Crusoe-Based Internet Appliance Delivered by Hitachi.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 2000 Hitachi, Ltd. today announced that it will immediately begin shipping its Crusoe-based Internet appliance Also called "information appliance," "smart appliance," and "Web appliance," it is a device specialized for accessing the Web and/or e-mail. Designed for ease of use, it plugs into a telephone jack or LAN connection for Internet hookup. in Japan. The company also plans to introduce the product in the U.S. as the result of demand at Comdex. "Hitachi's new device lets you put the Internet in your hand and surf the web with the stroke of a pen," said Dave Ditzel, chief executive officer, Transmeta Corporation. "Transmeta's Crusoe microprocessor allows Hitachi to put all the performance of a PC into a handheld computer A computing device that can be easily held in one hand while the other hand is used to operate it. The Palm devices are a popular example. See Palm, smartphone and palmtop. with up to seven hours of battery life." The Hitachi FLORA-ie 55mi includes the following features: -- Extended use: Up to seven hours of battery life. -- Easy interface: Pen input with a user-friendly menu. -- Connectivity: One touch buttons connect user to the web and e-mail. -- Functionality: Mobile phone interface, wireless LAN, and a modem. -- Reliability: Compact flash instead of a hard drive; runs mobile Linux operating system. -- 400MHz Crusoe microprocessor from Transmeta. -- 800x600 SVGA TFT LCD screen. -- 128 megabytes of ROM; 192 megabytes of RAM. About Transmeta Corporation Founded in 1995, Transmeta is a public company based in Santa Clara, Calif. Transmeta develops, in concert with its OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and customers, platform solutions for the mobile Internet Refers to gaining access to the Internet using a lightweight, handheld device. See Mobile IP, PDA, smartphone and mobile TV. computing market. Transmeta markets and sells the Crusoe processor An x86-based CPU chip from Transmeta that is designed for Internet appliances and other handheld devices that require batteries. It consumes significantly less power than mobile x86 chips from Intel, AMD and others because it places more of the processing burden on the software. solution as the engine for a new class of computers. Crusoe is built to run the large installed base of PC software applications with high performance and longer battery life. To learn more about Transmeta or Crusoe, visit our website at www.transmeta.com. |
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