Insyde® Software Ships InsydeH2O™ UEFI BIOS to Help Enable Tablets and Embedded Devices Based on the Intel® Atom™ Processor Z670

Industry’s Most Trusted UEFI Firmware Helps to Facilitate Mobile and Low-Power Embedded Devices with Widest Range of Operating System Support

BEAVERTON, Ore. & TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Insyde Software, a leading provider of Unified Extensible Firmware Interface (UEFI) firmware and an affiliate member of the Intel® Embedded Alliance, today announced the availability of its flagship product InsydeH2O™ UEFI firmware for the new Intel® Atom™ processor Z670 and the Intel® SM35 Express chipset.

“Intel architecture and the vast software ecosystem continues to seed incredible innovation through a choice of operating systems”

In addition to ensuring UEFI specification compliance, this version of InsydeH2O has been optimized to meet specific platform requirements such as fast booting, touch screen input, refined power management as well as providing operating system of choice. Insyde Software anticipates that its customers will ship Intel Atom processor Z670-based devices with InsydeH2O starting in Q2 2011 running Windows 7, Humanos™, MeeGo and a variety of other operating systems based on Android and Linux.

The latest generation of Intel Atom processors with InsydeH2O, will continue to drive new innovations across tablets and other mobile and embedded applications such as digital signage, medical equipment and industrial PCs. In addition to expanding the form-factor possibilities, the Intel Atom processor Z670 improves battery life over previous generations, offers a rich media and graphics experience, and boosts performance while providing broad operating system choice.

“Our support for the Intel Atom processor Z670 is an important part of Insyde’s 2011 roadmap,” said Aven Chuang, SVP and GM of the Personal Computer Group, Insyde Software. “With this version of InsydeH2O and Intel’s new processor and chipset we will enable dozens of our customers’ new products over the coming months with our mature UEFI software technology,” adds Chuang.

“Intel architecture and the vast software ecosystem continues to seed incredible innovation through a choice of operating systems,” said Bill Kircos, general manager of marketing, Netbook and Tablet Group at Intel Corporation. “With the new Intel Atom processor Z670 and Insyde’s UEFI BIOS, our customers can offer more design choices and key companion device features such as fast boot times, touch screen input and refined power management.”

About Insyde Software

Insyde Software (www.insydesw.com) is a leading global provider of BIOS, UEFI-based firmware and engineering services for companies in the mobile, server, desktop and embedded computing industries. The company is publicly held (GTSM: 6231) and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan with U.S. headquarters in Westborough, MA. The company’s customers include the world’s leading computer systems designers and manufacturers.

Insyde is a registered trademark and InsydeH2O and Humanos are trademarks Insyde Software. Other company and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Intel and Atom are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries.