If ViewSonic has its way, its informationappliances will soon be just that kind of prestige item.
FORBES: ViewSonic: Information Appliances Are Luxury Items
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Why on the list: arm is the main designer of RISC (reduced instruction set computing) chips used in such battery-powered informationappliances as handlheld PCs and mobile phones.
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That's a hard act to follow, but it looks like he'll be getting a shot as the new CEO of Ambient Devices, makers of the Orb and other friendly glowing informationappliances.