support, and enhanced security features, that enables a smooth upgrade path due to its pin-compatibility with the VME-680. It enables system designers to easily interconnect boxes, compute blades, and compute nodes within platforms & is ideal for deploying COTS-based Gigabit Ethernet switching in harsh environments. The FireBlade is available in both air-cooled and conduction-cooled configurations.

FireBlade’s powerful set of network management interfaces includes CLI, Telnet, SNMP and Web for easy configuration and network management. Additionally, the FireBlade provides a wide range of switching solutions that can support the simplest to the most complex network connections.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing

Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is a leading global supplier of embedded boards and integrated electronics subsystems for diverse markets and applications including Defense & Aerospace, Medical Imaging, and Industrial Process Control. They serve the embedded industry with an unmatched array of innovative technology and solutions. Their rugged and commercial-grade products, advanced system integration services and lifecycle services programs enable customers to focus on their core competencies to ensure their success.

WinCE® 5.0 drivers and BSP to help Windows Embedded OS designers accelerate application development

August 2006 - Helping Windows Embedded Operating System (OS) designers accelerate the development cycle for applications powered by Texas Instruments’ OMAP5912 dual-core processor, Mistral Software, a leading product realization company specializing in real-time embedded solutions, today announced the availability of their Accelerator Program Version 2.0 for TI’s OMAP5912 Starter Kit (OSK).

The Accelerator Program 2.0 addresses the emerging needs of embedded OEMs, who are creating or upgrading their applications with Windows CE 5.0 as the embedded OS for their devices. The Accelerator Program Ver 2.0 for TI’s OMAP5912 OSK comes equipped with WinCE 5.0 drivers and Board Support Packages (BSPs). The easy-to-use WinCE 5.0 BSP help streamline the design process by supporting a wide range of modules and drivers.
Targeted for use by Portable Data Terminal (PDT) OEMs, the OMAP5912 Starter Kit is one of the most affordable and easy-to-use starter kits in the market and a preferred solution for many developers using the OMAP5912 processor. By leveraging the benefits of the Accelerator Program, designers can meet their design goals faster, with increased functionality and performance.

“We aim to provide solutions that help embedded designers and OEMs shorten the development timeline and move products to market faster,” said Samyeer Metrani, VP-Product Development, Mistral Software. “The Accelerator Program Ver 2.0 is a continuation of our OMAP5912 based endeavors that consists of plug-in modules for the OMAP5912 Starter Kit like the Q-VGA LCD Module (QVLM) and Rapid Development Kit and the SUNADA reference design based on TI’s OMAP5912 processor that can be customized for a wide range of applications like PDT, Wireless Phone, Navigation device, Medical device etc.”

The basic BSP consists of drivers for serial, Display, Keypad, Touch panel, Audio, Compact Flash memory, USB Serial function, NOR flash and Ethernet.

Also available are additional drivers for SDIO, NAND Flash, HDD, Camera, GSM/GPRS, GPS, WLAN and Bluetooth which are not part of the basic BSP package.

This latest offering from Mistral is a part of its initiative as a member of the Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner program, providing services and solutions based on Microsoft Embedded Platforms. Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner Program is a strategic worldwide program focused on providing partners with increased business opportunity, market awareness and technology advantage.

Mistral also serves as a broad market OMAP Technology Center (OTC), offering services in the area of software and hardware design, development and consulting on the OMAP platform.

For more information visit: www.mistralsoftware.com/accelerator

About Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner Program

The Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner Program (WEP) consists of over 1,200 Partners in 55 countries worldwide. The Program is focused on providing partnering and co-marketing opportunities to companies delivering products, services or solutions based on Microsoft Windows Embedded Platforms.

The program providing numerous benefits devoted to establishing brand awareness, demand generation and strong industry support for its partners. WEP is dedicated to presenting new and exciting opportunities in the embedded space, building strong markets for partner products, services and solutions while helping bring those solutions to market more quickly and with greater market exposure.

About OMAP Technology Centers

Independent OMAP Technology Centers provide development support by bringing together a variety of hardware, software and system integration expertise, giving device manufacturers and developers a single point of entry for OMAP development technologies. Located throughout the world, independent OMAP Technology Centers have the expertise necessary to get customers to market quickly with robust, power-efficient products which use TI’s OMAP platform.

For information about the worldwide network of independent OMAP Technology Centers, visit http://www.omap.com/

August 2006
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space today announced the availability of the upgraded higher capacity version of the Removable Disk System from Targa Systems.

Targa Systems, a division of L-3 Communications, which is accelerating its leadership in providing solid-state data storage solutions for military & aerospace applications has now come up with the 64 GB capacity Removable Disk and will be releasing the 128 GB version soon.

The Series 4 DTU product line incorporates a 2.5” removable disk and provides for true 2.5” disk removability in harsh and rugged military & aerospace applications.

Targa Series 4 Removable Disk System is the perfect Network Attached Storage (NAS) device for military & aerospace systems, replacing Server Attached Storage in most airborne platform application systems. These systems include flight management, cockpit instrument display, terrain awareness and warning, map systems, radar systems, cockpit/ground communications, navigation positioning, and satellite communications. The removable disk feature of the Series 4 product line allows easy updating of files.

The Targa Series 4 DTS meets MIL-STD-810 and RTCA DO-160 environmental standards and transfers data at 18 megabytes per second. It fulfills requirements of military and aerospace applications, such as map displays, imaging, and mission loads.

The Series 4 DTU product is available in a Dzus Rail Panel Mount (CDU style) form factor unit with either 28Vdc or 5Vdc power input. Both single and dual disk versions are available. Additionally, it is available with a multitude of interfaces, including SCSI-2 & SCSI-3, USB & Ethernet along with a Hard Mount version.

About Targa Systems
Targa System Division, L-3 Communications Canada Inc., founded in 1981, is a leading supplier of ruggedized solid-state data storage products for the military and aerospace markets. Targa provides COTS, as well as custom and modified-COTS storage solutions.

August 2006
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, today announced the availability of Curtiss Wright Controls Embedded Computing’s S/DCP3-1201, the industry’s first 3U CompactPCI Single Board Computer (SBC) for benign and rugged applications. Curtiss Wright is a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME and CompactPCI products.

This SBC, developed by Curtiss Wright, features Intel’s 1.67 GHz Core Duo processor, enabling ultra low voltage operation, ideal for defense and aerospace platforms in which SWaP (Size, Weight, and Power) are critical. The S/DCP3-1201 can be configured with either Intel® Core™ Duo or Core™ Solo CPUs, and is available in both air and conduction-cooled configurations.

The S/DCP3-1201 provides one PMC expansion site and can be configured with an additional optional 1x8 PCIe XMC site on the rear of the card. This ability to support two sites on a single 3U SBC is an Embedded Industry first and enables integrators to significantly reduce the volume and cost of complete subsystem solutions. With the addition of SATA, USB, Flash-based mass storage and a video PMC card, the S/DCP3-1201 provides a complete compact system for either air or conduction cooled environments.

Software for this new SBC includes Board Support Packages (BSPs) for operating system environments such as Windows, Solaris and Linux. Support for real-time operating environments, such as VxWorks will be announced soon.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is a leading global supplier of embedded boards and integrated electronics subsystems for diverse markets and applications including Defense & Aerospace, Medical Imaging, and Industrial Process Control. They serve the embedded industry with an unmatched array of innovative technology and solutions. Their rugged and commercial-grade products, advanced system integration services and lifecycle services programs enable customers to focus on their core competencies to ensure their success.

Highlights of the Hands-Free Car Kit
Automotive infotainment is emerging as the next battle ground for digital devices in vehicles. From Telematics to back seat entertainment systems; the vehicle is fast becoming a mobile media centre on wheels capable of managing content and information for entertainment, productivity and safety, enhancing the driving experience.

The introduction of Bluetooth into the automotive environment promises to enable a slew of sophisticated automotive applications. Increased penetration of Bluetooth on mobile phones and stringent laws banning cell-phone talking while driving has spurred vehicle manufacturers to providing hands-free mobile usage features.

The HFCK development/reference platform is built on Analog Devices Blackfin processor which offers a combination of digital signal processing (DSP) and microprocessor functionality, suitable for the embedded audio, video and communications requirements found in today's automotive applications.

Designed for usage in the automotive environment the HFCK provides complete hands free operation to the user to make/receive calls on GSM Mobile phone, either through wired GSM handset, embedded GSM or Bluetooth interface. The device also provides audio streaming over Bluetooth to play encoded audio data (MP3, AAC, WMA) coming from source device like handheld juke box.

The HFCK integrates the latest voice processing algorithms AEC/NR, delivering the highest quality speech in noisy automotive environments. Some of the other features of the HFCK include:

“The HFCK offers a high performance, low cost solution to vehicle manufacturers, after market product companies or anyone building gadgets that require Hands-Free capabilities. The design, based on a single Blackfin processor is powerful enough to reduce telematics system costs, size and development time by integrating features like Bluetooth, GSM (Voice/SMS), ASR/TTS and streaming audio onto a single processing platform.“ said Anees Ahmed, President & CEO, Mistral Software. “Mistral has designed multiple variants of the Hands-free Car Kit, from a low-cost basic version to advanced hands-free versions bringing in scalability into the system. The HFCK is available in various flavors like basic/traditional hands free, Car phone, Hands-free with Bluetooth and Advance hands-free with audio streaming over Bluetooth. This scalability allows for customisation to a small form factor, low cost design, with the shortest time-to-market, ideal as both an OEM and after-market solution.” he added.

“The HFCK platform designed by Mistral Software is a further example of how the unique attributes of the Blackfin processor can converge a diverse set of traditionally separate DSP and Microprocessor applications on to a single cost-efficient processor. The scalability of the Blackfin family will allow Mistral Software to keep pace with the consumers’ appetite for the addition of new features in to the ever expanding landscape of 'Telematics' ", said Mark Gill, Director of Automotive DSP Products, Analog Devices.

Mistral is a member of Analog Devices extensive third party network, offering product design and consultancy services on ADI’s digital signal processing platforms -- helping customers accelerate their development cycle and reduce time-to-market. Mistral's has a range of development platforms/reference designs for car telematics and infotainment built on the Balckfin Car Telematics Platform that caters to a host of client requirements and specifications.

For more information visit www.mistralsoftware.com/hfck

New PBOD Flash Disk Card is Ideal for Environments Too Harsh for Mechanical Hard Disk Drives

June 2006
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, has announced the PBOD, a new Flash Disk card that delivers up to 64 Gbytes of high-speed storage from Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing, a leading designer and manufacturer of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) VME, VPX and CompactPCI products. The PBOD is ideal for applications in harsh environments where extreme temperature, shock or vibration makes the use of mechanical hard disk drives impractical. This new high-density Flash mezzanine card can function either as JBOD or as a RAID device via software support.

The PBOD is an excellent small-form factor solution for those customers that require mass storage in extreme environmental conditions. In addition to providing the highest density flash storage capacity, PBOD supports data transfer rates up to 40Mbytes per second promising greater performance than competitive offerings.

The PBOD is supported natively by operating systems that support USB Flash drives. This includes VxWorks, Windows, and Linux. PBOD also supports industry standard ECC NAND Flash correction as well as wear leveling on card that eliminates premature device failure due to frequent erase cycles on the same block of Flash memory.

May 2006
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of the new GLX4000 series physical layer switch, the latest addition to Curtiss-Wright’s comprehensive family of LinkXchange products.

The GLX4000 288 is a non-blocking, crossbar switch that enables a wide variety of input signals to be connected to any of its 288 output ports and comes equipped with hot-swappable power supplies, fans and port cards. This network related product is aimed at providing a cost effective solution for connecting a set of high precision equipments to multiple systems that need to be monitored, tested or validated. They can find extensive use in a manufacturing line where different products manufactured can be tested for various parameters through switching them to measuring equipments connected through the GLX4000 switches. The target users could be electronic component manufacturers, electronic finished goods manufacturers, research & development laboratories with a centralised test and measurement facility connecting to various “systems or units under test”.

The GLX4000 288 provides network designers with extensive flexibility and power. It enables all devices to be connected “under test”, after which all topology changes or fault tests can be made through the GUI and CLI. Automating the wiring and configuration process can help eliminate human errors and greatly increase the accuracy of the network topology. Cost savings can also be realized as the GLX4000 288 supports the sharing of expensive resources such as analyzers, sniffers or data recorders. These resources can be connected to the switch and shared among all users and departments.

The system chassis can accommodate up to six hot-swappable 48-port interface blades configured to support SFP or Firewire (1394B) at speeds up to 4.25 Gb/s and can also be configured to accept direct Firewire connections at rates of upto 1600 Mb/s.

Software support for the switch includes Curtiss-Wright’s LXplorer GUI software for switch configuration management and allows the user to monitor the health of the switch chassis and port cards. Additional software support includes the GLX4000 LINUX operating system, controlling firmware, and nonvolatile port configuration data, all of which reside on the module.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is a leading global supplier of embedded boards and integrated electronics subsystems for diverse markets and applications including Defense & Aerospace, Medical Imaging, and Industrial Process Control. They serve the embedded industry with an unmatched array of innovative technology and solutions. Their rugged and commercial-grade products, advanced system integration services and lifecycle services programs enable customers to focus on their core competencies to ensure their success.

The eight-year-old company had revenue of around US$ 11 million last year and is expected to reach US$ 14 million this year. The company has a global presence across United States, Europe and Asia.

“Mistral specializes in embedded design and development providing both hardware design and software development services. We are delighted to setup a development center in Hyderabad. Our relationship with the city goes back a long way and is a symbol of our continuing commitment. With the new facility in place, we are now in a better position to cater to our existing clients in Hyderabad and also reach out to the new product companies that are setting up operations here.” said Anees Ahmed, President and CEO of Mistral Software.

"We expect the Hyderabad centre to grow rapidly and emerge as a significant hub in providing world-class services to our local and global clients," Anees said.

It would be Mistral’s second Development center in India.

The Hyderabad Centre will be headed by Anand Pandurangan, General Manager. “Besides a rich talent pool, Hyderabad also has an established client base of defence labs and a growing client base with several product companies setting up shop here. These customers rely on our specialized embedded engineering services, to help them win in their own markets. I am very excited to take on this role, and am looking forward to building a significant brand and presence for Mistral in Hyderabad, and growing our center rapidly in the coming months.” said Anand.

April 2006
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of the RAD-2 from Pentland Systems, a solution specifically designed for the Radar, Software Radio and Signal Intelligence markets.

The RAD-2 digital receiver PMC is a leading solution for acquisition of high-speed analog signals and offers a dual Channel, 14-bit resolution with up to 105MSPS sampling speed and 16 individual down-converter channels provided by 4GC4016 down-converters for I&Q demodulation. Substantial FPGA resources augment the dual 105MSPS analog acquisition channels. High-bandwidth transfer over 64-bit 66MHz PCI is enabled using powerful on-board DMA engines. Extensive support for system-level functionality such as BIT is also provided. OS drivers are available for VxWorks, Linux and Windows XP.

The RAD-2 has a powerful suite of post-acquisition DSP capabilities, with a user-programmable Xilinx Virtex II™ FPGA for digital signal processing and A/D control along with bi-directional high-speed FIFO buffers and a comprehensive built-in-test with extensive support for PBIT, IBIT & CBIT modes. RAD-2 is available in commercial and rugged conduction-cooled environmental versions.

About Pentland Systems
Pentland Systems are world leaders in the acquisition and synthesis of analog signals. Pentland Systems provides comprehensive coverage of modern Software Defined Radio solutions. The product line includes high-speed digital receivers and transmitters as well as intelligent analog input/output, sigma delta, synchro and resolver modules. The VME and PMC boards are designed for the toughest Industrial, Military and Aerospace applications including conduction-cooled environments.

