DisplayLink's graphics systems, HP's USB hardware and Microsoft's Windows Multipoint Server combine to give the latest incarnation of the Hubster concept.
DisplayLink grew out of the original Ndiyo thin-client work, so it's great to see the company returning to its roots!
Just over two years ago, we described and did our first demonstrations of what became known as 'Hubster' - a terminal based on a USB hub. By simply plugging in USB peripherals you can turn a single-user machine into a multi-user machine.
Ndiyo 'has a lower profile than a number of its AT&T peers and has not raised the VC millions of Virata, Level 5 Networks, Ubisense or Cambridge Broadband, for example, but looks set to make a truly global impact.'
Newnham Research, the
company which grew out of Ndiyo three years ago and makes the
technology that we've been using in most of our thin client
experiments so far, has formally changed its name to DisplayLink. We wish them all the
best for their new brand!
Widespread media interest in the so-called '$100 laptop' (OLPC) project has prompted many inquiries to Ndiyo about how the two projects are related. The answer is that while both are aimed at tackling aspects of the 'digital divide', they are based on radically different philosophies.
DisplayLink's graphics systems, HP's USB hardware and Microsoft's Windows Multipoint Server combine to give the latest incarnation of the Hubster concept.
DisplayLink grew out of the original Ndiyo thin-client work, so it's great to see the company returning to its roots!
Just over two years ago, we described and did our first demonstrations of what became known as 'Hubster' - a terminal based on a USB hub. By simply plugging in USB peripherals you can turn a single-user machine into a multi-user machine.