Trolltech and NEC Electronics Cooperate to Provide an Attractive GUI Solution for Embedded Linux on MIPS.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers LinuxWorld Conference & Expo SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 9, 2000 Trolltech today announced plans to provide a complete graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) solution to hardware manufacturers using 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. Electronics' (Nasdaq:NIPNY) VR Series(TM) 64-bit MIPS (Million Instructions Per Second) The execution speed of a computer. For example, .5 MIPS is 500,000 instructions per second; 100 MIPS is a hundred million instructions per second. (R) 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. microprocessors. Qt/Embedded, Trolltech's GUI application framework for embedded Linux, has been adapted to run on NEC's evaluation boards featuring the VR4100(TM) family of processors. The VR4100 processors' high speed, low power consumption and high integration make them ideal for use in portable handheld systems. In addition, these microprocessors provide stability and scalability to manufacturers of embedded devices. "There is an increasing demand for Linux-based system solutions," said Hogne Tjemsland, Trolltech Qt/Embedded product manager. "Trolltech can offer Qt/Embedded support to industry leaders like NEC and in turn NEC will be able to offer an attractive Linux-based graphical user interface solution to their customers." Trolltech will hold the official product launch for Qt/Embedded at the LinuxWorld expo at the San Jose Convention Center, which will run from August 15 to 17. Qt/Embedded will be demonstrated on NEC's VR4181(TM) based reference platform and VR4121(TM) based Casio Cassiopeia E-105. Qt/Embedded, which is completely independent of the X Windows system (X11), allows for significant memory/power savings and additional features like anti-aliased text and alpha blended pixmaps. "NEC Electronics is committed to supporting Linux. We are pleased that Trolltech is supporting embedded developers with the tools needed to implement next-generation Linux applications using NEC's VR4100 family of processors," said Karl Auker, assistant general manager of the VR Series microprocessors business unit at NEC. "Trolltech's GUI solution in combination with NEC's processors expand the options for system designers looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. more complete solutions." About Trolltech Trolltech provides high quality software components that enable customers to develop efficient, maintainable commercial-grade software. The flagship product, Qt offers a cross-platform graphical user interface toolkit that is a fully object-oriented and easily extensible C++ application framework that enables rapid building of state-of-the-art GUI applications. Qt has formed the basis of many successful commercial applications worldwide, as well as being the basis for the KDE (K Desktop Environment) A GUI-based user interface primarily for Unix and Linux machines, but also available for Windows and Mac. The source code is freely distributed and is maintained by developers around the world. Linux desktop environment. Trolltech is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, with offices in Brisbane, Australia, and Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. . |
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