March 2006
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of the new 3U CompactPCI (cPCI) SCP/DCP-681 Compact SwitchBlade Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) switch/router from Curtiss Wright, a leading end-to-end supplier of commercial and rugged grade COTS computing solutions.
This 10-port, fully managed, intelligent multilayer (layer 2/layer 3) card is available in both air-cooled (SCP) and conduction-cooled (DCP) configurations. It provides up to ten wire-speed 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet interfaces in a single 3U cPCI slot and is ideal for architecting system-wide Intra-Platform Networks (IPNs) in weight and space constrained environments.

The SCP/DCP-681 supports a powerful set of CLI, Telnet, Web and SNMP management interfaces that can be used to configure a complete set of protocols and parameters including PBIT, IBIT, CBIT, Layer 2 protocols, Layer 3 (IPv4/v6) protocols, Multicasting, QoS, and Security. In addition, the SCP/DPC 681 has unique features such as a Secure Memory Erase function that can be used for wiping memory, as well as an unparalleled combination of protocol standards not found in any other switch on the market.
When combined with SCP/DCP-122/124 3U CompactPCI single board computers, PMC graphics modules, PMC FPGA card, and 3U chassis, the SCP/DCP-681 is an integral component in a complete set of 3U CPCI building blocks for Systems Integrators designing small-form factor subsystems.

March 2006
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of the VLX2500 3.125 Gb/s 8/16-port VME switch from Curtiss Wright, a leading end-to-end supplier of commercial and rugged grade COTS computing solutions.

The patented VLX2500 brings non-blocking, multi-protocol physical layer switching to VME systems and applications, allowing any input to be connected to any output at speeds of up to 3.125 Gb/s. Virtually any digital signal, regardless of structure or protocol, can be routed through the VLX2500 with no impact on throughput speed.

The base VLX2500 switch is a single 6U VME64x card with eight ports. The addition of the 8-port expansion card provides 16 ports in two VME slots. Each port input provides an option of clock reconditioning to reduce jitter. This option makes the switch an ideal reconfiguration tool in both lab environments, where the user may not want to impact the signal during tests, and in deployed environments, where signal integrity is critical to overall performance.

February 2006
Mistral Software, an ISO 9001:2000 certified and CMMi Level 3 appraised premium product-realization company, today announced the availability of its new OMAP5912 based WLAN Reference Design (WRD) featuring SyChip’s low power, small footprint fully integrated IEEE 802.11g/b Chip Scale Module (CSM). Targeted at the niche mobile and wireless computing market, the WRD provides product developers a head start towards building their next generation wireless enabled mobility solutions.

Highlights of the WLAN Reference Design
The WLAN Reference Design supports four RF modules: WLAN, BLUETOOTH, GSM/GPRS and GPS on a single small form factor board and supports Microsoft Windows® CE 5.0 /Windows Mobile on TI’s OMAP5912 processor. The small footprint and low-power consumption of the WRD provides product developers with an easy-to-use platform to simulate or test the wireless connectivity of their mobile applications. The reference design is one of the few WLAN solutions currently available in the market and can save developers four to six months in their design cycle.

The WLAN functionality on the board is provided using SyChip’s WLAN6100EB, an industry-leading IEEE 802.11g feature set optimized for mobile handheld devices with advanced power save functions, security capability and physical form factor. The 6100 Embedded Module, with its world class size, electrical performance and plug-and-play capability combined with the other RF capabilities on the board like 802.11g, GPS, Bluetooth and mobile telephony, ensure that product developers and designers using the WLAN Reference Design are equipped with the best and the latest robust mobile device to jumpstart the development of their size constrained and power sensitive wireless enabled devices.

Potential Applications for the WLAN Reference Design
The WLAN Reference Design can be used by developers who are designing wireless devices that go beyond basic wireless connectivity. With support for various other wireless technologies like GPS, Bluetooth and mobile telephony, companies can design products for various vertical markets like Automotive, Consumer, Medical, Industrial, Sporting Goods, Media Devices, Gaming Terminals etc. The human mind is the limitation to the possibilities that this platform can be used for.

“Our goal is to provide solutions that help product designers and developers shorten their development life cycle and bring products-to-market faster. By leveraging the robust capabilities of our WLAN Reference Design and its comprehensive functionality, developers can accelerate their system integration and product realization process. We are looking at licensing the WRD to product vendors in various verticals and can even help customize this design for specific applications.“ said Anees Ahmed, CEO, Mistral Software Inc.

“The growing presence of wireless LAN access points and hotspots is creating a demand for smart mobile devices with built-in connectivity," said Samyeer Metrani, VP (Product Development) at Mistral. "Our enterprise with SyChip gives us the confidence to continue to provide our customers with world class technology solutions that minimize the time and effort required to bring out such smart mobile devices to meet the demanding requirements of the future.

Mistral will demo this product at the TI Developer Conference at Dallas, Texas from 28 February to 2 March 2006. For demos and discussions at the TIDC, please email us at wrd@mistralsoftware.com or call +1-925-577-0796

About SyChip
SyChip designs, develops and markets Integrated Circuits and Chip Scale Modules for the wireless mobile market. The company focuses on developing RF modules that are differentiated due to proprietary integration, modular architectures, and low loss Silicon technologies. As a result of the proprietary integration, world-class RF system design, proprietary multifunction ASICs, software and smart utilities, SyChip’s RF designs drastically reduce component count, offer very small footprints and are easy to integrate into a mobile device. Customers benefit by significantly reducing their time-to-market, increasing performance and improving reliability of their wireless devices. SyChip has received multiple awards, including the 2005 Deloitte Technology Fast 500 – number one in Texas and number ten in North America, the TiEcon 2005 Emerging Star Award, MobileTrax “2005 Mobility Award”, finalist for the “2005 Red Herring 100”, Deloitte’s 2004 “Fast 500 Rising Star Award”, “Best Wireless Accessory” by Handheld Computing, “Start-Up to Watch” by the Fabless Semiconductor Association (FSA), as well as being selected as Investors’ Choice award winner at VentureWire’s annual MicroVentures conference.

For more information about SyChip, please visit www.sychip.com

February 2006
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of Video Access 2.0, the Mobile and IP Video Application Toolkit from NMS Communications.

Video Access is the ideal platform for meeting the ever-increasing demand for flexible, scalable, and cost-effective mobile and IP video solutions. Video Access software is the foundation for a wide range of powerful applications including 3G-324M-to-SIP video gateways, IP video media adaptation servers, video conferencing, wireless video messaging and streaming servers. Developers can rapidly implement new video solutions using Video Access APIs within the Natural Access development environment. Video Access, part of the Open Access™ framework, adds a new dimension to the creation of innovative high-value mobile applications.

February 2006
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, today announced its partnership with Tilcon Software Limited, a global leader in device optimized graphic solutions. As a partner of Tilcon, Mistral will make available the Interface Development Suite and the Embedded Vector Engine from Tilcon.

The Tilcon Interface Development Suite (IDS) is a multi-platform user interface technology (GUI and HMI builder) that delivers robust, highly interactive user interfaces for real-time and embedded applications and the Tilcon Embedded Vector Engine (EVE) manages the rendering of user interface screens, primitive draw functions, animations, user events, dynamic language updates and more. It represents a separate binary, which is not bound into application code.

“The association was launched in the last quarter of 2005, and with infrastructure and strategies for product positioning of these products now in place, Mistral is all set to take the Graphic Designer market by storm.” said Mujahid Alam, Vice President - Sales at Mistral. “Embedded graphics development is starting to become the domain of the graphics designer, and not only the software engineer. Most graphic designers do not write or understand code. Tilcon’s Interface Development Suite addresses this issue by allowing them to implement and simulate their screens without writing code. The resulting screens are then passed to the engineers who use the Communications API to animate and connect the graphic designer’s screens.” he added.

"Mistral’s association with Tilcon not only provides a road map to the existing Tilcon clientele in India, but also makes significant gains in the automotive, medical, industrial and defense markets. Packaged with Mistral’s ability to deliver quality and timely solutions, we are yet again poised to set trends in this time-to-market sensitive Indian Industry.” said Mujahid.

About Tilcon
Tilcon Software Limited has been developing exceptional graphic software for consumers and developers since 1987. Tilcon products have consistently earned outstanding reviews from publications such as PC World, Byte, IEEE and PCM. The Tilcon Interface Development Suite, Tilcon's flagship product is a GUI / HMI application builder oriented to the specialized needs of real-time and embedded application developers.

Tilcon's support and technical services have consistently earned high praise, allowing customers to realize ambitious projects and accelerate their time to market. Tilcon markets to developers and manufacturers both directly and through a network of distributors and partners around the world.

Developed by the Software Engineering Institute (SEI) at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, PA, the “Capability Maturity Model Integration” or CMMI is a standard that results in better project performance and higher quality product. CMMi processes explicitly link the management and engineering activities to business objectives by incorporating lessons learned from additional areas of best practice (e.g., measurement and risk management) to ensure that the product meets the customer expectations.

The CMMi model adopted by Mistral includes systems engineering, software engineering and Integrated Product and Process Development (CMMI-SE/SW/V1.1). “Mistral’s forte has always been its expertise as a single source for both hardware and software engineering in the embedded domain. The qualification strengthens our ability to provide high-quality services for embedded product design and development that consistently meet customer needs and enhance customer satisfaction.” said Anees Ahmed, President & CEO of Mistral Software.

“This is an extremely important milestone for our company. Having development processes that meet these requirements is paramount for reliable and efficient system engineering. We have consistently focused on building a system of continual improvement of processes beginning with our certification for ISO 9001:2000 in 2002. The successful appraisal to CMMi Level 3 is a step forward towards achieving CMMi Level 5 certification in 2007, the process for which is already underway.“ said Narayanan Bhattathiripad, Vice President, Mistral Software.

Vision Video Transcoder supports Real-Time, High-Density Transcoding

January 2006
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of NMS Communications’ Vision Video Transcoder, a network resource providing video transcoding services that can be incrementally scaled as the network grows.

The Vision Video Transcoder supports real-time communications with a low delay transcoding and transrating engine and provides real-time, high-density transcoding capabilities for an ever-expanding set of video formats including H.263 and MPEG-4. Its flexible and extensible architecture allows for future support of new emerging standards, such as H.264 (also known as MPEG-4 part 10), and proprietary formats, such as WMV and Real Media. The Vision Video Transcoder is a telco-grade, highly available system that supports traditional management via SNMP and HTTP interfaces and runs on industry-standard hardware (Intel®- based) and operating system (Linux).

The Vision Video Transcoder provides real-time video format transcoding and rate transformation, and can be extended to support various video processing features for enhancing the user experience. It is implemented as a SIP controlled networked service that can be shared between different systems in a network (such as a Vision Video Gateway or a Vision Media Server).

A high degree of interoperability is ensured through full support of industry-standard protocols and formats, including RTP, RTCP, MPEG-4, and H.263. The Vision Video Transcoder has been extensively tested in IMTC interoperability events for 3G-324M applications. It is tuned for low-latency, high-bandwidth throughput and error resilience, which are necessary to support delay-sensitive applications, such as 3G wireless video conferencing, streaming video, and multimedia gaming.

About NMS Communications
NMS Communications (NASDAQ:NMSS) is a leading provider of technologies and solutions for mobile applications and infrastructure. NMS develops products that enable new mobile voice, data and video applications and improve the performance and quality of wireless networks, helping our customers grow their revenues and profits. Visit www.nmscommunications.com for more information.

Wins demonstrate strong impetus for the completely integrated and customizable product design among device manufacturers, Bangalore and Dallas

December 2005
Mistral Software, an ISO 9001:2000 certified premium product-realization company, is pleased to announce design wins based on its Customizable Product Design - SUNADA. Released in February 2005, the SUNADA is a completely integrated and customizable product design built around TI’s OMAP5912™ processor. The SUNADA can be customized for multiple applications like GSM Phone, navigation, Digital Audio, gaming, organizer, e–learning, video, internet access, VoIP, VGA camera, jukebox amongst others, enabling end users to harness the true potential of mobile computing.

Highlights of the Customizable Product Design
The SUNADA is an excellent example of converging multiple applications in a single device. The ultra-sleek device designed for a slim mechanical enclosure runs WinCE OS on a TI OMAP5912™ processor and supports five Radio modules for GPS, GSM/GPRS, WLAN, Bluetooth and FM and comes with a Quarter VGA resolution 3” LCD display with a touchpanel and keypad. It also includes a Digital Camera, SDIO/SD-MMC slot, and a 1” Hard Disk. It is among the first designs to converge five RF modules in one small form factor board based on OMAP5912.

The Design Wins
Mistral has had many design wins for consumer products based on their SUNADA design. Over the past year, Mistral has worked with various device manufacturers in Europe and US to customize the SUNADA for their upcoming products like: GPS based navigation device, high-end digital audio system, rugged wrist-mounted computer and medical electronics device. These products will begin to appear in the markets over the next few months.

“These wins are an outcome of an investment that we made in building the SUNADA customizable design. Today there is a complete eco-system around the SUNADA which includes technology components, software development and production support.” said Samyeer Metrani, VP Product Development at Mistral Software. “Over the past few months, we have further improved on the SUNADA design by integrating it into a smaller form factor board and supporting multiple OS like WinCE5.0, Windows Mobile, & Linux. The new design is suitable for end products like wrist-mounted computers, gaming terminals, assisted living devices and smart phones.”

“Our strategy is to provide complete turnkey solutions – from idea to production to product developers around the SUNADA platform.” said Samyeer. “The SUNADA is an ideal choice for manufacturers wanting to get their products out on the store shelf in the next 8-10 months. This platform can save four to six months in their design cycle and Mistral’s engineering team can support development of any custom variants of this design.” he added.

Mistral will demo this product at the 2006 International CES at Las Vegas, NV between 5-8 January 2006.
For demos and discussions at the CES, please contact Srinivas Panapakam at srini@mistralsoftware.com or
call +1-925-577-0796.

For more information on the SUNADA Customizable Product Design, please visit www.mistralsoftware.com/sunada

Mistral is a TI OMAP™ Technology Center, which assures clients of world-class services in the areas of software and hardware design, development and consulting on the OMAP™ platform. Mistral also currently offers the Accelerator Program for OMAP5910 and OMAP5912, comprising of drivers and BSPs for Linux®, VxWorks® and WinCE and the Q-VGA LCD Module (QVLM) and Rapid Development Kit for the OSK.

December 2005
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of a new video-capture enhanced member of the Atlas family of dual-channel, high resolution PMC graphics controllers from Curtiss Wright - the AtlasPMC/2 PMC.

The new AtlasPMC/2 card delivers video, RGB and DVI input capability and an extensive range of multimedia features including dual-head analog or DVI output display, stereo audio I/O and an on-board USB 2.0 controller. The AtlasPMC/2 saves slots and eases the integration of powerful, flexible multimedia functionality in VME, CompactPCI and PCI systems.

The AtlasPMC/2 is based on ATI Technologies’ RADEON Mobility 9000 (M9) mobile graphics processor, which supports dual 2D, 3D, OpenGL, and DirectX compatible displays with up to 16.7 million colors (24 bpp).

The AtlasPMC/2’s outstanding graphics output capabilities are enhanced with a wide range of video input and multimedia features. Video input support on the card includes NTSC/PAL/SECAM, RGB, and DVI input modes. The card’s onboard USB 2.0 host controller simplifies use of popular devices such as USB-compliant video cameras. An on-board Stereo Audio I/O controller provides audio support. Access to the video input, USB and audio functions is provided via standard DVI-I.

A wide range of operating system environments is supported on the card. Its dual-mode VGA/FCode BIOS enables the AtlasPMC/2 to operate in virtually any x86, PowerPC, or SPARC system. Software support across a broad range of operating systems includes Solaris, Linux, Windows, VxWorks, and LynxOS. The board is designed for harsh and ruggedized environments.

