Meanwhile Hitachi Ltd says it is to join Kalieda Labs Inc, the joint venture between IBM Corp and Apple Computer Inc to exploit multimedia technology. Hitachi was one of six Japanese companies invited to invest in Kaleida (CI No 1,931), and of the other five, only Toshiba Corp has so far stuck its head above […]
Meanwhile Hitachi Ltd says it is to join Kalieda Labs Inc, the joint venture between IBM Corp and Apple Computer Inc to exploit multimedia technology. Hitachi was one of six Japanese companies invited to invest in Kaleida (CI No 1,931), and of the other five, only Toshiba Corp has so far stuck its head above the parapet with an agreement with Apple to license Kaleida technology and use it in jointly developed products; others invited to join were Matsushita Electric Industrial Co, Sharp Corp, Sony Corp and NEC Corp.
