News
 14-Feb-2006 >> Jungo
Releases Version 8 of its WinDriver USB/PCI Product Family
New WinDriver version includes Windows 64-bit, Linux Itanium, and Solaris
10 support; WinDriver USB Device introduces firmware generation toolkit
for Philips-based USB designs and standard Mass Storage connectivity
for the Microchip PIC18F4550
SAN JOSE, CA – February 22nd, 2006 Jungo Software
Technologies Inc., a leading provider of USB/PCI
software solutions, today announced
the release of version 8 of its market leading WinDriver product line:
WinDriver USB/PCI – development tool for high-performance and cross-operating
system user-mode USB/PCI/PCIe device drivers supporting Windows, Windows
CE, Linux, Solaris and VxWorks; and WinDriver USB Device - for USB firmware
code generation.
The new WinDriver USB/PCI release supports Windows XP 64-bit environments
and Windows Server 2003 64-bit environments (x64) on the Intel EM64T
and AMD64 architectures. In addition to the existing code generation
in C, Delphi and Visual Basic, WinDriver 8 now also supports automatic
driver code generation in C# and Visual Basic .NET, as well as driver
projects for the latest Visual Studio 2005 development environment.
For the Linux operating system, WinDriver 8 now supports the latest
Linux kernel 2.6.14, and completes the support for 64-bit environments
such as Intel Itanium and Itanium 2 architectures (IA64), in addition
to the already supported Intel EM64T and AMD64 architectures. WinDriver
version 8 also includes support for the Solaris 10 and OpenSolaris operating
systems, thereby providing a complete cross operating support to all
latest Windows, Linux and Solaris platforms.
WinDriver USB Device version 8, the firmware development toolkit, now
includes USB chapter-9 support for the Philips PDIUSBD12 chipset, adding
to the already supported Cypress FX2LP, Microchip PIC18F4550 and Silicon
Laboratories C8051F320 USB controllers. For the first time, WinDriver
USB Device also includes a ready-made mass storage class library optimized
for 8051 microcontrollers, including the support for double buffering
and removable media, to implement standard USB mass storage connectivity
within the Microchip PIC18F4550 development board
“We are extremely proud to announce this feature-rich major release
of Jungo’s market leading product line, WinDriver,” said
Omry Ben David, Marketing Manager of the Software Tools Division at Jungo. “The
new version offers unparalleled support for both PC USB/PCI driver development
and USB firmware development on variety of popular controllers, reinforcing
Jungo’s commitment to our thousands of customers to provide complete
solutions for driver and firmware development”.
We offer a free, full-featured, 30 day evaluation version of WinDriver
USB/PCI for host driver development and WinDriver USB Device for firmware
code generation. Both toolkits are available for download at: www.jungo.co.uk
and for purchase from Direct Insight Ltd, Jungo’s UK distributor.
Existing Jungo customers with a valid support subscription are entitled
to upgrade to version 8 free of charge. | 