December 2005
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of PGE2, a Dual-Channel Gigabit Ethernet PMC Card from Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing. Available in Air-Cooled or Conduction-Cooled Versions, the PGE2 speeds high-performance network technology insertion.

Powered by an Intel 82546EB Gigabit Ethernet Controller, the PGE2 is fully compatible with legacy 10/100BASE-TX networks and simplifies the addition of GigE networking into existing VME, CompactPCI or PCI embedded systems.

This new GigE PMC card is available in both air-cooled and conduction-cooled versions. The air-cooled PGE2 comes with a standard operating temperature of 0° to +50° C. It supports either single or dual 10/100/1000BaseTX using standard RJ-45 connectors or optical 1000BaseLX interfaces with LC-type fiber connectors.

An extended-temperature air-cooled range version is also available, and operates at -40° to +71° C, using forced air-cooling. The conduction-cooled version of the card is specified for operation over a range of -40° to +85°C and provides support for single or dual 10/100/1000BaseTX interfaces for host board backplane connections.

Software support for the PGE2 includes Intel’s software drivers for Linux 2.2x and 2.4x operating environments and WindRiver’s VxWorks drivers for the Tornado development platform.

The PGE2 complements Curtiss-Wright’s wide range of Single Board Computers, Digital Signal Processors, Graphics and Communications and I/O products, including the recently announced PGR8 8-Port GigE Switch PMC card.

November 2005
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of the Rapid Replay, an innovative product from Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC) that allows you to record and playback streaming Serial FPDP data or simply retrieve the recorded data from storage.

Rapid Replay utilizes the ANSI / VITA 17.1-2003 Serial FPDP standard protocol, which is being used by leaders in signal-to processor technology worldwide. It conveniently records Serial FPDP input data onto one or more Fibre Channel JBODs. The user can then playback the stored data in Serial FPDP format to a digital signal processor for later analysis. In addition, the same data can be retrieved directly off storage via Fibre Channel by multiple computers using dissimilar operating systems.

Utilizing a single input channel, Rapid Replay records streaming data at a blistering 245 MB/s. Because the system is scalable, the user can add additional input channels for additional system bandwidth. A dual channel system will yield 490 MB/s, a quad channel system 760 MB/s. Rapid Replay’s inputs come equipped with 850nm optical transceivers. 1310nm, 1550nm optical and HSSDC2 transceivers are available options. Rapid Replay provides playback in Serial FPDP format as well.

Rapid Replay utilizes ANSI X3.230-1994 Fibre Channel to record and retrieve stored data. Each storage channel stores data at 200 MB/s. Like the input channels, storage channels are scalable to quad channel performance (800 MB/s). For direct retrieval, users can specify data by frame number or time interval. Systems retrieving this data can use different operating systems. The raw data is recovered from the Fibre Channel JBOD and reconstructed in order. Additionally, the retrieval system can read previously recorded data as new data is being recorded.

The easy to use Rapid Replay GUI allows the user to quickly record, play, or stop a data recording session using the intuitive control panel. Above the panel are icons representing the Serial FPDP input/output channels, the system CPU, system memory, and storage disks. Clicking on any of these icons reveals an information window.

Apart from using field proven technology and being extremely versatile, the Rapid Replay is available in a space-saving 3U package.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is a leading global supplier of embedded boards and integrated electronics subsystems for diverse markets and applications including Defense & Aerospace, Medical Imaging, and Industrial Process Control. They serve the embedded industry with an unmatched array of innovative technology and solutions. Their rugged and commercial-grade products, advanced system integration services and lifecycle services programs enable customers to focus on their core competencies to ensure their success.

Potential Applications for the Navigation Reference Design
The Navigation Reference Design can be used by developers who are designing GPS devices that go beyond basic Navigation. With support for various other wireless technologies, companies can design products for various vertical markets like Automotive, Consumer, Medical, Industrial, Sporting Goods, Gaming Terminals etc. The human mind is the limitation to the possibilities that this platform can be used for.

“Our goal is to provide solutions that help product designers and developers shorten their development life cycle and bring products-to-market faster. By leveraging the robust capabilities of the Navigation Reference Design and its comprehensive functionality, developers can accelerate their system integration and product realization process. We are looking at licensing the NRD to product vendors in various verticals and can even help customize this design for specific applications.“ said Anees Ahmed, CEO, Mistral Software Inc.

"Mistral selected the SiRFstarIII for its GPS module because of its outstanding price-performance and SiRF's reputation as a leader in GPS technology," said Samyeer Metrani, VP (Product Development) at Mistral. "Our partnership with SiRF gives us the confidence to continue to provide our customers with outstanding GPS technology based solutions to meet the demanding requirements of the future."

“The introduction of the Mistral Navigation Reference Design builds further momentum for our flagship SiRFstarIII architecture as the location platform of choice for innovative companies,” said Kanwar Chadha, founder and vice president of SiRF Technology. “Supported by excellent technical capabilities of the Mistral team, it provides our joint customers the opportunity to accelerate the developments of cost effective, high performance and feature rich location enabled products.”

For more information, visit http://www.mistralsoftware.com/nrd.htm

About SiRF
SiRF Technology Holdings Inc. develops and markets semiconductor and software products that are designed to enable location-awareness utilizing GPS and other location technologies in high-volume mobile consumer devices and commercial applications. SiRF's technology has been integrated into mobile consumer devices, such as automobile navigation systems, mobile phones, PDAs, GPS-based peripherals and handheld GPS navigation devices, and into commercial applications, such as asset tracking devices and fleet management systems. SiRF markets and sells its products in four target platforms: automotive, consumer electronics, mobile computing and wireless devices. Founded in 1995, SiRF is headquartered in San Jose, Calif., and has sales offices around the world. The company trades on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange under the symbol SIRF.

Additional information about SiRF and its location technology solutions can be found at www.sirf.com

October 2005
Mistral Solutions, a specialist player in the niche, real-time embedded and telecom solutions sector, has entered into partnerships with two leading companies – DNF Storage and Pentland Systems. DNF Storage, based in the US, is a leading provider of cost-effective and high quality storage solutions and UK based Pentland Systems deals with Software Defined Radio Solutions.

As a System Integrator and Value-added Reseller specializing in the Embedded domain, Mistral has endeavored to provide a Total Solution to its customers in the field of Defense Applications. These encompass Simulation Systems for proof of Concept and Hardware in the Loop Simulations for Prototype Validation to Land, Air and Sea Deployable Systems. All this is made available through COTS/ROTS products from Alliance Partners.

“As the gamut of application areas are wide spread, we have steadily addressed the need of our customers by equipping ourselves with reputed and technologically advanced subsystems. The outcome of such an effort has been the unveiling of our services in the field of Software Defined Radio solutions for Signal Intelligence implementation with subsystems from Pentland Systems, and High Density Data Storage with built in Redundancy solutions for Critical Analysis and Data-Warehousing with subsystems from DNF Storage. For our Valued Customers, we continue to be …. Partners in Real Time.” said Ramanan J.V., Product Manager at Mistral Solutions.

About DNF Storage
DNF Storage is a leading provider of high quality storage solutions. Dynamic Network Factory (DNF) has a long heritage of creating cutting-edge customer-driven products. As an engineering-focused company, with a history specializing in storage solutions, DNF is poised to define the next generation of storage solutions ranging from workgroup RAID systems to iSCSI engines, and modular enterprise Fibre Channel solutions.

As a partner of DNF Storage, Mistral would provide customers with the opportunity to custom design storage solutions.

About Pentland Systems
Pentland Systems are world leaders in the acquisition and synthesis of analog signals. Pentland Systems provides comprehensive coverage of modern Software Defined Radio solutions. The product line includes high-speed digital receivers and transmitters as well as intelligent analog input/output, sigma delta, synchro and resolver modules. The VME and PMC boards are designed for the toughest Industrial, Military and Aerospace applications including conduction-cooled environments.

As Pentland Systems' partner, Mistral would provide intelligent Analog I/O for frequency and time domain applications, Digital I/O, Synchro & Resolver technologies.

As an alliance member, Mistral brings a wealth of detailed knowledge about specific system technologies, as well as expertise in using the latest programmable logic architectures and development tools. Mistral will now cater to the large Xilinx customer base offering them the highest quality of professional design services expertise and total solutions built on Xilinx programmable logic.

Mistral has worked extensively on Xilinx products ranging from the Virtex™ Series (Virtex-4 Platform and Virtex-II Pro FPGAs) to the Spartan™ Series (Spartan-3E FPGAs). Mistral’s engineers have developed a number of reusable IP Cores based on Xilinx FPGAs to help customers accelerate time-to-market with innovative electronic products and supported them with related design services. Mistral has executed up to 8 Million gates design, with maximum core operating frequency up to 150 MHz and maximum I/O operation at 750 MHz using Xilinx FPGAs.

“We are pleased to join hands with Xilinx, the worldwide leader of programmable logic solutions.” said Anees Ahmed, CEO, Mistral Software Pvt. Ltd. “Mistral’s extensive experience in FPGA / PLD based digital logic designs and IP cores on the Xilinx platform can be capitalized to help OEMs to shorten their development cycles and help them get their product to market faster.”

"We are pleased to have Mistral Software as a new Xilinx Alliance Program member,” said Mark Bowlby, Sr. Manager of Strategic Relationships at Xilinx. “We believe that adding Mistral underscores our commitment to provide our customers access to a worldwide network of professional design houses for delivering digital logic design and IP cores that help accelerate their product time-to-market and gain competitive advantage. Now, more of our customers can gain access to Mistral’s team of engineers with system level design expertise in and around Xilinx FPGA/PLDs".

Collaboration through the Xilinx Alliance Program
Mistral is now a member of the Xilinx Alliance Program as a provider of third-party design services. Xilinx established this program to provide its customers with access to a worldwide network of third-party products and services that enhance Xilinx devices and design flows. Alliance members have extensive experience with Xilinx technology in various vertical applications such as wireless and wired communications, consumer, automotive, audio, video, broadcast, storage and servers. Alliance members are an integral part of the Xilinx strategy to provide its customers with cost-efficient design solutions, while speeding time-to-market.

September 2005
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of next-generation IP media processing platforms - CG 6565 and CG 6060,the newest members of the popular CG Series from NMS Communications.

These platforms are ideally suited for the rapid development and deployment of cost-effective IMS applications including converged mobile and broadband as well as voice and video services. These latest additions to the CG Series, deliver increased IP packet processing capability with IVR, fax, conferencing, VoIP and 3G video, available on every port for unsurpassed flexibility. Echo cancellation is provided by NMS’ e256™ ASIC, the industry’s most trusted echo cancellation technology, saving DSP capacity and providing superior voice quality -- an important differentiator for PSTN and mobile applications.

The CG 6565 is a high-performance board designed for processing-intensive applications like IP media servers, VoIP gateways, video gateways and media servers. The CG 6060 is a medium-powered board appropriate for a broad range of applications, from high-density trunking with up to 16 E1/T1s, to IVR, fax, conferencing, and MRCP speech. Both the CG 6565 and CG 6060 are available in PCI and CompactPCI format.

This new technology is supported by NMS’ popular development environment, Natural Access™. Like all CG series products, CG 6565 and CG 6060, support MRCP speech servers from all the popular speech vendors through NMS’ Universal Speech Access API (application programming interface).

About NMS Communications
NMS Communications (NASDAQ:NMSS) is a leading provider of technologies and solutions for mobile applications and infrastructure. NMS develops products that enable new mobile voice, data and video applications and improve the performance and quality of wireless networks, helping our customers grow their revenues and profits. Visit www.nmscommunications.com for more information.

August 2005
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of the 360 Switch PMC which is an unmanaged, 8-port Gigabit Ethernet switch packaged in an industry-standard, IEEE 1386 PMC form factor computer from Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC).

The 360 Switch PMC is fully IEEE 802.3 compliant. It provides integrated 8-port, Layer-2 switching and full wire-speed performance on all ports. The PMC also offers a 4096-entry ARL MAC address table with automatic learning, port trunking, aggregation and mirroring, advanced flow-control and head-of-line blocking prevention. The mirroring mode on the 360 Switch PMC allows one port to monitor all other ports on the switch. This optional mode allows for backpressure or flow control to tell different ports to slow down when the monitor port is busy or experiencing very high level of traffic. If the offending ports do not slow down, packets will be lost. Also offered is optional broadcast storm filtering where a high level of multi-casting and/or broadcast traffic is seen. This feature monitors and, if necessary, constrains the level of broadcast traffic on each port.

To support backplane interconnects, the 360 Switch PMC routes all eight ports through the P14 connector. Routing through the rear eliminates the need for any RJ-45 connectors, ensuring optimal signal integrity. Each port has its own status/activity LED. The 360 Switch PMC is PCI 2.2 compliant, operating in both PCI-X and 64-bit /66 MHz PCI modes. Connection via the PMC connectors to the host board provides required power and ground rails, eliminating the need for VME bus signaling and an additional driver support.

CWCEC offers PIM Carrier Transition Modules for many of its contemporary single-board computers. Each module matches the I/O and PMC configurations offered on the SBC, providing easy connectivity for rear-routed I/O. Corresponding PIM modules are available for a variety of PMC modules.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is a leading global supplier of embedded boards and integrated electronics subsystems for diverse markets and applications including Defense & Aerospace, Medical Imaging, and Industrial Process Control. They serve the embedded industry with an unmatched array of innovative technology and solutions. Their rugged and commercial-grade products, advanced system integration services and lifecycle services programs enable customers to focus on their core competencies to ensure their success

July 2005
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of a new innovative COTS-based rugged computing system introduced by Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC). Packaged in a battle-ready rugged half-short five-slot Air Transport Rack (ATR) chassis, the 3U CompactPCI-based Modular Tactical Computer (MTC), has been designed to withstand the harsh environments of military missions while providing users with the latest advances in reliability, accuracy and speed.

The Modular Tactical Computer (MTC) represents a significant step forward in the incorporation of mission critical computing into military platforms. It offers defense and aerospace system integrators a complete COTS tactical subsystem that can be ordered off-the-shelf, fully configured for immediate integration into a production application. Alternately, the MTC can be customized with a wide variety of functional modules to meet specific applications such as mission computing, control applications, fire control systems or network centric computing. Factory configured with standard COTS boards and subassemblies based on open architecture technology, MTC brings prime systems integrators reduced integration time, fewer risks and lower development costs.

At the core of MTC is the processing power of CWCEC’s DCP-122 3U CompactPCI (cPCI) single board computer, driven by a 800 MHz IBM 750FX processor. Processing performance for the MTC is rated at 1856 Dhrystone Millions of Instructions Per Second (DMIPS). MTC’s standard configuration includes 256 MB of ECC DRAM, Ethernet, a tri-channel dual redundant 1553 bus, and 9 serial channels (Sync/Async). The MTC can also be configured with either a gigabit Ethernet switch or a 50 ms power holdup. Additional data communications functionality in the system includes 20 digital/analog input channels and converters. MTC is designed to PICMG 2.16 rev. 1.0 and supports packet-switching backplanes.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is a leading global supplier of embedded boards and integrated electronics subsystems for diverse markets and applications including Defense & Aerospace, Medical Imaging, and Industrial Process Control. They serve the embedded industry with an unmatched array of innovative technology and solutions. Their rugged and commercial-grade products, advanced system integration services and lifecycle services programs enable customers to focus on their core competencies to ensure their success.

Highlights of the Rapid Development Kit
The RDK board is a plug-in module for the OSK from TI, which supports four RF modules: GPS, GSM/GPRS, WLAN and BLUETOOTH on a single board. The RDK provides product developers with an easy-to-use platform to simulate or test the functionality of their end application before finalizing on the product design. This platform can save developers four to six months in their design cycle.

