Press Release
For Immediate Release
December 9, 2003
HI CORPORATION
Personal Media Co., Ltd.
3D Rendering Engine Released for TRON Market
"HI CORPORATION and Personal Media Reach Distribution Accord"
Mobile 3D rendering technology pioneer HI CORPORATION (head office: Meguro-ku, Tokyo; paid-in capital: 289.25 million yen; President & CEO: Kazuo Kawabata; http://www.hicorp.co.jp ; hereinafter "HI") and Personal Media Co., Ltd. (head office: Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo; paid-in capital: 10 million yen; president: Tatsuya Izumina; http://www.personal-media.co.jp/ ; hereinafter "PMC") announced an agreement providing for PMC to distribute HI's 3D rendering software engine, Mascot Capsule Engine Micro3D Edition destined for the TRON market. According to the agreement, HI will port Mascot Capsule Engine Micro3D Edition to the T-Engine board distributed by PMC, and in turn PMC will distribute embedded T-Engine boards to the TRON market. The two companies also intend to introduce each otherfs products together with their own products in a market development effort.
Through this alliance, HI's 3D rendering engine will operate on PMC's T-Engine board. Consequently, every customer environment employing T-Engine will also be able to use Mascot Capsule Engine Micro3D Edition. Users of various embedded devices employing T-Engine will be able to gain 3D rendering capability and embed 3D graphics applications on those devices.
The two companies intend to launch joint marketing efforts at the TRON SHOW 2004 opening on December 11.
| TRON SHOW2004 |
| Date |
11 (Thur.) - 13 (Sat.) December
10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Site |
Tokyo International Forum B7 |
| Our Booth |
A-6 |
| *At the Theatre Session (Site E) from 2:45 till 3:15 on December 11, Mr. Hirotaka Suzuki, Director of HI CORPORATION will lecture on "Embedded 3D technologies for the Ubiquitous Era." The session is open to show attendees. |
| About T-Engine |
| In order to achieve a "ubiquitous computing environment" assuring us of convenience, safety and comfort through a collaborative network of every computer-based appliance, "T-Engine" is a project aiming to bring greater efficiency and standardization to the development of a variety of embedded devices. In June 2002, 22 companies joined in launching the project. As of December 2003, the "T-Engine Forum" (chairperson: Ken Sakamura, professor at University of Tokyo, and head of YRP Ubiquitous Networking Research Institute) is active with as many as 280 companies and organizations participating. |
| About Personal Media Co., Ltd. |
| Personal Media Co., Ltd. is an independent software company established in 1980. Since joining the TRON Project during its initial stage, the company has been actively involved by releasing 16-bit BTRON-specification-based OS "1B Series," 32-bit multiple Chinese character version "Cho Kanji Series," and publishing a TRON-related technology journal "TRONWARE." The company is also actively involved in the T-Engine Forum as one of the organizers, and has released "T-Engine/SH7727 Development Kit" and self-developed middleware for T-Engine including "PMC T-Shell" in an effort to provide T-engine-derived total solutions. |
- TRON is short for "The Real-time Operating System Nucleus."
- TRON, BTRON, ITRON, eTRON, T-Engine, ?E^T-Engine, T-Monitor, T-Kernel are computer specification terms, and thus do not represent any specific products.
- Mascot Capsule is a registered trademark of HI CORPORATION.
- B-right is a registered trademark of Personal Media Co., Ltd.
- Cho Kanji (Super Chinese Characters) is a trademark of Personal Media Co., Ltd.
- product specifications, exterior images, and prices herein are current as of this release date, and subject to change at final market release. When purchasing, please confirm the latest information.
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