He added that the introduction of the necessary packet-switched environments by the major network operators is at least a year away. And the cost of delivering a mobile commerce transaction is less than 12p.
The processors have access to 64GB of memory and 96 I/O channels, which, Unisys says, can be fully exploited thanks to the CMP technology's use of a 'crossbar' switching technique, which replaces the bus system used in its rivals' products.
Packet based GPRS services are poised to deliver packet billed applications with better bandwidth than circuit-switched WAP, but the interim nature of the technology and hype-bred anticipation promise heavy weather.
The company's chip sets must use an independently developed bus - the data path that connects the processor to main memory - and feature an independently developed pin structure, the tiny wireless that let a chip plug into a motherboard.
The move from circuit- to packet-switched IP networks leaves communications companies in a strange position. It was the need for computer communication that created the packet switched philosophy to obviate the need for 100 per cent dedicated...
It will also be paired with a slower bus, which connects the processor to the memory. The cache and bus reductions coming in Thorton fit the more traditional pattern of adjusting chips, but with at least one distinction: typically, the stumped...