The RDK bundle includes TI’s OSK, Mistral’s Q-VGA LCD Module (QVLM), Mistral’s Camera Module (CMQ), and Mistral’s RDK Board along with Windows® CE runtime and drivers.

Potential Applications for the Rapid Development Kit
The RDK can be used by developers who are considering deploying applications combining functions such as mobile communications, Internet browsing, hand held telephony, video conferencing, camera, navigation personal media players, and smart gadgets.

“The human mind is the limitation to the possibilities that this platform can be used for,” said Anees Ahmed, CEO, Mistral Software Inc. “Our goal is to provide solutions that help product designers and developers shorten their development timeline and move products to market faster. By leveraging the robust RF capabilities of the RDK and the streamlined functionality of the OSK, developers can accelerate their system integration and product realization process. The markets that will benefit from the RDK include the high-end PDA, Voice and Video over IP, Mobile Phones, Gaming Terminals, Automotive Electronics, Infotainment platforms, Multimedia gadgets and any kind of next generation integrated platform.“

“Mistral’s new RDK board enhances the OMAP5912 development experience by providing developers with seamless access to GPS, GSM/GPRS, WLAN and Bluetooth functionality. Mistral’s RDK meets the growing need for wireless in the Portable Data Terminal market while enabling fast time-to-market,” said Greg Mar, worldwide systems-on-a-chip platform Manager, TI.

The RDK can easily be customized and extended to evaluate applications for the high-value, low- visibility industrial handheld markets with add-ons like RFID, Smartcard, swipe card, printers, and barcode readers. Mistral’s engineering team will support development of any custom variants of this platform on a case-by-case basis.

Mistral is a TI OMAP™ Technology Center, which assures clients of world-class services in the areas of software and hardware design, development and consulting on the OMAP™ platform. The RDK is a testament to the quality of products and support available from Mistral.

Mistral also currently offers the Accelerator Program for OMAP5910 and OMAP5912, comprising of drivers and BSPs for Linux®, VxWorks® and WinCE and the Q-VGA LCD Module (QVLM) for the OSK.

For more information on the Rapid Development Kit (RDK), please visit www.mistralsoftware.com/rdk

About OMAP Technology Centers
Independent OMAP Technology Centers provide development support by bringing together a variety of hardware, software and system integration expertise, giving device manufacturers and developers a single point of entry for OMAP development technologies. Located throughout the world, independent OMAP Technology Centers have the expertise necessary to get customers to market quickly with robust, power-efficient products which use TI’s OMAP platform. For information about the worldwide network of independent OMAP Technology Centers, http://www.omap.com/

June 2005
Mistral Solutions, a specialist player in niche, real-time embedded and telecom solutions, has announced its partnership with Targa Systems, a world leader in providing COTS and application specific data storage solutions.

As a partner of Targa Systems, Mistral would provide data storage solutions for military and aerospace applications. Targa has a wide range of data storage products that complement the solutions offered by Mistral, these include, Conduction-cooled Flash Disks for CPCI 3U configuration; Removable Memory Data Transfer Systems accommodating both PC Cards and Removable Flash Disks; 2.5" & 3.5" Fixed Flash Disks, and modified COTS solutions for practically any rugged environment.

“We are pleased to be associated with Targa Systems, their proven expertise in offering application specific data storage solutions would give an impetus to our system integration skills and value added reselling activities.” said Mujahid Alam, Director-Sales at Mistral.

About Targa Systems
Since its inception in 1981, Targa Systems has maintained a leadership position in providing Commercial-Off-The-Shelf (COTS) products, modified COTS products, as well as custom designed solutions to meet customer specific requirements and specifications. Targa Systems was acquired by L-3 Communications in 2002 and are now officially known as Targa Systems, L-3 Communications Canada Inc. Headquartered in Ontario, Canada, with worldwide sales and marketing office in Matthews, North Carolina, Targa has over 20 years of engineering and application expertise in a wide range of military, aerospace, and avionics applications.

SVME/DMV-183 supports dual FreeScale 7447A/7448 processors up to 1.5GHz for real-time embedded computing in harsh environments

May 2005
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of SVME/DMV-183, a new high performance dual processor rugged 6U VMEbus single board computer from Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing (CWCEC). This latest offering from CWCEC combines higher performance with faster processors, additional operating features and a lower retail price than its predecessors.

The SVME/DMV-183 features single or dual 1.5 GHz FreeScale MPC7447A/7448 PowerPC processors. It is ideal for technology upgrades, and is fully compatible with earlier generations of CWCEC's SVME PowerPC-based SBCs. This conduction-cooled SBC is targeted to the demanding data processing needs of tactical aircraft, armored vehicles and many harsh environment naval systems.

The board's Altivec™-enabled 7447A/7448 PowerPC (PPC) processor(s) are supported by a GT-64460 Discovery™ III system controller that provides bridging to the PPC MPX bus and the DDR SDRAM bus, two 64-bit PCI busses and the Flash EPROM's and non-PCI peripheral's high performance device bus. On-board memory includes 512 MB or 1 Gbyte of DDR SDRAM with ECC (growth path to 2 GB). Up to 256 Mbytes of contiguous direct-mapped Flash is also available (growth path to 512 MB). Additional on-board features include Gigabit Ethernet, SCSI, and two USB 2.0 ports. Support for up to two MIL-STD-1553 channels (1553A, 1553B Notice 2, and STANAG 3838) is provided as an option.

System expansion on the SVME/DMV-183 is supported with two 64-bit PMC sites, one of which supports 100 MHz PCI-X while retaining compatibility with legacy 33 MHz and 66 MHz PMC modules. Both of the PMC sites are designed to the VITA 20-2001 Conduction Cooled PMC (CCPMC) standard. The SVME/DMV-183 features enhanced thermal management for conduction-cooled applications, including thermal management layers within the PWB. In addition, a TherMax™ aluminum thermal frame directs heat from the PMC sites and other shunted components to the board's backside for cooling to ensure minimal temperature rise.

Operating system support for the SVME/DMV-183 includes Wind River VxWorks/Tornado. An Altivec-optimized DSP library from IXLibs-AV is also supported.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing
Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is a leading global supplier of embedded boards and integrated electronics subsystems for diverse markets and applications including Defense & Aerospace, Medical Imaging, and Industrial Process Control. They serve the embedded industry with an unmatched array of innovative technology and solutions. Their rugged and commercial-grade products, advanced system integration services and lifecycle services programs enable customers to focus on their core competencies to ensure their success.

April 2005
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of CHAMP-AV IV, a new CompactPCI DSP Board from Curtiss-Wright Controls. Powered by Free Scale's most advanced 1.5 GHz 7448 PowerPC processors, this board sets a new standard for high performance signal processing in CompactPCI systems.

CHAMP-AV IV significantly raises cPCI DSP performance by more than doubling the processor performance of its predecessor, the Compact CHAMP-AV I. This AltiVec™ based DSP engine also features CWCEC’s industry leading QuadFlow architecture and builds on to the success of the previous generation cPCI-based Compact CHAMP-AV I and the VMEbus-based CHAMP-AV II, -AV III and –AV IV products.

The PICMG 2.16 (CompactPCI Packet Switching Backplane) compliant Compact CHAMP-AV IV drives demanding DSP applications with up to 48 GFLOPs of peak computational power. The board’s QuadFlow architecture supports four simultaneous node-to-node transfers to deliver a total data flow of 3.2GB/sec peak. The board provides high-speed connections to the backplane to eliminate the need for front-panel wiring harnesses and delivers improved system maintainability.

Champ-AV IV is supported with CWCEC’s Inter-Processor Communications (IPC) software library and OS support includes Wind River VxWorks /Tornado. A Linux package will be available in mid 2005. The CHAMP-AV IV is available in a commercial temperature, air-cooled configuration.

By combining unmatched price/performance with backward compatibility and ease of integration, CHAMP-AV IV highlights CWCEC’s commitment to deliver advanced technology across all leading industry standard platforms.

About Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing

Curtiss-Wright Controls Embedded Computing is a leading global supplier of embedded boards and integrated electronics subsystems for diverse markets and applications including Defense & Aerospace, Medical Imaging, and Industrial Process Control. They serve the embedded industry with an unmatched array of innovative technology and solutions. Their rugged and commercial-grade products, advanced system integration services and lifecycle services programs enable customers to focus on their core competencies to ensure their success.

A completely integrated and customizable PDA design to harness the true potential of mobile computing Bangalore,

February 2005
Mistral Software, an ISO 9001:2000 certified premium product-realization company, today announced the worldwide availability of its PDA Reference Platform code named SUNADA. Built around TI’s OMAP5912™ or OMAP1611™ processor, the device is a completely integrated and customizable PDA design, providing multiple applications like GSM Phone, navigation, Digital Audio, gaming, organiser, e–learning, video, internet access, VoIP, VGA camera, jukebox amongst others, enabling end users to harness the true potential of mobile computing.

Highlights of the PDA Reference Platform
The PDA Reference Platform from Mistral is an excellent example of converging multiple applications in a single device. The ultra-sleek device designed for a slim mechanical enclosure runs WinCE OS on a TI OMAP5912™ and OMAP1611™processor and supports four Radio modules for GPS, GSM, WLAN and Bluetooth connectivity and comes with a full VGA resolution LCD display. It is among the first designs to converge four RF modules in one design and support WinCE OS on OMAP5912 Processors.

VoIP Connectivity is provided through Mistral’s SIP stack, specially designed for mobile applications with small memory footprint, and Mistral’s BlueMist Bluetooth Stack provides the Bluetooth™ interface.

The built-in 2100 mAH Li-Ion battery with charger has been optimized to provide an extended battery life of up to:

“Furthering our initiatives as an OMAP Technology Centre, this latest offering by Mistral is in keeping with the growing market for mobile computing which is now in demand across a wide range of sectors. With the embedding of substantial processing capabilities in devices such as telephones and cameras, mobile device manufacturers and application developers are increasingly using the OMAP platform for its unparalleled processing performance and low power consumption so that consumers can enjoy a wide range of compelling wireless products and services.” said Anees Ahmed, CEO, Mistral Software Pvt. Ltd.

“We have been working with customers worldwide on designing handheld multimedia devices, communication, networking and smart electronic devices enabling them to leverage the strong features of OMAP on Win CE.NET platforms. We are pleased to be collaborating with TI and Microsoft in offering world-class solutions to help developers meet the challenge of designing such systems.” he added.

TI's OMAP platform is comprised of high-performance, power efficient processors, a robust software infrastructure and comprehensive support network for the rapid development of differentiated multimedia-enhanced applications including industry-specific PDAs, web pads, enhanced gaming, medical instrumentation and point-of-sale terminals.

WinCE® 4.2 drivers and BSP help Windows Embedded OS designers accelerate application development

December 2004
Helping Windows Embedded Operating System (OS) designers accelerate the development cycle for applications powered by Texas Instruments’ OMAP5912 dual-core processor, Mistral Software, a leading product realization company specializing in real-time embedded solutions, today unveiled the Accelerator Program for TI’s OMAP5912 Starter Kit (OSK).

The Accelerator Program further addresses the emerging needs of embedded OEMs, who are showing an increasing preference for Windows CE as the embedded OS for their devices. The Accelerator Program for TI’s OMAP5912 OSK comes equipped with WinCE 4.2 drivers and Board Support Packages (BSPs). The easy-to-use WinCE 4.2 BSPs help streamline the design process by supporting a wide range of modules and drivers.

This latest offering from Mistral is a part of its initiative as a member of the Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner program, providing services and solutions based on Microsoft Embedded Platforms. Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner Program is a strategic worldwide program focused on providing partners with increased business opportunity, market awareness and technology advantage.

“Our goal is to provide solutions that help embedded designers and OEMs shorten the development timeline and move products faster to market,” said Anees Ahmed, chief executive officer, Mistral. “Combining the robust capabilities of the Accelerator Program with the streamlined functionality of the OMAP5912 OSK, designers using the Windows Embedded OS can simplify the development process while leveraging a range of tools that help achieve greater system integration.”

Mistral also serves as a broad market OMAP Technology Center (OTC), offering services in the area of software and hardware design, development and consulting on the OMAP platform. Targeted for use by Portable Data Terminal (PDT) OEMs, the OMAP5912 Starter Kit delivers a simple and inexpensive means of evaluating the features of the dual-core OMAP5912 processor for powering intelligent, next-generation Portable Data Terminal (PDT) applications.

“As one of the most affordable and easy to use starter kits on the market, the OMAP5912 OSK is the preferred solution for many developers using the OMAP5912 processor,” said Gregory Mar, Worldwide OMAP product manager, TI. “Leveraging the benefits of Mistral’s Accelerator Program, designers can meet their design goals faster, with increased functionality and performance.”

Mistral also currently offers the Accelerator Program for the OMAP5910 Innovator™ Development Board, comprising of drivers and BSPs for Linux®, VxWorks® and WinCE.

About Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner Program
The Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner Program (WEP) consists of over 1,200 Partners in 55 countries worldwide. The Program is focused on providing partnering and co-marketing opportunities to companies delivering products, services or solutions based on Microsoft Windows Embedded Platforms.

The program providing numerous benefits devoted to establishing brand awareness, demand generation and strong industry support for its partners. WEP is dedicated to presenting new and exciting opportunities in the embedded space, building strong markets for partner products, services and solutions while helping bring those solutions to market more quickly and with greater market exposure.

About OMAP Technology Centers
Independent OMAP Technology Centers provide development support by bringing together a variety of hardware, software and system integration expertise, giving device manufacturers and developers a single point of entry for OMAP development technologies. Located throughout the world, independent OMAP Technology Centers have the expertise necessary to get customers to market quickly with robust, power-efficient products which use TI’s OMAP platform. For information about the worldwide network of independent OMAP Technology Centers, visit http://www.omap.com/

November 2004
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading player in the niche real-time embedded solutions market announced the availability of PMC-106, the newest member of Dy4 Systems’ CompactCore family of small form-factor embedded computing products. The PMC-106 is a symmetric multiprocessing dual PowerPC 7447 processor PMC board addressing the growing need for standards-based processing modules that fit into small spaces

The PMC-106 comes equipped with one or two Altivec-enabled Motorola MPC7447 processors operating at up to 1 GHz, each with 64 Kbytes of L1 cache, and 512 Kbytes of internal L2 cache. The dual processor version can support operating systems, such as Linux that provide symmetric multiprocessing. The PMC-106 provides 256 Mbytes of double-data rate (DDR) SDRAM, providing 2 GB/sec of peak memory bandwidth. This memory incorporates error checking and correcting (ECC) circuitry for applications demanding extremely high reliability. A 64-bit, 133MHz PCI-X interface offers more than 1GB/sec (peak) transfer rate between the PMC and the host card.

The PMC-106 supports a Gigabit Ethernet interface enabling high-performance networking with the newest generation of systems. The interface is backwards compatible with both 10Mbps and 100Mbps Ethernet networks, and automatically adapts to the required speed. It is equipped with two EIA-232/422 serial interfaces that operate at up to 115 Kbps. Additionally, the card provides six general purpose LVTTL discrete I/O signals that are interoperable with standard 5V TTL logic.

The PMC-106 offers the unique capability of allowing users to select the processor clock frequency, and thus the power dissipation, to match their specific application needs. The clock frequency is software programmable and therefore in-system upgradeable if new revisions of application software require higher processing performance. To cool the PMC-106, Dy 4 has developed an innovative cooling frame that minimizes component operating temperatures, while staying compliant with the VITA 20 standard for conduction cooled PMCs.

