Product category: Microprocessors, Microcontrollers and DSPs
News Release from: Intel Corporation | Subject: PXA255, PXA260 and PXA263
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 25 March 2003
Processors stack up
advantages for PDA integration
Three new processors for PDAs incorporate the latest microprocessor packaging and stacking techniques to deliver higher performance and longer battery life in less space than previous versions
PDA capabilities have increased significantly over the last year to include integrated WiFi (802.11) high-speed wireless Internet access, colour screens, integrated cameras and more. This has resulted in the need for greater processing and memory capabilities, all delivered by smaller chips.
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 25 March 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The PDA segment has had a number of exciting developments, aided by the performance and power of the Intel PXA250 processor introduced a year ago", said Hans Geyer, Intel Vice President and General Manager of the Intel PCA Components Group.
"With today's announcement, Intel has continued to enable even more features and functionality by continuing to take advantage of Intel's industry-leading design and manufacturing expertise".
Today's announcement includes the Intel PXA263 processor, Intel's first stacked processor for PDAs; the Intel PXA260 processor, a smaller "pin compatible" product that makes upgrading a PDA design easy and cost-effective for OEMs; and the Intel PXA255 processor, a replacement to the popular Intel PXA250 processor that extends the overall system performance and battery life of PDAs.
Intel will also continue to extend the value of the new Intel Xscale technology based processors to wireless smart display and portable media player (PMP) market segments.
Fujitsu, Philips, Trigem, Wyse and ViewSonic are shipping smart displays today using Intel XScale technology based processors, and will adopt the new processors in upcoming versions.
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PMP makers including Creative, Philips, Samsung and Sonicblue also plan to take advantage of the high performance, low power benefits of the upcoming Intel PXA processor family in their devices.
Extending the industry's first family of innovative "stacked" processors, the Intel PXA263 processor brings memory and processor chips together for powerful computing and memory capabilities in a single system package.
The Intel PXA263 processor (200, 300 and 400MHz) stacks 32Mbyte of 32bit Intel StrataFlash memory with an Intel XScale technology based processor for up to 72% space savings over stand-alone products.
Stacking advanced computing and memory capabilities in a "system-in-a-package" design reduces the number of components in a PDA and enables manufacturers to create new and different capabilities and functionality, including better ability to execute such performance-intensive applications as MPEG4 video decode, speech and handwriting recognition, and games.
The Intel PXA260 processor (200, 300 and 400MHz) is a standalone device that is nearly 53% smaller (13 x 13 x 1.4mm) than prior stand-alone processors (17 x 17 x 1.75mm).
It is "pin-compatible" with the Intel PXA26x processor family, enabling the designer to build a single board that can easily stack flash memory and computing products without changing the design.
This saves manufacturers significant time and cost associated with designing a family of PDAs ranging from thin and light to high-end, full-featured devices.
The Intel PXA255 processor extends the overall balance of system performance and power consumption of its predecessor Intel PXA250 processor.
Intel has doubled the internal system bus speed to improve application performance.
In addition, Intel has lowered the voltage of the technology to 1.3V at 400MHz through a variety of manufacturing techniques, resulting in a lower power consumption of more than 30% in run mode and more than 60% in idle mode.
Acer, Casio, Dell, Symbol and Toshiba are among the customers using the new processors.
The Intel PXA263 and Intel PXA260 processors are sampling today with production volumes expected in the second quarter of 2003.
Products using the new processors will be available later this year.
The Intel PXA263 processor (200MHz) has a suggested list price of US $42.35 in 10,000 unit quantities, and the Intel PXA260 processor (200MHz) is being sold at a list price of US $22.85 in 10,000 unit quantities.
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