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To: Logain Ablar who wrote (9829)	8/13/2001 2:17:10 PM
From: James Connolly	Respond to of 10309

Tim, We will have to wait and see. The Intel IDF which starts at the end of this month might offer some additional insight. Here's an article from the EETimes which mentions Windows CE. There seems to be some disagreement on the exact cause of the sluggishness of the system. Read and make up your own mind. Cadillac backs out of car 'infotainment' system eet.com "Some engineers familiar with the project, however, claim that the real sticking point was the Windows CE operating system. The design team is believed to have employed Windows CE version 2.11 or 2.12. Both versions lack the real-time capabilities of the more recent version 3.0. Still, some engineers believe that any version of CE would have been problematic. "When you come right down to it, the problem was the operating system," said an engineer who asked not to be named. "I don't care if Windows CE has been updated; it would still be a problem." But engineers from GM, Microsoft and Delphi all said the latency issue has since been resolved, and some were baffled by Cadillac's reticence to use its Infotainment System. "The Windows CE implementation has passed all of the [quality assurance] and technical tests that were set forth by Delphi on the basis of GM's requirements," said Ed Lansinger, a product manager for Microsoft's Embedded & Appliance Platforms Group. "There is no Windows CE-related software reason for the system's not coming to market." Delphi Automotive also said it plans to keep using Windows CE in its automotive infotainment products. GM's technical teams, which did much of the development work for Cadillac, said that they continue to keep the Infotainment product in the company's "technical portfolio," which means that it could still be used by Buick, Oldsmobile, Chevrolet, Pontiac, Saturn or any other vehicle division of GM". Regards JC.