Jack Schofield 

Intel’s ‘wireless Internet on a chip’ for GSM phones

Intel has finally released its "wireless Internet on a chip" processor, codenamed Manitoba, as the PXA800F. It combines two different processors plus Flash memory -- all of which are normally made using different techniques -- on a single piece of silicon. The PXA800F has a 312MHz Intel XScale processor (ARM-based) with 4MB of Flash memory and 512K of SRAM to hold the software, plus a 104MHz digital signal processor with 512K of Flash and 64K of SRAM. If you are buying 10,000, they only cost $35 each. Products using the new chip should be on sale towards the end of this year and during 2004. Intel will have a tough job breaking into the phone industry, which is dominated by TI (Texas Instruments), whose similar OMAP processor is already on the market.
  
  


Intel has finally released its "wireless Internet on a chip" processor, codenamed Manitoba, as the PXA800F. It combines two different processors plus Flash memory -- all of which are normally made using different techniques -- on a single piece of silicon. The PXA800F has a 312MHz Intel XScale processor (ARM-based) with 4MB of Flash memory and 512K of SRAM to hold the software, plus a 104MHz digital signal processor with 512K of Flash and 64K of SRAM. If you are buying 10,000, they only cost $35 each. Products using the new chip should be on sale towards the end of this year and during 2004. Intel will have a tough job breaking into the phone industry, which is dominated by TI (Texas Instruments), whose similar OMAP processor is already on the market.

 

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