Nov. 05, 2008
BIOS giant Phoenix Technologies will ship a fast-booting, power-sipping, Linux-based environment equipped with Opera Software's embedded browser, the companies announced. Due in January, and targeting "mobile PCs," Phoenix's "HyperSpace" product promises "instant-on" Internet access on mobile PCs, while the primary OS is booting, running, or shutting down, Phoenix says.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2335228478.html
Phoenix acquired Award Software, one of its largest competitors in the BIOS business, in September of 1998.
http://www.deviceguru.com/bios-merger-targets-billions-of-devices/
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 4, 1997--Award Software International Inc. , a leading provider of system management software, today announced that its worldwide x86-based desktop and server BIOS market share grew from 53 percent in 1996 to 60 percent in the first half of 1997.
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