Title :
Low power hardware for a high performance PDA
Author_Institution :
Apple Comput. Inc., Cupertino, CA, USA
Abstract :
The first product in the Apple Newton family of personal digital assistants (PDAs) operates under severe constraints in the areas of performance, cost, heat dissipation, power consumption, scalability, size and weight. This paper gives an overview of the Newton MessagePad system hardware, and focuses on the techniques and tradeoffs used to overcome these constraints. In particular, synergetic migration of functions from hardware to software and vice-versa is discussed.<>
Keywords :
Apple computers; computer evaluation; cooling; microcomputers; notebook computers; power consumption; Apple Newton MessagePad system hardware; cost constraints; heat dissipation; high performance PDA; low power hardware; personal digital assistants; power consumption; scalability; size; synergetic function migration; weight; Costs; Energy consumption; Energy management; Hardware; Memory management; Permission; Personal digital assistants; Power system management; Reduced instruction set computing; Scalability;
Conference_Titel :
Compcon Spring '94, Digest of Papers.
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-5380-9
DOI :
10.1109/CMPCON.1994.282933
