Insyde Software's Firmware Shipping on Acer (Aspire 5720) based on Intel® Santa Rosa Customer Platforms

InsydeH2O Continue to Gain Widespread Acceptance by Leading Branded PC Company

WinHEC TAIPEI, TAIWAN and HILLSBORO, OR, June 14, 2007 - Insyde Software, a leading provider of UEFI-based firmware, BIOS, and engineering services, today announced that its flagship InsydeH2O® product ¡V already in its fifth generation ¡V has been shipping on Acer Aspire 5720 notebook with the Intel Santa Rosa (965 Express) customer mobile platforms. Santa Rosa is Intel's upgrade for the recently announced, next-generation Intel® Centrino® Pro and Centrino Duo mobile technology platforms used in notebook PCs for consumers and businesses. InsydeH2O supporting the Santa Rosa Platform is being used in dozens of different product designs across these different markets.

InsydeH2O (Hardware-2-Operating System) firmware solution is the modern BIOS replacement technology being used on server, desktop, mobile and embedded systems. Intel's Mobile Platform Group had been utilizing InsydeH2O for validation of their Santa Rosa Platform features because InsydeH2O has always been a pure implementation of the Intel Platform Innovation Framework for EFI technology (“the Framework”).

To date, millions of client and industrial PC platforms ¡V including desktops, notebooks, servers and embedded systems ¡V have shipped worldwide with InsydeH2O software and now even further acceptance by one of leading brand-name PC company, Acer, for this critical platform, proves Insyde as a recognized frontrunner in the mobile marketplace.

Numerous key technology features have been implemented on some of these platforms enabled by InsydeH2O. These include:

  • Native UEFI boot to the Operating System (legacy boot also enabled to support all Oses).
  • Turbo Memory (formerly "Robson" technology) for fast boot and accelerated application speeds.
  • UEFI 2.0 Specification ready
  • Trusted Platform Module support

“ We are pleased to see that the shipment of our notebooks based on InsydeH2O™ is going very well,” said Campbell Kan, Vice President, Mobile Computing Business Unit, Acer Inc. “InsydeH2O enables us to shorten our development time to adopt UEFI and validate our designs efficiently, helping Acer to continue designing high-performance notebooks and improving our time to the market.”

“ Insyde is pleased with the successful shipments of Intel 965 Express based on Acer-brand products to markets around the world,” said Jeremy Wang, Chairman of Insyde Software. “Acer's acceptance provides yet another milestone demonstrating our continued dedication to supporting the latest in next-generation UEFI Framework technology. ”

Insyde Software is exhibiting at WinHEC TPE (June 13-14) where InsydeH2O fifth generation product is showcased.

About InsydeH2O

InsydeH2O “Hardware-2-Operating System” firmware solution is a complete, production-ready implementation of the Intel Platform Innovation Framework for EFI ( “the Framework” ) and represents the next-generation of UEFI-capable BIOS technology being used on Server, Desktop, Mobile and Embedded systems.

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 desktop, mobile, server and embedded computing industries. Founded in 1998, the company is publicly held (GTSM: 6231) and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan with U.S. offices in Boston, MA and Hillsboro, OR. The company¡¦s customers include Acer, Compal, Fujitsu, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Inventec, Lenovo, MiTAC, NEC, Quanta, Toshiba, Vestel, ViewSonic, Wistron and Wyse.

Insyde and InsydeH2O are trademarks of Insyde Software. Intel, Centrino and Santa Rosa are trademarks or registered trademarks of Intel Corporation.

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