HEADS-UP: XYBR's CFO responded on Epson "Core-like" product. I think he is technically incorrect too. I was directed to this link where John Moynahan the XYBR CFO comments on the Epson product. It was this product which I found striking similar to the newly patented "Core".
Here was my evaluation of the two products.
Message 13272216
The CFO said this:
The Epson PC card contains the processor and video chip, but has no permanent storage. It is designed to be a motherboard in a standard PCMCIA form factor but it needs nonvolatile memory to work.
It is not a core and is not a threat to the core, which has processor and permanent memory so it can store operating system, applications software and data.
On the assumption that you are asking because of the attacks on the core patents on the main board, let me point out that if anything like the core was known by the US PTO at the time we filed the core patents, the core patents would not have been allowed.
Regards,
John
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Pretty interesting IMO.
But the Epson-PC card does indeed contain "...permanent memory so it can store operating system, applications software and data"----(actually according to the patent permanent memory is not the language used, it says "internal non-volatile storage means"
I would like to point out now that the Epson PC-Card series DOES INDEED HAVE NON-VOLATILE STORAGE MEANS
From the Epson Faq:
Question:
Can I write OS or application software to ROM on the CARD-PC ?
Answer:
Capacity of the built-in ROM is 256KB and 128KB out of that is used for BIOS.Thus,the remaining 128KB or so is available for the customer. A Specialized ROM Writer(DI05320) is prepared for writing OS or application software. If 128K is not enough (twice that of the best selling computer of all time, the Commodore 64), you can have 4 Megabytes of Non Volatile storage. "The CARD-486D4 series offers products having built-in flash memory of up to 4MB."
So, clearly IMO the product does indeed contain the non-volatile storage means that the CFO says must be contained within in.
If there is a delta between the two I can not find it... according to the patent wording.
Correct me if I am wrong, but if there is a boomerang on the market, I sure don't think I can patent it as a "ergonomic letter opener".
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