Kyocera Partners with IBM
In
a joint statement, IBM and Kyocera Mita Corp (KMC) have said that IBM’s
energy-efficient technology is being used throughout the latter’s
product line, and that this technology will be further harnessed in
order to enhance next-generation printers.
According
to reports, Kyocera, after having using a standard IBM PowerPC 750
processor, has been able to utilize advanced, customized IBM
technologies to bring printers to market faster.Besides, Kyocera also
employs IBM ASICs (Application Specific Integrated Circuits), with or
without Power Architecture technology cores, across their Work Group
systems, ranging from low-end monochrome single-function page laser
printers to high-performance, multi-function mono and color laser
systems.Moreover, as printers are upgraded, Kyocera merely upgrades the
IBM PowerPC processor with a faster model, using the same interface,
ASIC, and board design in order to obtain fast time-to-market for
system refresh cycles.Speaking at the occasion, Makoto Koga, executive
officer and senior general manager – corporate R&D division, KMC,
said, “IBM continues to provide Kyocera Mita with excellent
energy-efficient technology, while not compromising on
performance.””IBM’s rich IP portfolio allows Kyocera to add features
for differentiation at the system level, which helps enable Kyocera’s
printer technology to be more successful. And finally, IBM offers a
superior architecture for scalability from low-end to high-end
systems,” Koga said.Adding to it, Tom Reeves, vice president –
semiconductor products and technology services, IBM, said, “Companies
like Kyocera Mita are looking for lower-power, high-performance
solutions, and IBM has the answers. IBM provides the technologies to
make it easier for Kyocera to provide competitive systems in rapid time
to a constantlychangingmarket.”Interestingly, Kyocera was one of the
very first companies to understand the value of Power Architecture
technology for printers. Around ten years ago, the company took a
calculated risk, and re-designed its printer systems to use IBM
processors and ASIC technology.