Single-Chip x86 Chipsets Around the Corner?

An anonymous reader writes "Kontron, a giant among industrial single-board computer vendors, yesterday revealed a credit-card sized board apparently based on a single-chip x86 chipset that clocks to 1.5GHz and supports a gig of RAM. It targets portable devices — not x86's usual forte. Kontron isn't saying whether the board uses a Via or an Intel chip(set) — both vendors reportedly have single-chip chipsets in the works, part of their respective missions to drive 'x86 everywhere.'"

Comments

Re:It's VIA

[Zwack]

I guess you didn't read the fine article... They state that it looks like a single chipset system and then state that VIA have been working on such a chipset codenmaed John and Intel have been working on a different one codenamed something else.

Z.

Re:x86 cores?

[CBravo]

Just like a monoculture of GSM has hurt the innovation of mobile phones in Europe. ROTFLOL. I always perceived the US as a fragmented market for cell phone manufacturers and a closed market which is expensive for the end user.

Re:x86 cores?

[johnwbyrd]

Is this irony? Japanese cell phones run at least two to three years ahead of the functionality in US cell phones.