Mitsubishi Electronics Announces Support for the Network Computer; Assumes dual role as technology and manufacturing partner.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 17, 1996--The Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc., a leader in semiconductor and system-on-a-chip products for visual computing The use of computers for 3D modeling and animation. See visualization. , today announced it plans to become a technology and manufacturing partner of the Network Computer. The Network Computer is Oracle's implementation of easy-to-use, low cost computing devices based on open Internet standards See Internet Engineering Task Force. . Oracle and Partners to Define Network Computer Reference Profile Oracle and industry leaders formally joined at today's press conference to define a reference profile for standard Internet appliances for communications and commerce. The profile is intended to provide a common denominator of features and functions across a broad range of scaleable network computing devices (company) Network Computing Devices - (NCD) Producer of X terminals, PC-Xware and Z-Mail. http://ncd.com/. , enabling a whole new class of compatible, interoperable products. Mitsubishi to Focus on Semiconductor System-on-a-Chip Products The Network Computer effectively positions Mitsubishi Electronics to provide new and intellectual property-rich semiconductor IC products for the network-centric computing space. According to Stephen D. Hester, vice president of systems marketing for Mitsubishi Electronics America: "We believe numerous market-specific features and functions for Internet computing are going to emerge. This will result in various classes of network appliances, based on a myriad of specific end applications, that require compatibility and interoperability as well as stand-alone functionality. "For example, real-time patient health care administration, email communications and financial transaction management may be among the first types of applications for the Network Computer. The Network Computer Reference Profile enables such products and we envision opportunities to integrate the required electronic features and functionality in silicon chip set and system-on-a-chip products as well." Ranked among the world's top 10 gate array suppliers, Mitsubishi Electric already provides extensive, high-level subsystems in silicon. Three years ago, the company joined Sun Microsystems to develop the 3D-RAM See dynamic RAM. application-specific memory IC which is now at the heart of Sun's new Ultra Computing workstation graphics rendering subsystem. The 3D-RAM is a highly integrated graphics memory device with key functions integrated into one chip: 10 Mbits of DRAM, 2 Mbits of SRAM See static RAM. SRAM - static random-access memory cache, arithmetic logic unit See ALU. (ALU (Arithmetic Logic Unit) The high-speed CPU circuit that does calculating and comparing. Numbers are transferred from memory into the ALU for calculation, and the results are sent back into memory. Alphanumeric data are sent from memory into the ALU for comparing. ) to accelerate Z-buffer rendering and on-chip caching, compare unit and serial access memory (SAM) video buffers. Mitsubishi was also the second company to license Sun's Java technology and recently announced a highly integrated 32-bit MPU See microprocessor. , the M32R/D R/D Rate of Descent R/D Radius/Diameter R/D Resolver to Digital R/D Rig Down , with 2 Mbytes of on-chip DRAM and 4Kbytes of on-chip cache memory. In the near future, the company will port Java to the M32R/D microprocessor. The Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electronics America will serve as the central hub for Network Computer activities among the various companies that make up the global Mitsubishi Electric Corp. In addition to systems-on-a-chip, broader activities could also include the possible design and manufacture of network-centric devices aimed at industrial and consumer markets. About Mitsubishi Electronic Device Group Mitsubishi Electric Corp. and its North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. affiliate, Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc., are world-class suppliers of semiconductors and electronic products for visual computing. Mitsubishi combines its systems-level expertise and high-level silicon process technology to provide chip, chip-set, and system-on-a-chip solutions. The company is ranked among the top 10 worldwide semiconductor suppliers. Headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif., the Electronic Device Group of Mitsubishi Electronics America Inc. provides an extensive range of semiconductor-based products to the North American marketplace including ASICs, memory ICs, optoelectronic products, microwave GaAs FETs, MPEG (Moving Pictures Experts Group) An ISO/ITU standard for compressing digital video. Pronounced "em-peg," it is the universal standard for digital terrestrial, cable and satellite TV, DVDs and digital video recorders (DVRs). codecs The following is a list of codecs. Audio codecs Non-compression formats
Note to Editors: Mitsubishi and the Mitsubishi logo are registered trademarks of Mitsubishi Electric Corp. Oracle, NC, Network Computer and the Oracle logo are registered trademarks of Oracle Corp. Java is a trademark of JavaSoft Inc., a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems Inc. CONTACT: Mitsubishi Electronics America, Inc. Sherry L. Hill, 408/774-3188 or The Horn Group Mara Bartucca, 415/579-6400 |
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