Intel Announces New Microarchitecture for Wireless and Internet Infrastructure Apps

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NEWS FLASH 2000 - 30 (August 2000)
(Updated on August 30, 2000)

TECHNOLOGY

Intel Announces New Microarchitecture for Wireless and Internet Infrastructure Apps

Intel Corporation has introduced a new chip microarchitecture, the Intel XScale microarchitecture, designed to benefit a variety of wireless Internet and network infrastructure applications. The Intel XScale has the flexibility to handle the requirements of not only ultra-low power devices such as Internet-enabled phones but also high performance infrastructure equipment.

Building on Intel StrongARM™ technology, the Intel XScale microarchitecture core is manufactured on Intel’s advanced 0.18-micron process technology. It offers low power operation ranging from one ten-thousandth of a watt to 1.6 watts, and performance that allows it to operate at speeds of 1GHz.

Low Power and High Power Performance Capabilities:

Intel Dynamic Voltage Management allows developers to scale the clock frequency and voltage dynamically to adjust performance to applications needs, while maintaining battery life.
Intel Media Processing Technology is a co-processor engine that enables more power-efficient multimedia processing for content rich applications.

The capacity to deliver both low power and high performance makes the Intel XScale attractive to a variety of markets, from device manufacturers of tomorrow’s handhelds, such as Web-enabled devices, to the network manufacturers of next-generation infrastructure equipment, such as routers and switches.

The Intel microarchitecture will be supported by various operating systems, including Windows CE™ from Microsoft, VXWorks™ and IXWorks™ from WindRiver, EPOC™ from Symbian, and Embedded Linux™ from multiple vendors.

For more information: www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/em082300.htm

Mobileinfo Comments and Advisory: We support major vendors like Intel invest in specialized architecture for mobile devices. Adopters must do more investigation and evaluation before adopting one against the other.

Note: This news release may contain forward-looking statements. Readers should take appropriate caution in developing plans utilizing these products, services and technology architectures.

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