Source: Gigamix online
Tao Systems have released a new version of Intent, their platform independant Operating System. Intent can function as an extra layer on top of an ordinary OS like Windows, Windows Mobile, Linux, Symbian or Nucleus. Intent can also run natively, directly on hardware, without needing any OS. This way software developed for Intent runs on several different platforms without modifications. Furthermore Intent adds an open documented development platform for multimedia and internet, which makes it interesting for e.g. smartphones.
Intent 2 features a brandable control center programmable in a variety of languages like C, C++, JAVA, JavaScript or Binary portable assembler. It contains a browser optimized for small screen devices, a sound system containing a wavetable MIDI player and an audio part that can handle MP3, WAV, ADPCM, OGG etc. Graphical capabilities are boosted by an engine capable of 2D, 3D, vector and video streaming. An OpenGL ES 1.0 API is included, and so is an anti-aliased font engine.
Intent supports several processor architectures including ARM (7, 8, 9, XScale, TI OMAP, Motorola, ...), SH (2, 3, 4, DSP, Mobile), MIPS (R3/4/5000), PowerPC (Motorola and IBM), ST (20 and 40), Meta and x86.
MSXPLAYer, the official MSX Emulator runs on Intent OS and probably Intent will play a role on the one-chip MSX as well. A lot of information in this newspost was taken from the Intent 2 Whitepaper which can be found on the Tao website.
Relevant link: Tao Systems UK
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