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AMD Targets Web Pad & PDA Processor Market

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the something-else-inside dept.

According to this press release and this article from The Register , AMD has leveraged the technology portfolio of recently acquired Alchemy Semiconductor to introduce an ultra-low-power processor designed for sub-PC applications. The chip is based on the Alchemy Au1 core and features, among other things, an integrated LCD controller and a pair of Secure Digital controllers.

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  1. Sub-PC applications? by Troed · · Score: 3, Interesting
    What's wrong with ARM? Wonderful little chips, used in all possible places. This new AMD-chip runs MIPS instructions, and while the new JVM techniques from Sun (Monty) might be ported to MIPS also ARM dominates totally in the wireless world (which will replace PDAs)


    Symbian OS runs exclusively on ARM processors, and with the backing of _everyone_ in the mobile industry, that's a momentum you can't ignore.


    Oh, right. Intel has the XScale (next-gen StrongArm) so AMD has to fight back :/ Here we go again, although this time, they're not binary compatible!

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  2. Secure Digital? by Rayonic · · Score: 2, Interesting

    > "The AU1100 also adds two Secure Digital (SD) controllers for small storage devices"

    Wait, secure as in the "keep-bad-guys-from-getting-in" way, or the "keep-me-from-performing-basic -functionality-because-I'm-presumed-to-be-a-crimin al" way?

    It's a shame I have to ask that.

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  3. Targetting? by Matt2000 · · Score: 5, Interesting


    I'm always seeing companies targetting the embedded systems and webpad markets with new products, but where are the webpads?

    I would have thought in '98 with the amount of press and press releasing surrounding the webpad idea we'd be swimming in low cost options by now and I'd happily be reading slashdot on the couch, but I've been sorely disappointed.

    Does anybody have any idea when a mid cost wireless webpad will show up that actually makes this market worth targetting?

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