PTSC&SUNW?Found this on yahoo..Anyone think it's worth a shot...thanks
PTSC is truly an
undiscovered little gem? a genuine sleeper. Although this is likely to
soon change. San Diego, California based Patriot Scientific Corp. has
begun marketing its patented PSC1000 microprocessor, the first
market-ready microprocessor for Java applications. Java is Sun
Microsystems' computer language for programs that users can run over
networks or in Internet applications. Java is ideal for implementing
small, network-connected embedded applications and excels at user
friendly interfaces. This is a burgeoning lucrative market, and the
applications stagger the imagination: hand-held personal digital
assistants (PDAs), 2-way video phones, internet cell phones,
interactive pagers, smart appliances, automotive control devices, and
industrial quality controllers. In fact, sources at Patriot Scientific
anticipate annual revenues from the PSC1000 to reach $100 million to
$200 million sometime in the next 5 years. Sound far fetched?
Stockprowler does not think so. The only competition on the immediate
horizon is Sun Microsystems with their Java chip, the MAJC, which in its
low-end configuration is expected to sell for around $50 when it
becomes available early this year. Contrast this with Patriot's PSC1000
which will be priced around $10 or less in large quantities. Furthermore,
the Sun MAJC is power hungry and consumes too much power to go into
handheld battery-powered devices. The PSC1000 by comparison is an
elegantly simple design? very efficient?and has low power
consumption. According to Electronic Engineering Times, the PSC1000
is a "highly integrated 32-bit CPU with two processors in one package:
a microprocessing unit for conventional processing tasks, and an
input/output processor" which can, with appropriate software, "replace
many dedicated peripheral functions." Furthermore, this design is made
even more unique by its dual stack architecture which is very efficient
for processing languages like Java.
Patriot Scientific has recently signed a distribution agreement with
Antratek Electonics of the Netherlands. Other distributors signed
include: Ineltek, Germany; Pantek Technology, Taiwan; RealVision,
Japan; Integrated Electronics, Finland; Microtronics, Southeast Asia:
Iridium Data, Israel, and Acetronix, Korea. Early last year, Patriot
Scientific also announced its first licensing agreement with VSAC, a
Japanese electronics industry association. |
