AUSTIN, Tex. -- National Semiconductor Corp. today announced a partnership with Merinta Inc. in Austin to bundle hardware platform and software solutions in development kits for so-called information appliances and home gateway Internet devices. Under a new agreement, National will combine its Geode processor-based WebPAD development kits with Merinta's iBrow end-to-end software suite.
The iBrow software and WebPAD platform will be distributed to original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), corporations, and non-branded system developers, under the agreement. Merinta said its iBrow software is highly customizable, allowing customers and partners to build and manage Internet devices while cutting development time. National and Merinta said their partnership will deliver bundled solutions based on the x86-compatible Geode processor for media-rich systems across a range of end-user markets for countertop, desktop, Web tablet, screen phone and home gateway products.
Merinta--a subsidiary of publicly-traded Boundless Corp.--and National Semiconductor said they have already successfully a handful of high-profile served customers, including Taiwan's Acer Group.
