IBM and Kyocera Mita Corporation Collaborate to Develop Leading-Edge Printer Solutions

IBM and Kyocera Mita Corporation Collaborate to Develop Leading-Edge Printer Solutions

At the Design Automation Conference (DAC) here today, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Kyocera Mita Corporation (KMC) announced that IBM’s energy-efficient technology is being used throughout Kyocera’s award-winning printer product line today, and will continue to enhance next-generation printers.

Using a standard IBM PowerPC 750 processor, Kyocera has been able to utilize advanced, customized IBM technologies to bring printers to market faster. In addition, Kyocera 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.

As printers are upgraded, Kyocera, a member of Power.org, 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.

“IBM continues to provide Kyocera Mita with excellent, energy-efficient technology while not compromising performance,” said Makoto Koga, Executive Officer, Senior General Manager, Corporate R&D Division 3 of Kyocera Mita Corporation. “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.”

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