REDMOND, Wash. — February 11, 2009   Centrafuse, the creator of the Centrafuse UX Toolkit for User Experience, announced today it will utilize Windows XP Embedded, Windows Embedded Standard and Windows Embedded Enterprise offerings for its next generations of its HMI Toolkit, OEM / ODM bundles and retail HMI for Automotive Infotainment.

“Our adoption of Windows Embedded technologies was a significant step in our ongoing mission to create superior user experiences for these emerging smart, connected, service oriented automotive infotainment devices,” said Eric Breier, President and co-founder of Centrafuse. “Microsoft’s continued support in the automotive market makes this a logical choice for Centrafuse. Due to the support it provides for a growing list of in-vehicle infotainment developers and suppliers, the increasing functionality of the head units has raised the expectations of users of these powerful devices.”

For Centrafuse, Windows Embedded platforms deliver multiple business and technical benefits:

Reduced technical risk - Windows Embedded platforms provide a common application environment which is utilized by the Centrafuse Toolkit for User Experience, ensuring that members of the Centrafuse development community are adhering to a well understood standard using the Centrafuse Markup Language (CML).

Reach and support - Developers and Centrafuse ODM / OEM partners have access to the broadest array of in-vehicle technologies available today by utilizing Windows Embedded operating systems as the platform for Centrafuse Automotive and the Centrafuse Toolkit for User Experience.

Rapid time to market and commercialization - The ubiquitous understanding of Windows Embedded as a platform provides the Centrafuse development community and ODM / OEM customers with the means to rapidly prototype, commercialize and deploy their HMI developments and plug-ins.

“We are delighted to see Windows Embedded play a significant role in the development of smart, connected, service oriented devices for the automotive infotainment market,” said Valerie Olague, Senior Partner Marketing Manager at Microsoft Corp. “With Microsoft’s Windows Embedded Standard platform, Centrafuse OEMs will be able to deliver innovative automotive devices to market faster, and customers will be assured that they are utilizing a platform that has been and will continue to be committed to supporting the growth of this market.”

The Centrafuse HMI development toolkit and retail software products are available now.

About Centrafuse
Centrafuse is a software development and custom design company, focused on becoming the de facto user interface development toolkit for next-generation computing environments. Centrafuse Automotive, an automotive infotainment HMI platform, is the first product developed from the Centrafuse application toolkit. Learn more at www.centrafuse.com.

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