PIII 600Mhz / Bluethooth / USB Host in a DIN Unit

... see the attached jpg.

And it's not even April 1st yet!

Paul.

Paul Haigh, Reg. 4120
(mk1) 6GB, Blue, 00254
(mk2) 12GB, Red, 00357

dewd, that wood RAWK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rex

The slot to put your bread in appears to be missing.

I mean, a PIII-600? That thing will get rather warm... no room for a screen on it either!

Hugo

The slot to put your bread in appears to be missing.

As I'm reading your post, Sting's "Englishman in New York" was playing from a random shuffle on the empeg. At almost exactly the same time as I read this line, Sting is singing about "I like my toast done on one side".


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Tony Fabris

Well, 2-sided would mean a twin Pentium box ;)

Hugo

This product probably doesn't exist in any form but the jpg you posted.

Sean

Right, exactly what I was thinking.

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Tony Fabris

This product probably doesn't exist in any form but the jpg you posted.

I was thinking the same thing, but the image appears to be a scan of a physical printed document...

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Tony Fabris

The unit could be opened much like a CD-Drive using the small, long button that dominates the front plate. Not servo driven though - pull out, like laptop drives. One could insert a cd this way or have a closer look at the guts of this baby.
A standard 19" Monitor was connected, and showed a regular W2K screen at what seemed like a 1024x768 resolution. Sadayoshi Yoshida (I think), who demo'ed the unit to me said they yet have to find a suitable in-car display. Something like a 6.4" TFT i would guess.
He too let the MX9lbti connect to the Internet via some cell phone utilizing blue tooth... and had the unit dial a number on the phone.
However, for mp3 playback he used a copy of winamp operating it with one of those handheld trackballs. Not really something to fiddle around with while driving.

Seemed like this is a raw prototype with no comsumer-orientated software developed, just to see how well the technology works under these circumstances.

It has been displayed at the Cebit in Hannover. At the Kennwood Booth.
The image actually really is a scan from a page featuring the MX91lbti and another bluetooth enabled stereo. Both where at the Cebit.
I'll post the whole thing is anyone is interested...

Intel is releasing very low power PIII 500 chips here soon for many uses, including ultra-dense servers where 300 of these could be packed into a 42U rack. Right now, dual processor 1U systems have that up to 82. So maybe it's a similar PIII they plan on using. (Transmeta definitly kicked Intel into realising their current mobile solutions could be made better)

Transmeta definitly kicked Intel into realising their current mobile solutions could be made better

It would be a shame if Transmeta went down in history with only that to their credit. Anyone hear how they're doing?

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Tony Fabris

Transmeta is currently working with Microsoft apparently on the Tablet PC. Sony is using the chips in a few things, other companies are still looking into the chip. One is releasing a notebook with a Windows/Linux switch on the side that controls what OS it boots into.

I just can't wait for their non-mobile processors that can emulate almost any processor out there. I'd love a desktop that can switch from running Win2000, to Mac OS X, to Solaris 8, all on their native platforms. They are taking about the jump to 256 bit soon, and that will allow the Intel emulator they have now to throw 5 instructions through the chip per clock cycle. (8 in theory, but 5 in practice).

Funny, how music tends to match what's occurring around you.

You probably all seen the Volkswagen commercial where the scene moved with synchrony with the sound...

Calvin

Yes, but a Pentium's "low power" is still multiple watts per CPU, flat out. Fine in a 19" rack - have you seen the fan trays on full racks? ;)

Now, an Xscale (strongarm 2).... mmmm....

Hugo

Ehm, am I the only one ?

Either my eyes are worse then I thought or it says PII - 600 as in "pentium 2' ...

And for one thing, WINDOWS 2000 ? Talk about the all time 'lets burn resources fast'-os ...

Still, platform like that would run *nix nicely :)

Cheers,
Hans


Mk2 - Blue - 080000431

Acorn (original designers of the ARM CPU) used to sell an ARM platform called RiscPC. The case was quite cute - built on slices which clipped together, allowing you to configure any number of drive bays and expansions slots you wanted.

One Acorn bod built a Pizza Oven slice - a standard looking RiscPC slice until you opened the flap at the front and looked inside. It was lined top and bottom with Pentium processors, and some clever lighting made it look like they were glowing red - ready to cook some pizza.

I thought it was funny anyway.

Rob

Didn't they have a kitchen sink with working water pump on top... =)

Jazz
(List 112, Mk2 12 gig #40. Mk1 4 gig #30. Mk3 1.6 16v)

Would anyone really want to run Windos in their car ?
"Please open all doors to restart music ..."


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MKII 08000073 12GB BLUE

A new kind of road rage would develop.

#695 Mk2 BLUE&GRN&PUR 12Gig

I wonder if bullet holes would be covered under 'normal wear and tear' in the warranty?

-Z

just say you weren't paying much attention...