Kansas City, MO — (press release excerpt) — Arcom has announced that Espial has selected the Arcom SBC-Geode-GXM based EBX form-factor single-board computer board as the hardware basis of the Espial TotalIA, a Linux+Java based Internet appliance reference platform.

The SBC-Geode-GXM is an EBX compliant board, based on the MMX-enhanced 233MHz Geode processor. It comes fully loaded with all standard PC interfaces as well as a full range of multi media features: CRT/LCD video, Ethernet, Flash disk, touchscreen, dual USB, and soundblaster audio. Expansion is provided via a PC/104 interface.

Espial's TotalIA reference system integrates all core technologies — including both hardware and a software stack — to help manufacturers of Internet appliances and other smart devices get their products to market faster with lower risks.

The reference platform includes Tao Group's Java Virtual Machine, Espial's DeviceTop Java technology-based application and service platform as well as the embedded Linux operating system and the National Semiconductor Geode based processor board as supplied by Arcom.

Arcom's Embedded Linux is a pre-defined build of Linux based on the Red Hat 6.2 distribution. It has been optimized for use on Arcom hardware platforms and is pre-loaded and configured into the embedded flash. It offers a compact version of Linux with a proven background combined with a high reliability flash filing system.

Espial also provides core applications such as the full-featured Espial Escape web browser, Ebox email and Assistant personal information management technologies. Additional features include full service delivery, remote device upgrade and management capabilities, together with rich multimedia support for Macromedia Flash and MP3 -- all in total footprint of less than 14 MB.

 
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