About DY 4 Systems
Dy 4 Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc., is a leading supplier of a broad range of Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products for the defense and aerospace markets, having a strong focus on high performance ruggedized embedded computing solutions. The key technology sectors of Dy4 are Single Board Computers, Graphics & Imaging, Network and Communications Controllers, Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and Systems and Integration Services. The combination of best-in-class products from both the commercial and defense sectors, allows the Dy 4 to provide high integrity solutions with the high availability standards of performance for the core markets demand.

Paving the way for Mistral’s entry into the elite alliance is the extensive experience Mistral has in designing with processors like ADSP 21xx, SHARC, TigerSHARC and, Blackfin. Mistral’s expertise in the areas of real-time embedded applications, digital signal processing and hardware design is effectively utilized in leveraging world class solutions to customers on Analog Devices' DSP-based systems across a wide range of applications/markets.

“Having done extensive work on Analog Devices’ DSP based systems we believe that being a part of the DSP Collaborative provides us with a platform to offer high quality, customized solutions to customers on Analog Devices' DSP-based systems. The team up would help ADI’s customers in leveraging Mistral’s enduring solutions to speed up their design process” said Anees Ahmed, CEO, Mistral Software Pvt. Ltd.

About The DSP Collaborative
The DSP Collaborative is Analog Devices' network of DSP third party developers. It is a comprehensive collection of digital signal processing development support companies. Comprised of independent companies and design service consultants, the DSP Collaborative partners offer consulting services as well as a wide range of commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) products. Their development tools are specifically designed to work with Analog Devices' DSP-based systems.

October 2004
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, marked the availability of Systran’s FibreXtreme Serial FPDP Conduction-Cooled PMC Cards.

FibreXtreme Serial FPDP Conduction-Cooled PMC cards include SL100 and SL240 intended for use in extended temperature, vibration, and shock environments. The conduction-cooled development platform provides for the necessary mechanical modifications to fit specific rugged computing platforms. Conformal coating is applied to protect the board from the effects of high humidity and aggressive contaminants.

The physical media interface of the FibreXtreme boards can be realized through a specially designed rear I/O interface for Conduction Cooled VME chassis or through front panel I/O.FibreXtreme SL100 and SL240 PMC data links are also available in Rugged COTS 1 and Rugged COTS 2 configurations.

FibreXtreme SL100/SL240 Environmental Specification

Systran's Rugged COTS 2 products are targeted for use in applications where the environment is hostile enough that special protection is required for the board to operate reliably. Rugged application examples include acoustical measurement systems, targeting systems, and airborne radar systems. Rugged COTS 1 boards are also available for operational environments, but with less stringent requirements.

FibreXtreme SL100/SL240 data links are second-generation Serial FPDP products, providing sustained data throughput at up to 247 MB/sec, built-in bi-directional capability and support for various point to-point, broadcast and master ring topologies. FibreXtreme interfaces are designed for use in advanced DSP systems and other environments where data transmission from the source to the processor requires very high bandwidth connections. The protocol's extremely low overhead allows utilization of over 99% of its potential bandwidth, providing sustainable and continuous high-speed data streaming. When used as a parallel Front Panel Data Port extender, FibreXtreme boards can handle data rates beyond the 160 MB/sec limit of parallel FPDP and can "extend" FPDP connections to distances of up to 50 km.

These boards are available in a variety of configurations, including a VME6U carrier and CMC capable of directly translating parallel FPDP data streams into Serial FPDP for long-distance transmission. These boards are link compatible with FibreXtreme PCI, CompactPCI(R) and PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC).

About Systran Solutions
Systran Corporation, now part of the Curtiss-Wright Controls, Inc., companies, specializes in shared-memory networking, high-speed data streaming via Serial FPDP and Fibre Channel, MIL-STD-1553 interfaces, low-latency digital switches and Mezzanine-based I/O products. Systran offers technologically advanced computer data communications products to support our corporate and military clients worldwide.

A plug-in LCD module for the OMAP5912 Starter Kit from TI

September 2004
Mistral Software, Bangalore, a specialist player in niche, real-time embedded solutions today introduced the Q-VGA LCD Module (QVLM), a plug-in for the OMAP5912 Starter Kit (OSK) from TI, to help embedded designers in their OMAP5912-based development. The OSK delivers a simple and inexpensive means of evaluating the features of the dual-core OMAP5912 processor for powering intelligent, next-generation Portable Data Terminal (PDT) applications.

Add-on Graphics module for OSK
Mistral’s Q-VGA LCD Module provides graphics display capabilities to the OMAP Starter Kit for developers of next-gen portable data terminals, including applications such as portable medical devices, asset and inventory management and point of sale.

The Q-VGA module is based on the NEC 3.5" Touch screen LCD with both compact and standard interfaces and is driver compatible with the 5910 Innovator. The key features of the module are as follows:

The module comes with Linux device drivers for LCD Controller, front light and keypad along with demo applications.

“TI’s OMAP platform has been leading the embedded space with its optimal combination of real-time signal processing and rich man-machine interface. Mistral is uniquely positioned to offer system design and customization services for the OMAP technology with our strong background in the embedded systems and solutions across diverse verticals and applications,” said Anees Ahmed, CEO, Mistral Software Pvt. Ltd.

TI's OMAP platform is comprised of high-performance, power efficient processors, a robust software infrastructure and comprehensive support network for the rapid development of differentiated multimedia-enhanced applications including industry-specific PDAs, web pads, telematics, enhanced gaming, medical instrumentation and point-of-sale terminals.

For more information on the Q-VGA Module, please visit www.mistralsoftware.com/q-vga

About OMAP Technology Centers
Independent OMAP Technology Centers provide development support by bringing together a variety of hardware, software and system integration expertise, giving device manufacturers and developers a single point of entry for OMAP development technologies. Located throughout the world, independent OMAP Technology Centers have the expertise necessary to get customers to market quickly with robust, power-efficient products which use TI’s OMAP platform. For information about the worldwide network of independent OMAP Technology Centers, visit www.omap.com.

The alliance is built on Mistral’s consistent track record in global markets in the development of embedded systems and solutions across diverse segments. As a General Member of the Intel Communication Alliance, Mistral Software will offer cost effective, high competency and enduring solutions to design requirements of customers in the area of software and hardware design, development and consulting on the Intel platform.

“We are pleased to be a part of this alliance & look forward to the challenge of providing customers with high quality, enduring solutions based on Embedded Intel® Architecture Processors. We believe that this will go a long way in enhancing our capabilities and position within the embedded solutions market while assisting in bringing innovative products to market faster.” said Anees Ahmed, CEO, Mistral Software Pvt. Ltd.

About Intel® Communications Alliance
The Intel® Communications Alliance is a membership-based program composed of communications and embedded developers and solution providers. Members are committed to providing a strategic supply line of standards-based solutions to the communications and embedded market segments.

August 2004
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of Peritek’s new Garnet/PMC PCI Mezzanine Card (PMC), an entry-level ruggedized video capture and graphics card designed for use in VME and CompactPCI systems.

The Garnet/PMC is designed for mission-critical military, aerospace, homeland security and industrial applications and is available in two levels of ruggedization. It is a high-resolution graphics display controller and video capture card featuring a Silicon Motion 128-bit SM731 graphics accelerator which supports single displays at screen resolutions up to 1600 x 1200 x 24 bpp with 16.7 million colors. It also supports dual independent displays at 1024 x 768 x 24 bpp. The SM731 has 16 Mbytes of high speed SDRAM display memory on-chip to provide ample local storage for image and off-screen data.

Peritek’s Garnet/PMC offers the flexible graphics and video I/O. It supports composite, high speed RGB, DVI video inputs and can display and/or capture video from one to four independent video cameras. Alternatively, the card can support a high-speed RGB camera at resolutions up to 1280 x 1024 x 16 bpp. Garnet/PMC is designed for displays running in VxWorks, Linux and Windows operating system environments.

With the Garnet/PMC, Peritek has created a new category of entry-level ruggedized high performance video and graphics PMC cards. It significantly lowers the barrier for system designers seeking a comprehensive graphics and video capture product for their ruggedized systems.”

About Peritek
Peritek, a division of VISTA Controls, and a Curtiss-Wright company, is a supplier of state-of-the-art graphics and peripheral cards to a variety of industries including aviation, defense and medical. Peritek’s line of graphics and video capture boards and modules support the widest range of embedded and industrial operating systems on PMC, CompactPCI, PCI and VME platforms including Solaris, Windows, Linux, and VxWorks. In addition, Peritek supplies products for bomb detection, industrial automation and medical imaging applications.

July 2004 - Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading player in the niche real-time embedded solutions market has announced the availability of Force Computer’s CPCI-747 CompactPCI (CPCI) single board computer (SBC) based on the Intel® Pentium® M processor. The CPCI-747 provides lower power consumption, greater processing power and Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) performance with minimal application or system changes.

The CPCI-747 has a robust, validated design ideal for control-plane and packet-switching applications in the communications, enterprise, medical, industrial and storage markets, as well as OEM design requirements for scalable performance with the Intel Pentium M processor at 1.10GHz or 1.60 GHz. It features 1 or 2 GBytes of ECC-protected DDR-SDRAM memory capability and delivers far more efficient power consumption and heat dissipation than its predecessor.

The CPCI 747 family allows developers to address new market requirements without compromising performance, feature density or increasing power consumption. Created to be an upgrade from the CPCI-735/36R2 family, the CPCI 747 capitalizes on technological improvements that increase performance, without compromising existing systems. These improvements include:

Compliant to the open systems PICMG standard for CompactPCI Packet-Switching Backplanes (cPSB) and for IPMI system management support, the CPCI-747 is Force’s fifth design based on the Intel Pentium M processor.

About Force Computers
Force Computers is a leading designer and worldwide supplier of open-standards-based, custom board and system-level embedded computing solutions. These solutions address the telecommunications, data communications, medical, industrial control and defense and aerospace markets. Force leverages its expertise in areas like remote system management and platform management, leading-edge board designs and ruggedized embedded applications.

Offers value-added consultancy and support as a member of Windows Embedded Partner Program

June 2004
To help designers developing on Windows Embedded operating systems accelerate development based on TI’s OMAP™ platform, Mistral Software a specialist player in niche, real-time embedded and telecom solutions today announced the availability of the Accelerator Program for the Windows CE operating system. www.mistralsoftware.com/accelerator-wince.

Windows CE is gaining increasing popularity in the embedded market, specifically for smart, connected, embedded devices with smart user interfaces. With an increasing number of embedded device manufacturing companies selecting Windows CE as the embedded OS for their devices, making it imperative that it is widely available and supported.

TI's OMAP59xx processors are uniquely positioned to meet customers' growing demand for real-time, high-level applications and security connectivity needs in the portable data terminal market, representing a breadth of mobile and connected devices enabling optimized business efficiencies and enhanced employee productivity. This is accomplished by providing real-time capabilities, high-performance data processing and transfer acceleration of multimedia or analysis results, plus offering the industry's only embedded hardware encryption engine delivering required security features, all at the lowest power possible.

Mistral Accelerator Program To Speed OMAP-based Windows CE Development
The Mistral’s Accelerator Program for TI’s Innovator Development Kit gives a unique value proposition delivering easy-to-use board support package (BSP) and device drivers intended to give engineers a quick start on their OMAP processor-based development and helping companies to get their product-to-market faster.

“With the popularity of Windows CE in the embedded market and Mistral’s strong background in embedded systems and solutions, we are uniquely positioned to deliver best-in-class system design and customization services. We have been working with customers worldwide on applications like handheld multimedia devices, communication & networking devices enabling them to leverage the strong features of OMAP & Win CE.NET platforms.” said Anees Ahmed, CEO, Mistral Software Pvt. Ltd.

Mistral Delivers Support for Microsoft Windows CE OS
Mistral Software is a member of the Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner program, providing services and solutions based on Microsoft Embedded Platforms.

"Mistral’s Windows CE drivers and BSP for the OMAP platform will further improve developer productivity, translating into faster time to market for device makers," said Jane Gilson, group product manager of the Mobile and Embedded Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. "Windows Embedded Partner members like Mistral offer high-quality solutions and services that our joint customers can take advantage of when building next-generation devices.”

About Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner Program
The Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner Program (WEP) is a strategic worldwide program focused on providing partnering and co-marketing opportunities to companies delivering products, services or solutions based on Microsoft Windows Embedded platforms.

The Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner Program provides numerous benefits devoted to establishing brand awareness, demand generation and strong industry support for its partners. WEP is dedicated to presenting new and exciting opportunities in the embedded space, building strong markets for partner products, services and solutions while helping bring those solutions to market more quickly and with greater market exposure. More information can be found at http://www.mswep.com/

June 2004 - Mistral Solutions, Bangalore, a specialist player in niche, real-time embedded and telecom solutions, has announced a reseller partnership with Continuous Computing, the leading provider of high availability Network Service-Ready Platform™ solutions for telecom equipment manufacturers. Mistral was earlier a partner to Trillium Digital Systems, Inc., an Intel® company, and was providing the Trillium® Portable Software Suite to Indian customers. Continuous Computing purchased the industry-leading portable software business of Trillium® from Intel Corp. in February 2003.

As a Continuous Computing Partner, Mistral will make available in India the entire range of telecom enabling products and services from Continuous Computing. Continuous Computing provides high availability hardware, software, middleware, and pre-integrated solutions that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to quickly develop and deploy Voice-over-IP and 3G wireless infrastructure applications. The solutions range from components including Flex21™ cPCI and FlexATCA™ platforms, Trillium® communications software, upSuite® high-availability middleware, and complete Network Service-Ready Platform™ solutions, thereby providing customers a choice of modular building blocks at multiple levels of integration.

“This ongoing partnership with Continuous Computing and the Trillium® team will enhance the offerings provided by Mistral to the telecom and embedded market in India,” said the Country Manager, Mistral, Mujahid Alam.

“We are pleased to highlight our partnership with Mistral Solutions in India, with whom we have been doing business since 2002,” said Pradeep Malhotra, Managing Director for Continuous Computing India Private Ltd. “Customers can continue to count on Mistral and Continuous Computing for the best service and most complete high availability infrastructure product line.”

About Continuous Computing

Continuous Computing Corporation is the leading supplier of high availability Network Service-Ready Platform™ solutions for telecom equipment manufacturers. The ISO 9001-certified company provides high availability hardware, software, middleware, and integrated solutions that enable customers to quickly deploy Voice over IP and 3G Wireless applications for rapid time-to-market and return-on-investment. Known for superior product quality and exceptional customer service, Continuous Computing supports over 400 projects with over 250 customers worldwide including every major telecom vendor in the VoIP and 3G Wireless markets. Customer applications range from softswitches and signaling gateways to radio network controllers and home location registers. Founded in 1998, Continuous Computing is based in San Diego, CA, with regional offices in Japan, South Korea, Spain, and the United Kingdom. Additional information is available at www.ccpu.com.

Continuous Computing is an Associate member of the Intel Communications Alliance.

May 2004
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced the availability of NMS Communications’ AG 4040 Series for next-generation voice, video and data services.

The AG 4040 offers application developers, OEMs, telecom operators and enterprise customers a new level of flexibility while reducing total lifecycle costs. The AG 4040 delivers increased processing power, more efficient power management, and software-selectable T1/E1 network interfaces. It is available in either PCI or CompactPCI form factors, and satisfies both rich media processing and digital PSTN interface needs for a wide range of voice and signaling applications.

The AG 4040 Series is part of the Open Access family of analog and digital hardware for use in the development of systems that require call and media processing, fax, switching, and the integration of telephone systems and computer or database systems. With software-configurable T1 or E1 trunk assignments and field-selectable impedance, the AG 4040 eliminates the need to stock separate boards for separate configurations and helps reduce total cost of ownership. It also offers "drop-in" replacement for AG 4000 boards with better management of power consumption and heat dissipation. The AG 4040 is the ideal platform for conferencing and speech recognition applications.

