Posted by
timothy
on from the mmmm-smallerness dept.
bookemdano writes "Intel announces first stacked processor for their XScale line. No core speed increases but the smaller sizes helps with power, overall unit size, and adding additional pieces like WiFi and color screens to smart phones and MP3 players. But speed increases are in the future."
Another Xscale alternative
by
toybuilder
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· Score: 4, Interesting
I've been working with the AMD Alchemy family chips. In our particular situation, it ran faster, used less power, and was priced much lower than the XScale chips that we considered.
It is a wonderful little piece of silicon with lots of integrated peripherals, low power, and great performance. It is built around a MIPS architecture processor core.
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I've been working with the AMD Alchemy family chips. In our particular situation, it ran faster, used less power, and was priced much lower than the XScale chips that we considered.
It is a wonderful little piece of silicon with lots of integrated peripherals, low power, and great performance. It is built around a MIPS architecture processor core.
Linux-MIPS runs great on this chip.
Check them out.