Halla - The chip - by Parthus...
(There is fresh new information which I've found, I'm not just here for pushing an other stock, do your own research...)
Parthus future seems to get bigger day by day.
Parthus designed partly the " Halla " new system-on-chip for Psion.
( usual suspect is now Parthus...and the 'peripherals' in Halla seems to be in first stage GPS positioning system, MP3 and Bluetooth - other multimedia and value added IP will follow )
Psion has on other subcontrator in Bluetooth, namely Widecom u.s.a (privat) and this is a bit sketsy..
So parthus is not not supplying the Bluetooth IP for alone says sources.
Parthus (former SSL Dublin) is Psions partner in developing IP for future Arm chips.
And they say it was Parthus who developed the new chip codename Halla.
Psion licensed Bluetoothmodules for Compag and sources say this was Widecom's IP not Parthus IP.
But cellphones are different animals, and Blueooth has plenty of applications in them. Waiting more news for clearer picture etc...
Parthus will be found inside the most of the the next generation cellphones, but not alone, offcourse...
( By the way to the moon Parthus..shh )
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What I didin't that time was Psion used Parthus IP ( former SSL Dublin ) on HALLA . Nothing to do with Symbian alliance basicly.
theregister.co.uk
This is my recent found Halla - Psion - Parthus (former SSL Dublin) story:
Psion produces surprise ARM plus, gets GSM phone tech
By John Lettice
Posted: 01/03/2000 at 07:15 GMT
Just a month after their last development agreement Psion and Motorola have signed a cross-licensing deal. And this time, Psion is going silicon - the Psion half of the deal includes a "next generation processor." This is quite possibly one of the largest rabbits Psion has ever pulled out of its corporate hat. Also one of the most satirical, given that Halla is a very strange name for a processor. Psion must be hoping that NatSemi system on chip evangelist Brian Halla has a better sense of humour than some of the gurus Apple has crossed codenames with in the past. The Psion announcement is sketchy on precisely what Halla is, but sources tell us it's an ARM9 with extra peripherals, including IrDA, USB and DMA. It's being fabbed by Samsung at 0.25 micron, and will tape out in the next few months.
Dublin-based SSL is designing some of the peripherals and integrating existing blocks.
( = now Parthus...and the 'peripherals' are GPS positioning system, MP3 and Bluetooth )
Depending on how good and unique Hall's design is, it prosably means that Psion has got something the generality of Symbian shareholders and licensees have not got (cue gnashing of teeth in Scandinavia), and fancies some of that ARM stock momentum. In addition to its own, of course. It's also a reminder that Psion itself is rather different from the other Symbian partners in that it has a lot of ARM integration experience. Motorola's role as Psion's new special friend involves giving Psion a licence to its triple-band GSM cellular communication module, which means that Psion has decent wireless technology at last, and can therefore build phones. Psion licences Big M Halla, which means that once Motorola's developers have stopped phoning up NatSemi and giggling they can build killer ARM-based wireless PDAs and communicators. Halla, according to Psion "is designed to optimise the performance of products based on Symbian's EPOC technology platform. The processor is designed for low power applications but can operate at speeds of up to 200 MHz. Halla is notable as being among the fastest, lowest-power and smallest-footprint processors in its class." ®
Psion - Parthus - Blueooth IP gets Compaq as licensees
Psion to add Bluetooth tech to Compaq kit
By: John Lettice
Posted: 27/06/2000 at 14:34 GMT
Psion Connect, formerly Psion's stricken modem subsidiary Psion Dacom, looks a lot healthier today after its second major Bluetooth deal, with Compaq this time. The company is to develop and supply Bluetooth technology for use in Compaq notebooks and desktops.
Psion Connect announced a similar deal with Dell last month, so just has to pick off one or two more of the major PC manufacturers to start looking like a pivotal force in Bluetooth technology supply. Which is a distinct improvement from looking like a modem company that was going to get into deep doo if it didn't figure out what to do to survive the decline of the PC Card modem.
The Compaq deal, according to Psion, will result in products in 2001, but the company plans to start shipping Bluetooth gear later this year. In April Psion Connect struck a partnership agreement with US Bluetooth specialist Widcomm, for the use of the latter's Bluetooth protocol stacks and reference designs.
This is intended to result in both PC Card and USB Bluetooth adapters by Q3. |
