Nu Horizons Electronics has been appointed as a Windows Embedded authorised distributor for Microsoft in the UK, Eire and Germany.
The franchise represents a significant move in to the embedded market for Nu Horizons. It will base its embedded business on its processor and FPGA lines from Atmel, Marvell and Xilinx.
According to a company spokesman the distributor will bring new lines to Europe this year to support the embedded business.
Nu Horizons becomes the eighth authorised distributor for Microsoft Windows Embedded in Europe.
The distributor has also become a Microsoft Windows Embedded Partner and will work with Microsoft OEM customers to offer training, product information and consultancy.
The Windows Embedded product portfolio includes: Windows Embedded CE real-time operating system; Windows Embedded Standard (the next generation of Windows XP Embedded); Windows Embedded POSReady; Windows Embedded Enterprise and Windows Embedded Server.