Hi,
  For those of you in the area, squeak is mentioned.  Me, it's a 12+
hr flight :-(




http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee380/

Computer Systems Laboratory Colloquium 

4:15PM, Wednesday, February 24, 1999 
NEC Auditorium, Gates Computer Science Building B03 

Itsy: A Platform for Pocket Computing Research 

Bill Hamburgen
Compaq Computer Corporation, Western Research Laboratory 

About the talk:

Itsy is a small handheld computer based on the fast, low-powered,
StrongARM SA-1100 microprocessor.  Our current prototype runs at
200MHz on a pair of AAA cells, and sports a tiny, high-resolution LCD
with touchscreen, an audio codec, and up to 64MB of memory.

Itsy is designed to be an flexible platform for research projects
ranging from OS power management to novel gesture and speech-based
user interfaces. The base Itsy hardware provides a flexible interface
for adding a custom daughtercard, enabling a wide range of hardware
projects such as wireless networking, cameras and alternate
displays. Itsy supports the Linux OS and standard GNU tools,
facilitating the development of kernel and application software, as
well as ports of existing packages. Recently, Squeak (Smalltalk-80)
and Java environments have also become available on Itsy.

My talk will outline the motivation for the project, describe details
of the current hardware and software, and suggest areas where further
work is needed to further the usefulness and acceptance of small,
truly personal electronic appliances.

About the speaker:

Bill Hamburgen is a researcher at Compaq's (formerly Digital
Equipment's) Western Research Lab in Palo Alto. He initiated and leads
the Itsy pocket computing project. His earlier work focused on
packaging high-powered microelectronic components and systems. His
awards include Best Paper of Conference at the 1992 IEEE ECTC for
"Packaging a 150W Bipolar ECL Microprocessor", a B+ grade from Mark
Horowitz in EE271 "Intro to VLSI Systems" and 22 issued US patents. He
has mechanical engineering degrees from MIT and Stanford. Other
interests include helping raise a toddler, endless home remodeling
projects, and occasional jam sessions, hiking, biking, skiing and
autocrossing.

Contact information:

Bill Hamburgen
Compaq Computer Corporation
Western Research Laboratory
250 University Avenue, Palo Alto, CA 94301
1-650-617-3329
1-650-617-3374
bill.hamburgen at compaq.com 

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