About Century Embedded Technologies
Century Software, a 16-year veteran in the software industry, has
developed core technologies for the new and fast paced embedded
Linux industry. These technologies include: a graphical development
environment; customized Internet browsers and HTML viewers;
multimedia, including MP3 audio players and MPEG video viewers; and
a PDA development suite. These core technologies were designed
specifically to allow both hardware designers and their customers to
use either a small footprint graphical API (Nano-X), or the
larger and more complex X Window system, while maintaining
compatibility with upper-level applications. Our technologies center
around two core open source projects, Nano-X and ViewML.
Our leadership in graphical technologies for embedded systems starts
with our company CEO Gregory Haerr, who founded both projects. The
Nano-X Project brings features found in modern graphical windowing
systems to the embedded programming community. The ViewML Project is
the embedded industry's first small footprint, free open-source web
browser specifically targeted towards the unique requirements of
embedded Linux systems. Nano-X is a superior alternative to the
X Window system for many embedded applications. Rather than taking the
X Window System, a sizable desktop-oriented application that relies on
large amounts of RAM and disk space, and attempting to shrink it down
to fit in an embedded environment, Nano-X was designed from the
beginning specifically for embedded devices and their unique
requirements. This provides a small, compact graphical runtime
environment that is less complicated for creating custom applications
and drivers, which is essential in today's embedded market.
Our Linux-based technologies for graphical applications, small footprint
applications framework, and multimedia technologies allows applications
to be designed, prototyped, emulated and tested for the target device on
the Linux desktop, enabling concurrent development with the hardware
design and manufacturing process.
We believe that in a truly embedded systems, targeting the smallest
system and then moving upwards allows creating the optimized embedded
solutions. This combined with our core technologies allows our customers
to deliver the most cost-effective products in least time-to-market.
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