Charmed Technology Announces The CharmIT Pro; 800MHz Processor Increases Speed and Processing Power.Business and Technology Editors ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2002 Charmed Technology launches the fastest available wearable computer See body-worn computer. . The CharmIT Pro development kit is powered by an 800MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. Transmeta Crusoe TM5800 processor. The benefits of the Transmeta Crusoe are fast processing power and extended capabilities for voice and multimedia. Charmed Technology revolutionized the wearable computer industry when they introduced the standard CharmIT in 2000. It was a fully working personal computer enclosed in a lightweight aluminum case and weighed around 1.75 pounds. The CharmIT had twice the battery life of other wearable designs. Using two standard camcorder batteries, the CharmIT has the longest runtime of any wearable computer. Now, Charmed Technology has improved upon their original design with the CharmIT Pro. The CharmIT Pro has 256 MB SDRAM (Synchronous DRAM) A type of dynamic RAM (DRAM) memory chip that has been widely used since the late 1990s. SDRAM chips eliminated wait states by dividing the chip into two cell blocks and interleaving data between them. and a 20 GB hard drive. A video controller, 3D audio, and 10/100 Ethernet are integrated in the motherboard, along with 4 serial ports and 2 USB ports. A 32-bit Mini PCI An extension of the PCI bus used in portable computers. Designed for peripherals such as modems and network adapters, Mini PCI cards are credit-card sized modules that snap onto the motherboard; they are not inserted into slots like PC Cards. expansion slot A receptacle inside a computer or other electronic system that accepts a printed circuit board. The number of slots determines future expansion. See PC data buses. (hardware) expansion slot - A connector in a computer into which an expansion card can be plugged. allows the addition of peripherals. Add on cards are available for dual IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 1394 firewire ports, BT848 video capture, 802.11 wireless LAN cards and additional LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. , audio or video equipment. Also available is the CharmIT Bundle. It completes the wearable system by adding the operating system, batteries, cables and charger, finger mouse, connector kit and a carrying bag. For the wearable user, Charmed also sells various input devices and head mounted displays. Charmed Technology is an MIT Media Labs spin-off who has been selling the CharmIT to the global development community for over two years. Charmed is dedicated to building cost effective, wireless and wearable solutions that are powerful, functional and fashionable. More information is available about Charmed Technology at www.charmed.com. Joe De Vita Vice President of Sales Charmed Technology, Inc. PHONE: 770-451-5224 EMAIL: sales@charmed.com URL: http://www.charmed.com PROFILE: http://www.eworldwire.com/profile/charmed.htm HTML: http://www.eworldwire.com/wr/041802/charmed.htm LOGO: http://www.eworldwire.com/profile/charmed.htm |
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