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Subject: Re: PDA hits 100,000+ NPS

Author: Timothy J. Frohlick

Date: 18:37:58 10/03/03

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Mike,

Even though the Dell Axim V looks like a PDA, it is not a PDA. The machine is a
portable pocket computer. I have stated that the next phase in computing is a
pocket PC with the ability to dock with graphics stations that will be
ubiquitous. We are looking at machines that are fifty times as powerful as the
desktop workstations in engineering and design companies that fit in your pocket
and use relatively little "juice".

Isn't this getting exciting?


TJF


On October 03, 2003 at 20:13:05, Mike Byrne wrote:

>A Dell Axim 400 Mhz (OS Mobile 2003) (overclocked to 472 mhz)  hit 107,566 nodes
>per second while testing a beta chess program.  While I am not privilge to name
>the program, it will be a significant update for PDA's that run Mobile 2003 on a
>X-scale processor.  Early indications are that this is 3.4x faster than the
>previously released version running on View Sonic X-Scale 300 Mhz x-scale
>running on OS PPC 2002.
>
>A combination of X-scale optimizations in the program, the Mobile 2003 OS and
>the fast performace of an Axim 400 Mhz running at 472Mhz result in this very PC
>like performance. (granted, not a fast PC by today's standard - but 100K nps is
>nothing to sneeze at coming from a PDA)
>
>More details to come when permitted.
>
>Best,
>
>Michael



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