AG 4040 has extensive scalability, worldwide protocol support, and extensibility. As the AG 4040 enables the selection of telephony trunks via software, customers can have tremendous cost and inventory savings and continue to get the best-in-class voice and call processing for the cost-effective deployment.

About NMS Communications
NMS Communications, Headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, and with offices around the world, NMS has a rich history of technology innovations that advance the growth of the global communications industry. These achievements include the world's first complete open IP gateway, the first complete open packet media server, and the first complete open solution for voice applications and services. NMS designs, delivers, and supports technology-leading systems and system building blocks for innovative voice, video, and data services on wireless and wireline networks. NMS products and services help the world's top communications equipment suppliers, solution developers, and wireless operators bring their applications and services to market faster and at lower costs.

January 2004
Dy 4 Systems, a business unit of Force Computers, a Solectron company, introduced today the newest member of its Graphics product family, the PMC-704.

The only rugged COTS PMC to drive two displays with independent video overlay, PMC-704, is the first graphics PMC to provide two independent channels, each with video input, overlay and display capability. The PMC-704 provides an unprecedented level of video I/O functionality and enables the creation of systems that use the latest visualization techniques including stereo helmet mounted displays, 3D terrain mapping, electronic panning and stabilization, and "transparent vehicle" virtual displays.

The PMC-704 features the ATI MOBILITY™ RADEON™ 9000 graphics chip operating at 250MHz, with a 64MB, 128-bit wide DDR SDRAM frame buffer. The card provides two completely independent outputs that support analog monochrome or RGB, LVDS and DVI digital interfaces. Each live video channel can be independently displayed on any one, or both output displays. The ability to drive four displays from a single slot with two PMCs reduces system size, power and cost.

For the first time in a COTS product, real-time video manipulation is achievable to provide high quality scaling, de-interlacing, and warping for projection onto curved surfaces. When combined with the new generation of gigahertz PowerPCs, the dual-input/dual-output capability of the PMC-704 provides the customers with smaller, lower power systems with better performance. The PMC-704 will be offered in commercial air-cooled, rugged air-cooled and conduction cooled configurations. Consistent with all Dy 4 products, the PMC-704 is designed to provide all its I/O signals through the backplane connectors of the host single board computer.

About DY 4
Dy 4 Systems, a division of Force Computers, a Solectron company, and a leading designer and manufacturer of COTS VME and CompactPCI (CPCI) products for harsh environments, announces the SVME/DMV-182 as the latest addition to their line of high performance PowerPC™ single board computers. Retaining backwards compatibility with earlier generations of Dy 4 SBCs, the 182 breaks new ground by providing greater I/O flexibility, more connectivity and performance in a single VME slot than ever before.

December 2003
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announces the availability of 12R2 COTS system from Elma Electronics. Responding to the pressure for reduced cost and accelerated project timescales, this modular chassis is specifically developed to meet the demanding military requirements of mounting VME, VME64X or CompactPCI in fighting vehicles on land, sea and air.

By analysing structural and configuration needs across a wide range of applications including tanks, helicopters and submarines, Elma has designed the new 12R2 COTS system with coordinated off-the-shelf frames, covers, ruggedised side-plates, vibration isolators and multi-functional extrusions. The 12R2 COTS system also includes pre-characterised sub-assemblies such as backplanes, fans, power supplies, filters, controls and indicators, providing a versatile route to meeting military standards such as MIL-STD-461D (EMC), -810E and -167 (shock and vibration) with minimum risk.

The heart of the 12R2 COTS system is a range of specially designed welded side-plates and custom extrusions, with all plates protected by a chemical conversion coating to Mil-C-5541E Class 3. The ruggedised side-plates provide structural integrity, while the versatile extrusions enable configuration to suit specific size and shape requirements. The system also includes a comprehensive range of electrical options, including wiring looms and patch panels, together with advanced gasketing and shock / vibration isolation.

Not only is cost and risk reduced by holding pre-qualified military-grade components in stock, but the comprehensive electrical screening and mechanical isolation options provide a benign internal environment, enabling COTS cards and peripherals to be safely deployed in rugged applications. The system is fully supported by Application Notes, and Elma's customisation service can deliver a complete customised system, tested and ready to receive plug-in cards.

About Elma
Elma is a leading manufacturer of electro-mechanical components and systems for the Telecommunications, Medical, Industrial control, Instrumentation and Defense industries. Elma offers an extensive line of VME, VME64X, VXI, Compact PCI (CPCI) enclosure and chassis for 19" rackmount use. In addition, to our systems products our innovative selection of Eurocard, IEEE1101.10 and front panel components (LEDs, knobs, test points, etc) is the most comprehensive in the industry. Elma also manufactures a premium line of rotary switches and encoders.

The Elma Group has it's headquarters in Wetzikon, Switzerland. The Elma Group incorporates production facilities in Switzerland, Germany and the USA as well as company owned sales organisations in Switzerland, Germany, USA, France, Great Britain and Israel.

October 2003
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announces the availability of CHAMP-AV III, a third generation quad PowerPC DSP board from Dy 4 Systems.

CHAMP-AV III features the QuadFlow architecture first introduced on the highly successful CHAMP-AV II. It has a rich set of features designed to accelerate multi-processing application performance and speed the software development process. With Gigahertz processing and high-bandwidth sub-systems, the CHAMP-AV III maintains Dy 4's position as provider of the fastest DSP board for military and aerospace signal processing applications.

The CHAMP-AV III provides applications with 32 GFLOPs peak computational power. The QuadFlow architecture supports four simultaneous node-to-node transfers, resulting in a total data flow of 3.2GB/sec peak. The additional bandwidth capacity gives users increased multi-processing application performance.

To cost-effectively address a diverse range of military/aerospace applications, the CHAMP-AV III is available in a range of ruggedization levels, both air- and conduction-cooled. For connection to command and control networks, the CHAMP-AV III is equipped with two Ethernet interfaces, one supporting Gigabit Ethernet and the other supporting 100BaseT operation.

The CHAMP-AV III embodies the vision to build hardware platforms that simplify software development. The QuadFlow architecture is faster and less restrictive, enabling software developers to focus on algorithms rather than wrestling with architecture limitations. Inter-Processor Communications (IPC) based applications developed on the AVII will easily port to the AVIII, thus providing customers with a seamless upgrade solution.

About Dy 4
Dy 4 Systems, a Business Unit of Force Computers, a Solectron company, is a leading supplier of a broad range of Commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) products for the defense and aerospace markets, having a strong focus on high performance ruggedized embedded computing solutions. The key technology sectors of Dy4 are Single Board Computers, Graphics & Imaging, Network and Communications Controllers, Digital Signal Processing (DSP) and Systems and Integration Services. The combination of best-in-class products from both the commercial and defense sectors, allows the Dy 4 to provide high integrity solutions with the high availability standards of performance for the core markets demand.

September 2003
An exciting new service to wireless and wireline operators, empowers subscribers to select world-class original recording of music, sound and voices for callers to hear in place of convenient ringbacks.

Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded and telecom space, today announced the availability of MyCaller – this latest offering from NMS Communications is an exciting new service to wireless and wireline operators, empowers subscribers to select world-class original recording of music, sound and voices for callers to hear in place of convenient ringbacks.

Finding services that achieve big revenue gains while meeting the demands of the current market environment is every operator’s wish. MyCaller ringback service makes this wish a reality. It’s a natural extension of today’s $1.5 billion ringtone market. Not only does MyCaller offer an exceptional and immediate opportunity to increase operators’ revenue, it also adds a new dimension to subscriber self-expression. The instant success of ringtones has proved without a doubt that subscribers yearn for differentiation and personalization. It also completes the communications loop, using the incoming call session as a new area for self-expression.

MyCaller makes it easy for operators to deliver the right mix of audio content to address the diverse needs of subscribers. Operators have the choice to either leverage their existing content provider relationships or tap into some of the world’s leading, high-quality content providers with partnerships forged by NMS. These partnerships give operators the flexibility to pick content that meets their specific demographic requirements including local origin, age group, and market segment.

Operators can add features to further enhance and extend the MyCaller service. Options include advanced functionality, such as Blended ringback tone, Time-of-Day, Caller ID, Album Service, and Gift Service. Additionally, MyCaller supports a variety of other system-related features to ensure flexible deployment and integration within a network, including carrier-class availability and performance.

For more information on MyCaller visit http://www.nmscommunications.com/solutions/MobileServices.html.

About NMS Communications
NMS Communications, Headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, and with offices around the world, NMS has a rich history of technology innovations that advance the growth of the global communications industry. These achievements include the world's first complete open IP gateway, the first complete open packet media server, and the first complete open solution for voice applications and services. NMS designs, delivers, and supports technology-leading systems and system building blocks for innovative voice, video, and data services on wireless and wireline networks. NMS products and services help the world's top communications equipment suppliers, solution developers, and wireless operators bring their applications and services to market faster and at lower costs.

Offers value-added consultancy and support as independent OMAP Technology Center

August 2003
To help embedded designers accelerate their OMAP platform-based development, Mistral Software today introduced the Accelerator Program, a value-added service for software and hardware design, development and support based on TI’s OMAP platform.

As an independent OMAP Technology Center (OTC), Mistral will offer drivers and board support packages (BSPs) for the InnovatorTM Development Kit for the OMAP platform. The easy-to-use BSPs support a wide range of modules and drivers and are currently available on VxWorks® and Embedded Linux. Mistral plans to expand support to other RTOS platforms like iTRON, NucleusTM and Symbian by fourth quarter of 2003. The Accelerator Program also includes customized hardware and software design consultancy and web-based training.

“TI’s OMAP platform has been leading the embedded space with its optimal combination of real-time signal processing and rich man-machine interface. Mistral is uniquely positioned to offer system design and customization services for the OMAP technology with our strong background in the embedded systems and solutions across diverse verticals and applications,” said Anees Ahmed, CEO, Mistral Software Pvt. Ltd.

Mistral created the Accelerator Program around its extensive technical expertise in the embedded market. For example, AddValue, one of Mistral’s customers in the communications space, has benefited from Mistral’s support on the VxWorks BSP and successfully implemented its solution faster than expected.

"Mistral has helped Addvalue reduce its time-to-market window by providing consulting services for OMAP platform-based product development,” said Dr. Jack See Bao, senior manager, product development, Addvalue. “We are very happy with the quality and support provided by Mistral.”

TI's OMAP platform is comprised of high-performance, power efficient processors, a robust software infrastructure and comprehensive support network for the rapid development of differentiated multimedia-enhanced applications including industry-specific PDAs, web pads, telematics, enhanced gaming, medical instrumentation and point-of-sale terminals.

For more information on the Accelerator Program, please visit www.omap.com/rd/mistralaccelerator or www.mistralsoftware.com/accelerator.

About OMAP Technology Centers
Independent OMAP Technology Centers provide systems integration and development support, a key part of the complete system solution TI offers for 2.5G and 3G mobile devices, telematics and other embedded end equipments. Located throughout the world, independent OMAP Technology Centers have the expertise necessary to get customers to market quickly with robust, power-efficient products which use TI’s OMAP platform. TI’s fully open OMAP platform, a powerful blend of processors, software and support, has been selected by Nokia, Palm, NEC, Fujitsu, LG Electronics, Hewlett-Packard, Sendo, HTC and many more. For information about the worldwide network of independent OMAP Technology Centers, visit www.omap.com.

With the creation of the ‘Smart Handheld’, Mistral plans to target OEMs, who can adopt the design and bring out very innovative and cost effective products for various applications and markets. The device has been designed with a scalable architecture, which can enable manufacturers to customize the features by adding modules like GPS, GSM, 802.11a/b, BlueTooth™, MP3, PC-MCIA, Hard Disk, Camera etc., while ensuring most of the software and basic hardware remains unchanged.

“With the opening up of vertical segments across diverse industries, we visualise significant potential for our design across markets. PDA makers the world over have seen a decline in the adoption of their products, with cost and functionality being the primary inhibiting factors. This prompted us, at Mistral, to design a product which not only provides scalable features for specific markets and applications, but also ensures significant cost benefits. These Smart Handheld devices can be used in applications like navigation, healthcare, games, logistics, e–learning, amongst others, enabling end-users to really harness the true potential of mobile computing.” said Anees Ahmed, President & CEO, Mistral Software.

The ultra-sleek basic module, at a thickness of 11mm, runs Embedded Linux on a Samsung ARM9 processor. Anees expressed, “With our expertise and established presence in the embedded design space, Mistral is not competing with product manufacturing companies. We will focus on building a portfolio of reference designs and IPs, which are ready for adoption, by global manufacturers. We are targeting a niche market of product vendors in various verticals and are customising this design for their applications. The design has been accepted very favorably in the market and we are in the process of licensing this design to a few product manufacturers.

June 2003
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announces the availability SCP/DCP-122 3U single board computer (SBC) - the latest offering from Dy4’s line of CompactCore of ruggedized cPCI products, for high performance, ruggedized real time applications. Designed for space-constrained applications, the CompactCore family includes a choice of PowerPC SBCs, real-time operating system (RTOS) support and a ruggedized PMC carrier card (SCP/DCP-201) that extends system I/O flexibility through the use of off-the-shelf ruggedized PMC modules.

The 122 is based on the IBM 750FX PowerPC processor, running at 800 MHz with 512 Kbytes of internal L2 cache offering our customers a host of unique advantages, from greater performance, lower power, savings in on-board real estate and complexity, plus the assurance of a roadmap that stretches well beyond the one GHz benchmark.

Measuring only 100 mm by 160 mm, the 3U form factor is intended for space and weight constrained systems that require high performance processing with low power dissipation. The SCP/DCP-122 offers an extremely low overall power consumption of only 12W, due in part to the 750FX’s inherently low power dissipation and its dynamic power management. This allows the 122 to easily accommodate higher power PMC modules such as graphics or fibre channel.

The 122 can be used in either cPCI system or peripheral slots and supports the full 64-bit/66MHz cPCI backplane bus. A comprehensive board support package (BSP) and driver suite for Wind River’s VxWorks/Tornado provides support for all the on-board devices and provides an applications programming interface (API) compatible with Dy 4’s extensive 6U VME line of PowerPC SBCs.

About DY 4
Dy 4 Systems, a division of Force Computers, a Solectron company, and a leading designer and manufacturer of COTS VME and CompactPCI (CPCI) products for harsh environments, announces the SVME/DMV-182 as the latest addition to their line of high performance PowerPC™ single board computers. Retaining backwards compatibility with earlier generations of Dy 4 SBCs, the 182 breaks new ground by providing greater I/O flexibility, more connectivity and performance in a single VME slot than ever before.

May 2003
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announces the availability of CPCI-740 family of Pentium 4-M processor based SBCs, the latest offering from Force Computers for high-performance and energy efficient operations.

Compliant with CompactPCI Packet-Switching Backplanes (cPSB), these SBCs have dual onboard Gigabit Ethernet (GigE) interface, high-bandwidth DDRAM (Double Data Random Access Memory) memory and P4 server chipsets. The CPCI-740E is targeted at cost-sensitive enterprise applications, providing an ideal solution for blade server, IP telephony and VoIP infrastructure applications.

The CPCI-740T board variant aims at telecom applications by offering value-added features like flexible mezzanine card expansion and Universal CPCI functionality for system/peripheral-slot operation and helps in avoiding data bottlenecks. It also offers robust feature set for telecom applications including softswitches, control-plane media-transport node boards, wireless gateways and control-plane CPCI/cPSB systems.

As a line of technology-rich SBCs, the CPCI-740 family is designed to decrease time-to-market, save development costs and allow product upgrade roadmap. By offering a line of Pentium 4-M processor based boards for a range of requirements, CPCI-740 boards enable OEMs to design equipment for specific end markets.

