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To: lkj who wrote (8154)	7/31/2000 2:09:51 PM
From: the hube	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 10309

From WRS JavaOne conference summary wrs.com Across the hall was Hitachi, which showed off its SH-4 family of microprocessors. Many of the world’s digital consumer electronics systems -- from digital cameras to webpads -- already use the SH family of 32-bit CPUs. But as if to underscore Hitachi’s growing strength in car information systems, its demo was none other than that of both native and Java application code simulating a car information and navigation system running on its SH-4 evaluation board. Interestingly enough, the application code was on loan from Xanavi Informatics, one of the world’s major original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) for car information systems. Xanavi, a Wind River customer, also happens to be a Hitachi/Nissan joint venture, so there appears to be a link back to Hitachi.

To: lkj who wrote (8154)	7/31/2000 3:57:26 PM
From: James Connolly	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 10309

Hardened OS eyes high availability techweb.com Found this WIND article on OS availability. *********************************************************** I had a listen to the Qualcomm/Ford webcast. Here are a few points I picked up. 1. The Wingcast system will use a thin client/sever ASP scheme. 2. The design cycle for cars is 3-4 years but the design cycle for electronics is much shorter (Moore's law). The design cycle for cars becomes a limiting factor. By this I mean that a system installed in the car will have to have a useful life of quite a number of years. In order to decouple the design cycle of cars from that of the electronics, the system is designed to be software (and hardware ?) upgradable. (At least that's the way I interpreted it). 3. The user interface will tend to be voice or touch screen. The look of the interface will be highly customisable depending on the type of car and brand of car. A job for Cirrus ? Note: The CEO of Wingcast is ex-Microsoft, make of that what you want. Regards JC.