Parthus and Psion unveil 'breakthrough' chip
Wed, 18 Oct 2000 09:30:13 GMT
Matthew Broersma
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Ireland's Parthus Technologies Wednesday announced a breakthrough in chip design it hopes could thrust it to the forefront of the mobile communications revolution.
Parthus unveiled a single chip computer design called Infostream, which could drive a broad range of next generation mobile devices such as phones and Internet appliances.
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Parthus made it clear that despite a rocky start for "converged" mobile devices, such as the unpopular WAP (wireless application protocol), the company is focussed on a future of mobile computing. "We are entering the era of mobile, connected computing and communication," said Brian Long, chief executive officer of Parthus, in a statement.
"By delivering the mobile Internet on a chip, InfoStream helps bring us closer to the true pervasiveness of next generation Smartphones that will harness the power of the Internet, the PC and the mobile phone through one handheld device."
An industry observer said InfoStream is well suited to such next-generation gadgets. "With the growth of mobile data services expected to skyrocket within the next few years, the Parthus InfoStream platform... is well positioned to be a major market player in the next generation of Internet enabled mobile devices," said Allen Nogee, senior analyst at Cahners In-Stat Group, in a prepared statement.
Psion is the principal mover in the Symbian alliance, which aims to build smartphones based on Psion's EPOC operating system, and which released its first product last month in the form of an Ericsson PDA/mobile phone.
Other players in the smartphone space include Microsoft, Intel, Motorola, Palm and others.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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