Pixo

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For the Nissan automobile, see Nissan Pixo.

Pixo was a company that developed infrastructure for wireless systems. Paul Mercer left Apple in 1994 to found Pixo. The company developed a system software toolkit in C++ which was later adopted by Apple for use in the iPod. Apple continues to use Pixo OS technology in currently shipping models.[citation needed] The use of the Pixo OS in the iPod was never formally announced, although the first-generation iPod's "About iPod" display includes a mention of Pixo, and a Connectix biography of their VP of engineering Mike Neil mentions his role as "lead architect on the Pixo OS that is used in ... the Apple iPod".[1] Apple acquired the Pixo OS shortly after shipping the iPod and removed mention of Pixo from the "About iPod" display with a firmware update to the first-generation iPod. In 2003 Sun Microsystems bought Pixo Inc.

On April 9, 2007, Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced the shipment of its 100 millionth iPod,[2] making the Pixo OS one of the most widely used embedded operating systems.

The Pixo application framework is written in the C++ programming language.[3]

[edit] References

  1. ^ About Connectix (at Internet Archive)
  2. ^ http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2007/04/09ipod.html
  3. ^ List of C++ applications, maintained by C++ creator Bjarne Stroustrup

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