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NextBend’s Modular Technology Ushers in New Era of Computer Design

Posted: 8/22/2002

Posted By:	RFB Communications Group, Inc.		Contact:	Elizabeth Roop
Phone:	813-259-0345		Email:	lroop@rfbcommunications.com

SARASOTA, Fla. -- (Aug. 22, 2002) -- Personal computers have remained fundamentally the same since their introduction to the consumer market -- a box filled with a collection of off-the-shelf components and a single operating system to run multiple applications from multiple third-party developers, all of which require constant support, upgrades and replacements with equally problematic hardware and software. But Next Bend, Inc. has the patented technology to change all that.

“In the beginning, it may have made sense for the personal computer to be an all-in-one solution, but that design is no longer practical,” says Tom Orr, NextBend’s founder and CEO. “Stuffing too many functions into one box results in early obsolescence and makes today’s computers more difficult and costly to maintain. Consumers are just plain tired of throwing good money after bad to keep their systems functioning at even marginal levels.”

End users aren’t the only ones “feeling the pain,” either. As consumers have grown more intolerant of the need to invest more time and money into keeping their systems updated and operational, sales have declined and the industry as a whole has felt the pinch.

“The excessive complexity and instability of today’s one-box computer design is the result of 30 years of incremental modifications,” says NextBend CTO Mark Hewitt. “Our patented modular technology eliminates that complexity and creates a stable, reliable system. By addressing consumer frustrations and the need for this industry to move to the next level, we have created a technology with the potential to usher in the next generation in personal computers.”

A modular solution to an industry crisis
Called the Stackable Deck™, NextBend’s technology allows manufacturers to create computer systems that more closely resemble component-based home entertainment systems. It enables consumers to expand and upgrade their systems quickly, easily and reliably simply by adding decks, which then connect automatically and wirelessly to the rest of the system.

Systems using the Stackable Deck technology consist of a “home” deck, which acts as a single point of connection for peripherals such as monitors, keyboards and joysticks, as well as the primary power source. Additional decks with various applications, media, storage, etc. are stacked on top of the home deck. Each new deck connects wirelessly to the home deck, and is completely self-contained including its own processor and memory.

“This architecture creates a stable, reliable, expandable system that carries a lower cost of ownership. It also allows service providers to adapt to changing standards and protocols,” says Hewitt. “In short, systems based on NextBend’s technology will be superior in terms of price, performance and scalability.”

Systems designed utilizing NextBend’s technology are not limited to any one set of standards and can be built to use any operating system. Further, each deck contains dedicated hardware and software, which makes testing comparatively easy because software needs to be thoroughly tested for just the single hardware platform of the deck instead of hundreds of third-party platforms and millions of variables.

Finally, systems designed with NextBend’s technology are 100 percent scalable by design, so any number of decks in any combination can be easily added to the stack to create a powerful, highly customized computer or server solution. Also, because each deck is self-contained, the entire stack does not become obsolete based on upgrades/changes to one deck.

NextBend: three patents and a plan
Orr founded NextBend in 1995 to develop the intellectual property, concepts and trademarks that are now the Company’s core business. He was awarded three patents on the technology, to which he granted NextBend full licensing rights.

Now, following a preliminary round of angel funding that closed in June 2002, NextBend is licensing its patented technology to established manufacturers and developers interested in creating the next generation of data, communications and entertainment tools.

“Manufacturers who license our technology will finally be able to deliver to their customers the computing tools they need in a simple, cost-effective manner that does not require constant and costly upgrades and replacements,” says Orr. “For those interested in ‘Thinking Without the Box™,’ NextBend’s Stackable Deck technology represents an opportunity to be part of the first true computer innovation in more than 30 years.”

Sarasota, Fla.-based NextBend, Inc.’s licenses its patented Stackable Deck™ technology to manufacturers with an interest in developing modular computer systems, and provides assistance on product design and engineering to its licensees. Founded in 1995, NextBend (www.nextbend.com) holds the licensing rights to three patents on the modular component technology.

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