With several product launches, the company enhanced its embedded processor division this quarter.

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The robots are controlled by an 8-bit Hitachi processor embedded in an oversized Lego brick called the RCX.

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Clarke offered few details, but he said the technology relies on a second processor and an embedded Linux system that allows users to bypass Windows to surf the Web, check e-mail and calendar, and view attachments the moment users flip up a laptop's lid.

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"The VIA EPIA-P910 features the most advanced technology from VIA with the latest VIA VX11H MSP and VIA QuadCore E-Series processor, " said Epan Wu Head of the VIA Embedded Platform Division, VIA Technologies, Inc.

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The minimalist approach has helped MIPS find licensees selling processor for networking devices and other embedded devices.

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