MILPITAS, Calif., JUNE 03, 2009 — Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (NASDAQ: PTEC), the leader in PC 3.0™ products, services and embedded technologies, today announced HyperSpace for the second generation AMD (NYSE: AMD) ultrathin notebook platform. The ease-of-use and efficiency of HyperSpace allows AMD to bring greater speed and functionality to ultrathin notebooks pre-integrated with the solution, as well as enable shorter OEM and ODM development cycles and quicker time-to-market.
Working with AMD to integrate this solution helps establish Phoenix as the leading provider of instant-on computing in the emerging category of ultrathin notebooks designed to meet today’s ultra-mobile lifestyle. These notebooks are sleek, thin and lightweight and offer a truer PC experience versus the limited experience of a netbook. The second generation AMD ultrathin notebook platform features a dual-core processor, ATI Radeon™ HD graphics and leading Wireless connectivity. The design is an optimal complement to HyperSpace, which is based on a small Linux kernel with a very small footprint requiring little power, enabling high performance and extended notebook battery life.
“Consumers drawn to this emerging new category of ultrathin notebooks want instant access to their digital content, the Internet and the convenience and functionality that HyperSpace delivers,” said Chris Cloran, corporate vice president, client division, AMD. “We have established AMD as a leader in providing technologies of superior value to our end-users. Phoenix has innovative new solutions for the increasingly mobile consumer and is a valuable development partner for new, next-generation products that meet customer needs.”
HyperSpace simplifies and improves the mobile experience in multiple ways and is designed to achieve more reliable uptime and Security protection. HyperSpace boots up and powers down in seconds, giving users almost instant access to important web-based applications. Mobile users are instantly and automatically connected to the best available network with HyperSpace even as the computing device is carried in and out range of different wireless networks. Finally, its colorful, graphical interface enhances ease-of-use, helping users quickly navigate the desktop. The award-winning Phoenix HyperSpace is available for consumer downloads at www.hyperspace.com and will be integrated by major OEMs in next-generation notebook PCs and netbooks.
“Phoenix is pleased to collaborate with AMD and optimize HyperSpace as the preferred instant-on computing environment for notebooks made possible by the second generation AMD ultrathin notebook platform,” said Woody Hobbs, president and CEO of Phoenix Technologies. "We established our PC 3.0 strategy of providing solutions that improve the consumer computing experience to meet the needs of our OEM and ODM partners. Together, we’re providing the next-generation solutions and devices designed to meet consumer demand for more user-friendly, more mobile computing devices.”
About Phoenix Technologies Ltd.
Phoenix Technologies Ltd. (Nasdaq: PTEC), the leader in PC 3.0(TM) products, services and embedded technologies, pioneers open standards and delivers innovative solutions that enable the PC industry's top system builders and specifiers to differentiate their systems, reduce time-to-market and increase their revenues. The Company's flagship products and services -- SecureCore, Embedded BIOS, Phoenix Freeze, FailSafe, HyperSpace, and eSupport -- are revolutionizing the PC user experience by delivering unprecedented performance, security, reliability, continuity, and ease-of-use. The Company established industry leadership and created the PC clone industry with its original BIOS product in 1983. Phoenix has 159 technology patents and 136 pending applications, and has shipped in over one billion systems. Phoenix is headquartered in Milpitas, California with offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.phoenix.com.
