ATLANTA, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- LXE Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of EMS
Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: ELMG), today at SCANTECH '99, in Chicago, IL,
announced a joint development program with Accelent Systems Inc. to license
Accelent's SaCE and accelenCE technology as a basis for LXE's emerging line of
Windows CE-based mobile computers for supply chain automation. This
architectural platform will form the foundation of LXE's CE vertical and
horizontal handhelds, PDAs and vehicle mounted computers.
This platform supports true CE architecture incorporating the Intel(R)
SA11xx processor. The Microsoft(R) Windows(R) CE v 2.12 optimizes connectivity
and interoperability for a new generation of LXE mobile computing devices.
Based on the Win32 API, users of Windows CE can take advantage of existing
applications and programming resources. The Windows CE operating system
provides a stable, well-supported software platform that is becoming an
industry standard for a wide variety of hardware utilized for embedded systems
and applications. The Intel(R) StrongARM RISC processor, offers a perfect
blend of performance, flexibility and power efficiency.
Joe Chow, Vice President of Engineering for LXE comments, "We are pleased
to be working with a group of talented individuals with the degree of industry
knowledge and experience that we found at Accelent. We believe their
backgrounds and designs provide an excellent compliment to LXE's capabilities,
product vision and strategy. This relationship and the resulting
architectural platform that results from it will enable LXE to quickly field a
strong line of CE-based products in the near future."
"Accelent Systems is very pleased to help LXE make a successful
introduction of their CE architecture at SCANTECH 99," said Dr. Yung-Fu Chang,
President and CEO of Accelent Systems Inc. "By licensing our Windows CE
StrongARM based accelenCE system software and SaCE hardware platform
technologies and products to LXE, we quickly enable Windows CE integration
into LXE's rugged, industrial product line. We feel the architectural basis
of Microsoft Windows CE and Intel StrongARM provides LXE with a huge
competitive advantage for the processing power, ease of application and power-
efficiency necessary for the mobile computer of the future. We are proud to
have helped shaped LXE's product foundation."
About Accelent Systems Inc.
Accelent Systems Inc., headquartered in Akron, Ohio, is a software and
system technology company specializing in Microsoft Windows CE-based product
development and turnkey solutions.
Accelent Systems develops, markets and supports the accelTECH Product
Family for Windows CE systems. This family includes accelenCE for StrongARM
(and other processors), accelBIOS, accelTool, accelSys, and SaCE. Accelent
also provides consulting services for enabling OEM customers to rapidly
develop Windows CE-based products and create complex, robust software
applications for the information appliances, mobile computers and embedded
systems of the Post-PC / Internet age.
Accelent is a Microsoft Windows CE Authorized System Integrator and an
Intel(R) Third Party Vendor Solution Provider.
About LXE Inc.
LXE is a leading provider of products and services for wireless logistics
systems and healthcare information management systems. Based in Norcross,
Georgia, the company designs and manufactures an extensive line of integrated
data collection hardware, automatic identification equipment, mobile
computers, and services for customers world-wide. LXE, a wholly-owned
subsidiary of EMS Technologies, Inc., has 19 US offices and six international
offices, and can be found at web site http://www.lxe.com .
Contact Accelent Systems, Inc.: Contact LXE Inc.:
John Imboden Joe Chow
Vice President Vice President Engineering
Accelent Systems, Inc. LXE Inc.
3040 West Market Street 125 Technology Parkway
Akron, Ohio 44333 Norcross, GA 30092
330.864.2742 770.447.4224
jiboden@accelent.com http://www.lxe.com
http://www.accelent.com
SOURCE LXE Inc.
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CONTACT:
Linda Kratochwill of LXE, Inc., 770-447-4224,
ext. 3257
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