Mr. Tomizawa of the Platform Department, who developed the hardware for the new image processing engine, explains how it was done.
"By incorporating various proprietary Olympus technologies, such as our high-speed processing architecture and low-power consumption architecture, into the image processing engine�fs hardware, we were able to reduce power consumption while increasing its computation capabilities.
It truly is a remarkable achievement, successfully improving three areas that are normally contradictory, enhanced functionality, high speed, and low power consumption.
The reduced power consumption of the new image processing engine was made possible by a whole array of ingenious new techniques, including the use of the latest chip processing technology to reduce power consumption per transistor, an architecture that lowers the run rate whenever unnecessary, and minimization of the voltages for interfacing with peripheral devices."

"On the new successor to the E-1, the image will not degrade even after the raw data is compressed," enthused Mr. Tomizawa, his eyes sparkling with confidence.
"That capability underlines the fact that this our flagship model, but this irreversible compression technology has the added benefit of reducing stress on the recording medium.
To enable the E-1 successor to achieve the high-speed performance appropriate to its status, we incorporate dedicated engines to handle any operations that involved processing of large amounts of data - for example, the image stabilization engine, autofocusing engine and TruePic III for general image processing.
With a dedicated engine for each task, all camera operations are speeded up, making possible simultaneous high speed processing of multiple data at the same time.
Although developed originally for our flagship model, TruePic III will be applied to all E-Series models, including the already released E-410 and E-510, as well as compact digital cameras planned for the future."