Fujitsu and Access Jointly Develop 32-bit RISC-based Internet Solutions for Information Appliances Market.SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 15, 1998--Fujitsu and Access announced that both companies had agreed to jointly develop embedded Internet solutions for the rapidly growing information appliances market. Access' comprehensive Internet software solution NetFront(TM) will be integrated into Fujitsu's FR series of powerful 32-bit RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. controllers as a cost-effective turn-key solution for information appliances such as TVs, PDAs, mobile phones, digital cameras and car navigation systems. "Fujitsu's FR series of RISC controllers are the most widely used controllers for the digital camera market. By developing information appliances solution with Access, which is the pioneer of information appliances software, Fujitsu will be able to further expand the market share of FR in this competitive microprocessor market," said Naoyuki Akikusa, president of Fujitsu. FR series are micro-controllers for next generation information devices based on RISC data processing power and embedded technology, to maximize the experience of 16-bit microprocessors. FR series are developed with advantages such as: -0-
-- High processing power
-- Low power consumption
-- Necessary CISC instructions in addition to standard RISC
instructions designed for embedded systems
-- Efficient object size -- 16-bit fixed length instructions and 160
instructions are compacted and optimized for embedded systems
-- Rich peripheral functions
-0- "We have an aggressive rollout plan starting with the first reference board of FR and NetFront to be released in August," said Toru Arakawa, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Access, "The second phase will include communications interfaces such as IrDA, IrMC, USB USB in full Universal Serial Bus Type of serial bus that allows peripheral devices (disks, modems, printers, digitizers, data gloves, etc.) to be easily connected to a computer. , and 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. We will deliver a secure smart phone design based on FR40 CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. , Compact NetFront(TM), and IrMC for the next generation cellular phone market." ACCESS NETFRONT 2.0 NetFront 2.0 is a modularized, comprehensive embedded software suite for designing consumer Internet appliances. NetFront offers system designers a cost-effective, turnkey solution with software modules and open APIs that consist of a WWW browser, Email, PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) The most popular method for transporting IP packets over a serial link between the user and the ISP. Developed in 1994 by the IETF and superseding the SLIP protocol, PPP establishes the session between the user's computer and the ISP using , HTML HTML in full HyperText Markup Language Markup language derived from SGML that is used to prepare hypertext documents. Relatively easy for nonprogrammers to master, HTML is the language used for documents on the World Wide Web. parser, HTTP HTTP in full HyperText Transfer Protocol Standard application-level protocol used for exchanging files on the World Wide Web. HTTP runs on top of the TCP/IP protocol. , TCP/IP TCP/IP in full Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol Standard Internet communications protocols that allow digital computers to communicate over long distances. , FTP, SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol) The standard e-mail protocol on the Internet and part of the TCP/IP protocol suite, as defined by IETF RFC 2821. SMTP defines the message format and the message transfer agent (MTA), which stores and forwards the mail. , POP and other network communication modules. It supports the latest WWW WWW or W3: see World Wide Web. (World Wide Web) The common host name for a Web server. The "www-dot" prefix on Web addresses is widely used to provide a recognizable way of identifying a Web site. standard specifications. Other complementary modules include JV-Lite(tm), a clean-room Java compliant Virtual Machine module; encryption module for information appliances (Crypt module) and compact Secure Socket Layer (SSL) module; and Internet Personal Information Manager (PIM) function. ACCESS COMPACT NETFRONT Compact NetFront is a Compact HTML-based browser. Compact HTML is a subset of HTML 4.0 designed to take advantage of the device's usability and limited hardware resources such as smart phones and PDAs. Compact HTML was developed by Access together with the cooperation of Sony, NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. , Fujitsu, Matsushita, and Mitsubishi. Compact HTML was proposed and accepted as a submission by the W3C in early 1998. The objectives of Compact HTML are to meet the Internet standards and the design requirements of embedding Internet technologies into hardware-limited Information appliances. It establishes a design framework for device manufacturers, service providers, carriers, and software and content developers. Thus, developers can easily reuse or develop HTML-based content with HTML software development tools for a Compact HTML-based browser. Compact NetFront will be deployed commercially in Japan in late 1998 for Internet-based cellular phones. ABOUT ACCESS Access, headquartered in Tokyo, with an office in Santa Clara, is a leading Internet software company with its flagship products NetFront and Compact NetFront. Since its inception, Access has established close working relationships with leading worldwide consumer electronics companies. Over a million units of software licenses have been shipped and adopted by more than 20 major consumer appliances makers for TVs, set top boxes, word processors, PDAs, car navigation systems, cellular and PHS (Personal Handyphone System) A TDMA-based cellular phone system introduced in Japan in mid-1995. Operating in the 1880-1930 MHz band, PHS uses microcells that cover an area only 100 to 500 meters in diameter, resulting in lower equipment costs but requiring more base phones, and dedicated terminals. Note to Editors: AVE and NetFront are registered trademarks of Access Co., Ltd. in Japan. JV-Lite and Compact NetFront are trademarks of Access Co., Ltd. Java and all Java-based trademarks and logos are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other corporate and product names are trademarks of their respective holders. CONTACT: Access Co., Ltd. Joe Leung, 408/560-6090 (U.S.) joeleung@aol.com Masahito Koike, 03-3233-0200 (Japan) koike@access.co.jp http://www.access.co.jp/ or Fujitsu Ltd. Umano Hirano, 03-3215-5236 pr_mailbox@hq.fujitsu.co.jp http://www.fujitsu.co.jp/ |
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