# History of video games/Platforms/Pepper Pad
## History
### Development

In January of 2002 Pepper computer was founded in Lexington, Massachusetts.
On December 17th, 2003 the Pepper Pad Wi-Fi Suite was announced. This hardware was later demoed at CES 2004.

### Launches

The Pepper Pad was launched in 2005.
The Pepper Pad 3 was launched in 2006.

### Legacy

Sales were not good, leading to the Pepper company downsizing in 2007.

## Pepper Pad Wi-Fi Suite Technology
### Compute

The Pepper Pad Wi-Fi suite is powered by an Intel XScale PXA255 clocked at 400 megahertz. This CPU was based on the strongARM architecture.
The Pepper Pad Wi-Fi suite has 256 megabytes of SDRAM.
The system has a 2D graphics accelerator on the LCD controller.

### Hardware

The Pepper Pad Wi-Fi suite has 32 megabytes of flash storage, and a 1.8 inch PCMCIA 5 gigabyte hard drive. An SD card slot is used for expandable storage.
The Pepper Pad has a 8.4 inch TFT LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 600 by 800 pixels.
The Pepper Pad Wi-Fi suite supports Wi-Fi b with dual antennas, and also supports bluetooth.
The Pepper Pad is powered by two lithium polymer batteries in series to provide a capacity of 3400mAh.

### Software

The Pepper Pad Wi-Fi Suite runs Linux 2.4 and supports Java applications.

## Pepper Pad 2 Technology
### Compute

The Pepper Pad 2 Intel XScale CPU is clocked at 624 megahertz.

### Hardware

The Pepper Pad 2 has a 20 gigabyte hard drive and an SD card slot.
The display of the Pepper Pad 2 is a 8.4" TFT touchscreen with a resolution of 800 by 600 pixels.
The Pepper Pad 2 has Wi-Fi g and Bluetooth.

### Software

The Pepper Pad 2 runs MontaVista Linux CEE.

## Pepper Pad 3 Technology
### Compute

The Pepper Pad 3 is powered by an AMD Geode LX800 processor clocked at 533 megahertz, and consuming between 0.9 and 1.8 watts of power. The system has 256 megabytes of RAM.

### Hardware

The Pepper Pad 3 has 20 gigabytes of hard drive storage.
The Pepper Pad 3 uses a 7" CCFL lit LCD touchscreen with a resolution of 800 by 480 pixels.
Communication supported include Wi-Fi b/g, Bluetooth 2 + EDR, and IrDA.
The system is powered by a lithium polymer battery, which lasts around two to four hours.

### Software

The Pepper Pad 3 runs Red Hat Linux with a kernel version 2.6.

## References

* 1 2 3 "MontaVista Linux Revs Up New Pepper Pad for Instant Sharing and Collaboration". www.businesswire.com. 5 January 2004.
* ↑ "Pepper Computer Launches The Pepper Pad; First Consumer Device to Combine Broadband Internet Access, Digital Media and Home Control in Convenient, Portable Form". www.businesswire.com. 19 May 2005.
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* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "Wayback Machine". web.archive.org. 17 April 2004.
* ↑ "Intel-PXA255 processor board is (much) smaller than a credit card".
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* 1 2 3 4 Sosik-Hamor, Sean (10 September 2004). "Pepper Pad 2 Linux Web Pad". Inert Ramblings. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
* 1 2 3 4 "Pepper Pad 3 - tablet - Linux 2.6 - 20 GB - 7" Series Specs". CNET. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
* 1 2 3 4 5 "Pepper Computer Pepper Pad 3 full specfications, info". www.umpcportal.com. Retrieved 6 November 2020.
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