About Force Computers
Force Computers is a leading designer and worldwide supplier of open-standards-based, custom board and system-level embedded computing solutions. These solutions address the telecommunications, data communications, medical, industrial control and defense and aerospace markets. Force leverages its expertise in areas like remote system management and platform management, leading-edge board designs and ruggedized embedded applications.

April 2003
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announces the availability of SVME/DMV182 - the latest offering from Dy4's line of high performance PowerPC™ Single Board Computers (SBC). Retaining backwards compatibility with earlier generations of Dy 4 SBCs, the 182 breaks new ground by providing greater I/O flexibility, more connectivity and performance in a single VME slot than ever before.

Using dual 700MHz Motorola 7455 processors with Altivec™ technology and on-chip L2 cache, the new 182 offers many more "firsts" in a ruggedized SBC. These include 1Gbyte of DDR SDRAM with ECC for sustained high main memory bandwidth, two 64-bit PMC (PCI Mezzanine Card) sites on independent PCI buses, one supporting 66MHz and the other offering 133MHz PCI-X, dual Ethernets, one of them being 1Gbit/s capable.

Other highlights of the 182 include 2Mbytes of L3 cache per processor, six serial ports, two USB 2.0 ports, 14 bits of discrete TTL I/O, differential discrete I/O, 8 or 16 bit SCSI and four on-board temperature sensors.

The SVME/DMV-182 utilizes Dy 4's unique "TherMax" thermal management system. TherMax provides optimal support of conduction cooling by dissipating heat away from its two PMC sites to the card edges with greater efficiency. This allows two high-functionality PMCs to be fitted and operated a full 10o C cooler than equivalent designs.

About DY 4
Dy 4 Systems, a division of Force Computers, a Solectron company, and a leading designer and manufacturer of COTS VME and CompactPCI (CPCI) products for harsh environments, announces the SVME/DMV-182 as the latest addition to their line of high performance PowerPC™ single board computers. Retaining backwards compatibility with earlier generations of Dy 4 SBCs, the 182 breaks new ground by providing greater I/O flexibility, more connectivity and performance in a single VME slot than ever before.

The focus of this alliance is to create cost effective, high competency and enduring industrial designs, which will potentially provide greater reach for Mistral's products and services, across the entire region.

Says Anees Ahmed, President and CEO of Mistral Software: "We are delighted to become a member of the DreamTeam. This global partnership and combined industry expertise and experience will enable us to provide customers with the best of integrated and tested solutions."

As a member of DreamTeam, Mistral Software will provide services such as system design & development, component level design, pre-manufacturing and value engineering.

Sharp Electronics Singapore's DreamTeam
Sharp Electronics Singapore launched Dream Team last year in response to the "growing demand for integrated products that meet the networked-linked lifestyle of home, office and mobile communities." The DreamTeam now has 20 partners in six continents that provide customized development services and contract manufacturing in hardware and software design. Through these partnerships, Dream Team is able to offer cost-effective and high competency technology solutions for electronic devices such as personal digital assistants, liquid crystal display (LCD) products and smart cards.

Leverages PICMG 2.16 and High Availability Architecture for Voice over Packet Ultra Availability applications in Next-Generation Networks

February 2003
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd. announces Force Computers' PICMG 2.16 and High Availability Architecture (HA2) compliant Media TransPorter DSP program for Voice over Packet (VoP) applications in the next-generation network.

VoP applications enable combining of legacy networks and packet networks by allowing both voice and signaling information to be transported over the packet network. "The future of networking and telecom services lies in Voice - over - Packet solutions. VoP will enable carriers and enterprises to move their networks and services from traditional circuit - switched networks to packet based networks. This shift enables lower operational costs, and also added services in an increasingly competitive environment," said Mujahid Alam, Country Manager, Mistral Solutions.

Media TransPorter is a One-blade-integrated DSP and PSTN interface solution, which provides an ideal platform for media/signaling gateways, wireless transcoding and softswitches. At the core of the Media TransPorter architecture is a high-performance network processor with IP-packet-processing performance exceeding 140,000 packets per second. The Media TransPorter interfaces, DSPs and data-flow architecture are laid out for 2000 PSTN channels and over 2000 Codec ports per slot. Such a feature-complete and balanced architecture with PSTN interfaces and DSP resources provides cost-effective scalability, especially in redundancy schemes.

Mistral to offer design services on Motorola products

December 2002
Mistral Software, today announced its membership into the Motorola Design Alliance program. As a member of the design alliance, Mistral will offer design services based on Motorola's Semiconductor Products to global customers.

The alliance is built on Mistral's strong background in the development of embedded systems and solutions across diverse vertical segments of the global market. As part of the program, Mistral will leverage its core strengths in the areas of wireless, networking and communication and also the proven capability to develop a wide array of software and hardware solutions across all embedded application domains.

"We are excited to partner with Motorola. This will help us provide customers with integrated solutions for telecommunication, wireless, networking and transportation, based on Motorola's industry leading products," said Anees Ahmed, CEO, Mistral Software Pvt. Ltd.

The Motorola Design Alliance is a worldwide network of third-party developers working with Motorola's embedded solutions.

Seminar highlighting technology for the next generation of Telecom service providers and application developers

December 2002
Mistral Solutions, a leading provider of embedded solutions, and NMS Communications, a provider of technology - leading systems and building blocks for open telecommunications will co - host 'Innovative solutions for Tomorrow's Networks'. The seminar, which will be held on Dec 9, 2002 at Trinity Hall, The Taj Residency, Bangalore, is aimed at enabling the next generation of services in the growing telecom sector and will highlight advancements in communication technologies.

The key speaker will be R. Brough Turner, Sr. VP - Technology and Co-founder, NMS Communications, who will share with the participants, today's communication market scenario as well as the next generation technology trends in wireline and wireless networks. The seminar will address the requirements of telecom service providers, and solution developers on how companies can bring innovative voice, data and video solutions to networks. The topics covered will also address the much-felt concerns of the sector in the development and delivery of 'revenue generating applications and services', as well as how to reduce time to market, cost and risk of developing solutions, amongst others.

Mujahid Alam, Country Manager, Mistral Solutions, says, "With telecom service providers witnessing higher levels of complexity and competition, technology is fast becoming the key differentiator. This seminar is focused at driving organisations to constantly evaluate and analyse their technology direction and also help in adapting this to the current market scenario."

" India has proved itself as a world class leader in field of information and communication technology. NMS is glad to be able to work with Mistral together to provide solutions that will meet the growing needs of the Indian telecommunications industry today, and the digital revolutions tomorrow." said Mr. Critz Chan, Vice President and General Manager, Asia, NMS Communications.

Other eminent speakers of the day will also bring to this forum, their experience and views on subjects related to the communications and networking sectors. For information on the seminar, visit http://www.mistralsolutions.com/home.htm.

December 2002
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced NMS Hearsay, a complete reliable, scalable, cost-effective solution from NMS Communications that enables wireless operators worldwide to voice-empower communication services. This solution is the first open and comprehensive offering that merges telecom mobility with the content-rich Internet and integrates applications and technology from leading suppliers. This gives wireless operators new and essential capabilities for rapidly and cost-effectively deploying customized, innovative voice-driven services such as:

all of which can be deployed in today's networks, and operate in the packet-based networks of the future

Benefits

About NMS Communications
NMS Communications, Headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts, and with offices around the world, NMS has a rich history of technology innovations that advance the growth of the global communications industry. These achievements include the world's first complete open IP gateway, the first complete open packet media server, and the first complete open solution for voice applications and services. NMS designs, delivers, and supports technology-leading systems and system building blocks for innovative voice, video, and data services on wireless and wireline networks. NMS products and services help the world's top communications equipment suppliers, solution developers, and wireless operators bring their applications and services to market faster and at lower costs.

Leverages cutting-edge technology, provides IP-processing functionality on one board

October 2002
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd. announced today the availability of CPCI-910, a first network processor blade for Internet Protocol (IP) packet processing in telecommunications and data communications from Force Computers, a Selectron Company who are leaders in embedded computing. Fully configured, the CPCI-910 is ideal for network applications that demand flexible, reliable wireline performance as well as enhances high-density edge and access interfacing.

By implementing two Intel IXP1250 232MHz network processors with a 14-port GigE switch-fabric in a 6U CPCI form-factor, the CPCI-910 offers a cost-effective solution for parallel or pipelined IP packet processing at several protocol levels. It fits particularly well into platforms with packet-switching backplanes (cPSB) systems like Force's Centellis™ CO 21000-12U and EndurX™ 25K. With a switch-fabric that supports Layer 2 routing/Layer 3 IP forwarding as well as packet filtering/analysis, it offers up to ten Gigabit Ethernet interfaces for applications such as Quality of Service (QoS) and Network Address Translation (NAT).

CPCI-910s are available now through Force's Early Access Unit (EAU) program.

August 2002
Mistral Software Pvt. Ltd., a leading design services company has been certified by BVQI for ISO 9001:2000, the latest updated version of ISO 9001.

The ISO 9001:2000 quality process demonstrates Mistral's ability to consistently provide products that meet customer needs and aim to enhance customer satisfaction.

Anees Ahmed, President & CEO of Mistral Software said, "We have been consistently focusing on building a system of continual improvement of processes to ensure increased customer satisfaction by providing solutions that excel in quality. We opted for an ISO 9001:2000 certification for the periodic surveillance audits which will keep us customer oriented and quality focused."

Narayanan Bhattathiripad, CTO and VP-Embedded Software of Mistral Software, added, "It is a proud moment for all of us at Mistral. The entire team was committed towards the implementation of the Quality Management System. The certification will give Mistral greater visibility in global market, increasing our brand value among customers. The achievement is a clear route towards achieving CMM Level 5 certification, the process for which is already underway."

"We achieved this certification in a record time; basically because of the team effort and the active involvement of the top management" said K. C. Dev, Quality Manager at Mistral Software.

CG6500C platform is ideal for conferencing, voice portals, next generation prepaid calling, virtual personal assistants, and voice-activated dialing.

June 2002 - Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd., a leading provider of complete technology solutions and professional services in the embedded space, announced today the launch of Convergence Generation CG 6500C, a product from Mistral's partner NMS communications. The Convergence Generation CG 6500C is the ideal platform for PSTN and IP media servers and related applications requiring high density and scalability in service provider and enterprise environments.

The Convergence Generation 6500C platform will enable deployment of an increased number of applications within larger-scale network environments in a quick, cost-effective manner. The CG 6500C is the optimal platform for value-added enhanced services such as conferencing, voice portals, next-generation prepaid calling, virtual personal assistants, and voice-activated dialing. The versatile carrier-grade CG 6500C packs into a single-board platform up to four times the trunk capacity and up to three times the processing power of other platforms.

The CG 6500C platform offers an array of features/functionality:

The CG 6500C offers all the capabilities that the Convergence Generation Series of hardware/software platforms are known for. These capabilities include low latency media streaming, high reliability, a CompactPCI® form factor, telephony protocols, full-duplex echo cancellation, and IP and public switched telephone network (PSTN) interfaces. The CG 6500C is currently available for customer evaluation.

Mistral had a large presence at the show with 4 booths. There was a special focus was on Mistral's Products and Design IP (Intellectual Property) and this served as an excellent platform to showcase Mistral's suite of protocol stacks in the global market. Mistral demonstrated its IPv6, IPSec, SIP stacks, Hardware designs and VoIP platform at the show. The performance & quality was highly appreciated by most of the visitors to the booth.

"Currently, Mistral has a few Fortune 500 Japanese companies as clients. They have outsourced Professional Services in both hardware and embedded software design. We have now started licensing our Networking & Wireless stacks in Japan. We expect to increase our Japanese clientele after the ESEC show." said K Chandrasekhar, GM-Business Development, Mistral software.

ModuSys systems are ideal for communications, broadband and enterprise equipment applications

May 2002
Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd. announced today the availability of ModuSys, the latest offering in the line of CompactPCI® solutions from Force Computers, a Selectron Company who are leaders in embedded computing. The ModuSys™ line of cPCI & cPSB (cPCI Packet-Switching Backplane) systems has been designed to meet the needs of system integrators, value-added resellers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and others for flexible, modular application platforms.

ModuSys systems are ideal for communications, broadband, enterprise equipment or any other application intended for normal operating conditions and will fulfill their quick-turn and cost-effective requirements. These systems are enabled with ready-to-go configurations that can be defined from the rich feature list and are designed with logistic procedures set to fulfill the challenging demands of today's competitive markets. They also help keep customer inventory to a minimum.

ModuSys forms a complete family of modular and flexible CompactPCI & cPSB systems for every cost effective application. Based on building-blocks, ModuSys enables configuration of systems for a 1U platform up to a 9U server-these 1U, 2U, 4U and 9U systems provide low-cost solutions with unique professional features, which improve reliability and maintainability. Force will ship all of the products in two weeks-which is an extremely short delivery time previously unheard of within embedded computing.

February 2002 - Bangalore based Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd. announces the availability of Centellis™ CO 25000-9U system from Force Computers. Compliant to PICMG 2.16, the Centellis CO 25000-9U preconfigured with Pentium III processors, Linux and GoAhead middleware scales to 28 processor nodes via back-to-back implementation (minus rear I/O) in 9U footprint/600mm depth.

It also has:

Upgradeable, deployable, portable preconfiguration based on Force's HA2 architecture, the Centellis CO 25000-9U with GoAhead HA middleware provides APIs compatible with and upgradeable to more highly available platforms in the HA2 series. It's an immediately deployable system as well as an ideal development platform for high-density HA applications, including softswitches, third generation (3G) wireless and NGN applications in need of portability.

February 2002
Bangalore based Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd. announces the availability of Wind River´s JWorks - the next generation Java platform offering Industry-Leading Java Platform for Consumer, Automotive and Communications Applications.

JWorks 4.0 is the first JWorks RTE that integrates Insignia's Jeode technology and Wind River's graphics technology to VxWorks 5.4, the embedded real-time operating system from Wind River. JWorks expands the embedded qualities of VxWorks®, including reliability, scalability, portability, small memory footprint, and performance. Plus, JWorks adds the advantages of Java - "write once, run anywhere," easy network connectivity, and Internet readiness, Web services, content extensibility, and third party application add-ons.

JWorks is composed of a runtime environment (JWorks RTE), a software developer's kit (JWorks SDK), and a simulation environment (JWorksSim). JWorks 4.0 is certified for full compatibility with the PersonalJava specification; it allows developers to run embedded Java applications on a wide range of different architectures.

February 2002
Bangalore based Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd. announces the availability of System 4 embedded server, the latest addition to the Flexor family of modular system solutions of Force Computers, a Solectron Company a leader in embedded computing. This 4U-high system offers 15 slots-of which 10 are full-length 64-bit PCI slots-to accommodate OEM needs for mixing and matching I/O expansion cards to meet their configuration requirements.

About Force Computers
Founded 1981, Force Computers is a leading designer and worldwide supplier of open-standards-based and custom board- and system-level embedded computing solutions for the telecommunications, data communications, medical, industrial control and defense and aerospace markets.

Technical Details:
Preconfigured standard with either a 566MHz Celeron® or dual 1GHz Pentium® III processor-based single board computer (SBC), the System 4 is designed to meet application requirements for high slot counts across a wide range of processing needs-from the most cost effective to the highest performance.

It's targeted at OEMs designing networking, telecommunications and customer premises equipment for e-commerce vendors, telecommunications providers and others using large servers for purposes such as digital X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging.

Compared to off-the-shelf products, this system offers greater configurability for slot count, Ethernet, memory, processor, storage and power supply.

Mistral has overseas offices and operations in the USA, Japan and UK and local branches in Delhi and Hyderabad.

