Tata Elxsi Licenses Real time Operating System (RoS-ES) for Embedded Devices

TranSwitch Corporation is Tata Elxsi’s first customer for RoS-ES

Delhi, February 02, 2009- Tata Elxsi, a leading embedded product design and engineering company, today announced the launch of its embedded operating system – RoS-ES (Real-Time Operating System for Embedded System). Targeted at the expanding set of applications for embedded processors, RoS-ES delivers unmatched performance with an ultra compact footprint.

RoS-ES is available on ARM and XtensaTM/Tensilica platforms targeting network equipment, automotive, consumer electronics markets. Despite its small memory footprint, RoS-ES provides an impressive array of capabilities to support advanced features in these applications, making it an ideal choice for developers of new cutting-edge embedded systems.

TranSwitch Corporation, a leading provider of broadband access solutions for the consumer, enterprise and service provider markets, has licensed Tata Elxsi’s RoS-ES OS for its AtlantaTM 2000 family of communications processors which are optimized for Gigabit-rate packet processing applications. These applications include secure broadband gateways, SSL/TLS and IPSec acceleration, and micro-PBX.

“TranSwitch selected RoS-ES as the OS for A2000’s fast path processor for broadband gateway router applications due to its high performance, small footprint, powerful options, and configurability. The proficiency of Tata Elxsi’s technical team and their familiarity with Tensilica processors was an important consideration in making our choice.” said Bill McDonald, director of CPE product marketing at TranSwitch Corporation.

“We are excited that TranSwitch Corporation chose to integrate RoS-ES into one of their most advanced communications processors. The Tata Elxsi business model provides its customers with a powerful combination of royalty-free software, flexible support options, and product design and engineering services,” said Ram Mohan, Head of IP Sales and Business Development.

About TranSwitch Corporation

TranSwitch Corporation (NASDAQ: TXCC) designs, develops and markets innovative semiconductors that provide core functionality and complete solutions for voice, data and video communications network equipment. As a leading supplier to telecom, datacom, cable television and wireless markets, TranSwitch customers include the major OEMs that serve the worldwide public network, the Internet, and corporate Wide Area Networks (WANs). TranSwitch devices are inherently flexible, many incorporating embedded programmable microcontrollers to rapidly meet customers’ new requirements or evolving network standards by modifying a function via software instruction. TranSwitch implements global communications standards in its VLSI solutions and is committed to providing high-quality products and services. TranSwitch, Shelton, CT, is an ISO 9001:2000 registered company. For more information, visit www.transwitch.com.

About Tata Elxsi Ltd.

Tata Elxsi is the technology arm of the Tata Group, one of India’s largest and most respected business conglomerates with $62.5 billion in revenues in 2007-08. Headquartered in Bangalore, India, Tata Elxsi provides expertise in system design, embedded software, networking, and communications, multimedia, storage, automotive, consumer electronics, mechanical product design and user interface design.
Tata Elxsi draws on its knowledge base of nearly twenty years in product design, engineering, and a 3500 strong R&D and engineering team. This is backed by SEI CMMi Level 5 and ISO 9001: 2000 certified processes, which translates into higher reliability, lowered design risks and improved time-to-market.
Tata Elxsi provides easy access to its worldwide customers, through 20 international offices across Europe, US and Asia, and Global Engineering Centers in India.