January 2002 Leading embedded solutions provider Mistral Software has announced the setting up of its new development center in Bangalore. The new 25,000 square feet facility on the Indiranagar-Koramangala Ring Road is equipped with state-of-the-art infrastructure and can house over 250 engineers. The company has invested around Rs. 35 Million on the new facility.

"With the new facility in place, we are in a better position to attract and address international clients. We have also ensured that all Mistralites have the best of facilities be it working or recreational", said Mr. Anees Ahmed, President and CEO of Mistral Software.

The facility was formally inaugurated by Mr Namiq Kunimoto, Regional Director (Asia Pacific), Wind River Systems Inc. The different wings of the new facility (Telecom & Wireless, Embedded Software, Hardware Design…) were officially opened by Mr B V Naidu, Director, STPI, Mr Vivek Kulkarni, IT Secretary, Govt of Karnataka, Mr Ashok Kamath, Country Manager, Analog Devices and Prof. Sadagopan of IIIT-B. Leading luminaries from the Bangalore's corporate houses were also present at the function.

Founded in 1997 by a team of young entrepreneurs with an investment of only about $ 12,000 (Rs. 0.5 Million), Mistral has expanded from 16 engineers to about 160 today. Mistral Software has today emerged as a premier product realization company. It has carved a niche for itself in the area of embedded solutions design and development. Mistral Software has domain expertise in Embedded Real Time Applications, Networking Protocols, Telecom & Wireless, Digital Signal Processing and Hardware Design.

September 2001
Bangalore based Mistral Solutions Pvt Ltd. announces the availability of Centillis 4735 3U system featuring the award-winning SENTINEL "universal-mode" PCI-to-PCI bridge (PPB) technology for CompactPCI system or peripheral slot functionality from Force Computers. Based on the CPCI-735 single board computer (SBC) powered by the Mobile Pentium® III 700MHz processor. This four-slot, H.110 computer telephony (CT) bus-compatible system provides a flexible, reliable Windows® 2000-ready solution ideal for network firewall security, Web caching, digital subscribe lime (DSL) concentration, Internet protocol (IP) over satellite, video on demand and other customer premises equipment (CPE) applications. It also supports PIMCG 2.1, R2.0 Full Hot Swap in desktop or rack-mount configurations, suitable for CT integration of off-the-shelf, third-party I/O solutions.

July 2001
Bangalore based Mistral Solutions announces the availability of Centillis 8735 9U system featuring the award-winning SENTINEL "universal-mode" PCI-to-PCI bridge (PPB) technology for CompactPCI system or peripheral slot functionality from Force Computers. Based on the CPCI-735 single board computer (SBC) powered by the Mobile Pentium® III 700MHz processor, this eight-slot system provides a flexible, reliable, scalable Windows® 2000 solution ideal for harsh industrial environments. It also offers PICMG 2.1, R2.0 Full Hot Swap support in an application-ready server suitable for off-the-shelf, third-party I/O products.

June 2001
Bangalore based Mistral Solutions, the embedded domain solutions provider, has launched its first Embedded Competency Center (ECC). The state-of-the-art centre will offer domain specific advanced training modules and a unique "Mentoring Program" for engineering students and embedded engineers.

The ECC was formed subsequent to Mistral's acquisition of KayJay Nanosoft Technologies, an organization specializing in corporate trainings in the embedded domain. It has earmarked embedded systems, telecom/wireless and networking as the 3 focus areas to drive ECC's future growth. The new facility based in Bangalore is furnished with state-of-the-art infrastructure and a well-equipped lab with DSP, Intel, PPC, MIPS and ARM platforms. The Centre will have in-house faculty to extend and support competency building. The resources are augmented by external visiting experts from Industry and leading Academic Institutions.

Mistral's Embedded Competency Center, offers a variety of flexible training choices covering a broad spectrum of embedded technologies like real-time Solutions, Networking, Telecom, Wireless (wireless LAN, Bluetooth, 3G, UMTS), DSP and next-generation microprocessors. ECC also offers hands-on training in commercial RTOS environments like VxWorks, pSOS+, QNX and embedded Linux. It is the only centre in India, which provides Wind River Authorised VxWorks training for customers.

Mistral has chalked out an ambitious plan to generate revenues to the tune of Rs. 40 Million from ECC over the next 2 years. Overseas expansions are being planned for later this year.

At ECC, the mentoring Programs and Training Modules are built in such a way that the trainee absorbs the technology in an osmotic way. A typical training module would comprise of 30% lectures, 40% lab sessions and 30% hands-on projects. ECC's Chief, Professor K.Jayaraman, an alumnus of BITS Pilani has over 30 years of experience in engineering education, product design, development and Quality Assurance. He has spent the last 10 years conducting Corporate manpower and product development programs in real-time embedded systems, telecom/datacom and networking technologies churning out as per his terminology, Humanware for the future.

May 2001 - Bangalore based Mistral Solutions announces the availability of Centillis CO 21000-12U series of Compact Packet-Switching Backlane (CPSB) PICMG 2.16 compliant platforms from Force Computers. Force Computers, a leader in embedded computing and ZNYX Networks, a leading provider of High Availability networking and telecommunications products, have combined resources to produce a line of Compact Packet-Switching backplane (CPSB) platforms.

Technical Details
The Force Centellis™ CO 21000-12U is a carrier-grade Compact Packet-Switching backplane (CPSB) platform series in a NEBS Level 3 design CompactPCI® chassis. The first in a line of open systems-based servers, the Centillis CO 21542-12U CPSB platform hosts an UltraSPARC-IIi 440MHz processor-based CPCI-542 single board computer and dual Ethernet switches in a NEB Level 3 design. The Centillis CO 21542-12U platform is the only embedded solution that provides PICMG 2.16 compliant redundant Ethernet functionality backed by telecom-standard SPARC/Solaris and CompactPCI technologies. The Centellis CO 21000-12U series has been engineered to be easily integrated into larger systems, so communications equipment developers can immediately start designing and implementing it into products.

Closely adhering to the latest draft of the PICMG 2.16 Compact Packet-Switching backplane specification, the Centellis CO 21000-12U series has been engineered to be easily integrated into larger systems, so communications equipment developers can immediately start designing and implementing it into products. Combining redundant hot-swappable system Ethernet switches, hot-swappable system components and a fault-resilient architecture, Centillis CO 21000-12U platforms deliver "five nines" uptime for critical telecommunications and networking applications.

He brings with him more than 14 years of thorough experience in Quality Management System Implementation, Training, Auditing and Documentation.

He has worked as a Lead Auditor of Quality Systems for Bureau Veritas Quality Interactions (BVQI) India, one of the leading certifying bodies for ISO 9000 Quality Systems. He has also lead many quality audit teams and his audit experience spans more than 500 companies in India and abroad. Dev is also a qualified assessor for ISO 9001:2000 standards and to the Tick IT Guide. He has been one of the key resources for the audits of the software industry, for BVQI is involved in auditing many leading companies in India and abroad; both software and others.

Before joining Mistral, Dev worked as the Quality Manager at Ampersand Software Applications Ltd., Bangalore. There he headed a team of QA personnel and test engineers, overseeing the QA activities and implementing QMS systems in software development and also other areas. Earlier, he spent 5 years in Bureau Veritas Quality Interactions (BVQI) as Surveyor and Lead Auditor. This stint gave him extensive experience in both certification and surveillance audits of various companies for the requirements of ISO 9001/2 standards.

Mistral Software's prime focus is on Embedded Solutions. The company's Professional Services encompass areas like embedded systems design & development, RTOS, DSP programming, Device Driver & BSP development, Hardware design, Networking Stacks and Telecom Protocols. Mistral proactively partners with leading software and hardware companies to produce Solutions that ensure rapid time-to-market.

"We are glad to welcome Mr. Chaitanya Dev to Mistral team. He has several years of experience in strategic planning of quality initiatives and implementation and auditing of quality systems conforming to ISO 9001-2000 standards. This will definitely help Mistral to achieve its goal of making continual improvement in all its activities", said Mr.K.P.Bhattathiripad, Vice President & CTO of Mistral Software.

"With Mr.Chaitanya joining on the team, we are looking at our ISO 9001-2000 certification to be completed this year", commented Mr.S.M.Ahmed, President and CEO of Mistral Software.

Chaitanya Dev holds a BTech. Honors Degree in Mechanical Engineering.

"We are very pleased to welcome Anuradha to our Software Development Team," commented Mr. S.M. Ahmed, President and CEO of Mistral Software. "As Mistral positions itself for growth in the wireless and telecom area, it was key that the company find an experienced person to join our software management team," said Ahmed.

Anuradha joins Mistral after serving in several senior positions at Siemens Communications Software, most recently as Head of a Software Development Unit. In Mistral, she will head the newly formed Telecom and Wireless Division. The focus area of this division would be to develop products and provide Professional Services for Wireless, Intelligent Networks, Telecom Protocols, VoIP and CTI (Computer Telephony Interface) Applications.

"With Anu joining on board, Mistral plans to make a big entry into the emerging 2.5G and 3G wireless technologies", said Mr. B.H. Narayanan, Director and Vice President of Mistral Software. "With her successful track record and 12 years of experience in developing Siemens Switch Based Call Center Solutions and TMN solutions for Wireless and Enterprise Networks, Anu will be an outstanding contributor to Mistral Software, he continuous

Anuradha is a B.E. in Electronics from UVCE, Bangalore and MS in Information and Computer Science from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia.

Appointment of Head for Mistral Software's new Wireless & Telecom Division

March 2001
Bangalore based Mistral Solutions introduces the DECtalk® Text-To-Speech technology based products from Force Computers. DECtalk TTS technology offers users natural-sounding, highly intelligible speech, which transforms ordinary text into the highest quality level of speech. DECtalk technology can provide the correct pronunciation of single characters, words, phrases and proper names. It supports multi-language synthesis, speech controls and variable speaking rates, large internal (fixed) and OEM/VAR defined dictionaries and ability to say ethnicity-specific proper names.

Technical Details
Designed to transform ordinary text into the highest quality speech, DECtalk® Text-to-Speech (TTS) software and custom hardware products provide the clearest and highest quality voice synthesis using the least possible amount of memory. It also provides the optimum solution in situations where reading text would be inconvenient or impossible, such as mobile computing, telephone-based data access services and electronic mail. This technology can be licensed for embedded or value-added software solutions, custom hardware or in-board-only versions for OEM applications.

DECtalk software is an advanced desktop software that enables speech applications through a sound card. It enables software control through proprietary DECtalk application and can provide speech capabilities for any application quickly and easily. DECtalk® Text-to-Speech (TTS) software converts electronic text into the most natural-sounding and intelligible suite of computer-generated voices now available. DECtalk is based on formant speech rules and algorithms where full vocal tract simulation is used to synthesize smooth, human-like speech from ASCII text. In simulating the smooth, continuous motion of the human voice-producing organs, DECtalk provides this natural-sounding, intelligible speech while using the smallest possible memory footprint. Of all TTS software packages on the market, DECtalk offers the most flexibility for customizing speech output for any standard, random or unanticipated text input.

March 2001
Mistral Software Pvt. Ltd., today announced the completion of its first round of funding through eTEC Ventures Ltd. (Mauritius). The company will be divesting approximately 20% of its stake to eTEC for an investment of about US$ 3 million. eTEC's investment will be the first round of external investment in the company.

Mistral is poised for substantial growth over the next 3 years and the funds being invested by eTEC Ventures Ltd. will be used for enabling this growth. Currently employing about 100 people in a state-of-the-art office in Bangalore, Mistral is setting up a few more design and R&D centers to support the 500 engineers it proposes by 2003. Mistral has set up a business development office in the USA to accelerate its marketing efforts. It is also working with companies in Japan and Europe to grow its business in these markets. Mistral is also refining its plans to venture into ASIC design.

Mistral was founded in 1997 by an experienced team of young entrepreneurs with an investment of only about $12,000 and 3 computers that came from the homes of its 3 founders. The company has been profitable from the first month and grown phenomenally over the last 3 years without any borrowings or external funds. The management team is headed by S.M.Ahmed (Anees) - President, Rajeev R - VP of Hardware Engineering, Narayanan Bhattathiripad - VP of Embedded Software and Rajashekar Reddy - VP Finance and Administration.

According to Anees Ahmed, Mistral's President & CEO, "We could have achieved the desired growth levels with our strong internal accruals. However, eTEC's investment will help us compress this growth period from five years to two years. We had many offers of investment, some even at valuations higher than those offered by eTEC. However, we decided to go with eTEC primarily because of the value addition they could offer us by networking us with potential customers especially in the US. We were also impressed with the speed with which the entire team at IDEA (eTEC's partner in India) moved in order to close this deal in less than 45 days."

G Philip Stephenson, President of International Equity Partners LP and manager of eTEC stated, "We are very impressed by the team at Mistral and what they have achieved in a short span of three years. We are very bullish on the hardware design and embedded software markets given the size and growth of the market. The embedded solutions market alone is expected to increase to USD 7.9 Billion in 2003 and we firmly believe that Mistral is in a position to exploit this market given its track record and its current relationships with customers."

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Subsequent to the investment sign off, Mr.Sanjaya Kulkarni joins the Board of Directors at Mistral. Sanjaya brings 27 years of experience in the financial markets. An Electrical Engineer from IIT, Bombay and an MBA from IIM, Ahmedabad, Sanjaya was with Citibank for 7 years in merchant and corporate banking. Later he founded and headed 20th Century Finance group of companies. Currently he co-manages eTEC Ventures and the India Direct Fund which, together, have corpuses of approximately $60M.

About eTEC Ventures Ltd.
eTEC Ventures Ltd. is a Mauritius-domiciled limited company that makes equity and equity-related investments in the technology, entertainment and communications sectors in India or India-centric businesses. The Fund is sponsored by International Equity Partners, LP ("IEP"), a Washington DC-area venture capital firm. eTEC's local advisor in India is India Direct Equity Advisors ("IDEA"). IEP & IDEA also manage the USD 34 million India Direct Fund, LP, which has made direct equity investments in 10 companies since 1996.

The MathWorks is the leading developer and supplier of technical computing software in the world. Founded in 1984 and headquartered in Natick, Massachusetts, with offices and representatives throughout the world, the company has been profitable every year since its inception.

MATLAB® users are making better and faster progress in vital areas; advancing the knowledge of the earth, the environment and the universe; making cars safer and more fuel-efficient; improving air travel safety; making clearer telecommunication and measurement devices more accurate; making advances in medical research and diagnostic techniques; searching for new sources of energy; and educating the next generation of scientists.

Mistral offers services in the areas of Aerospace, Automotive, Consumer Electronics, Telecom Networking, Real-Time Embedded Systems, Signal Processing, Data Acquisition,Simulation Modeling and MATLAB® programming.

February 2001 - Bangalore based Mistral Solutions Pvt. Ltd. expands Trillium's family of networking protocols with the launch of SIP Protocol Solution for IP Phones.

Trillium Digital Systems, Inc., an Intel Company, has announced the immediate availability of its SIP Protocol Solution for IP Phones.

SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) is a signaling protocol used to transmit voice, video & data through applications in IP telephony, video telephony and multimedia conferences. This standards-based protocol specifies the basic and supplementary services to create, modify and delete multimedia sessions & calls. SIP will play a major role in the deployment of 3G-IP wireless networks and will enable robust wireless applications such as mobile Internet.

Trillium's SIP stacks, in conjunction with Trillium's other IP telephony software solutions and its Quick!StartSM service program, empower communications equipment manufacturers to quickly build and deploy IP telephony network elements that exceed the performance requirements of next-generation networks.Trillium offers the best solution for high-performance, carrier-class IP telephony solutions with a path to interworking with SS7 and ISDN protocols & Distributed Fault-Tolerance/High-Availability.