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Single-Chip x86 Chipsets Around the Corner?

Posted by Zonk on from the bet-you-can't-eat-just-one dept.

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.'"

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  1. Who's in charge of code names? by KevinKnSC · · Score: 5, Funny
    From the article:

    Codenamed "John," the processor will integrate CPU, northbridge, and southbridge...

    That was the best code name they could come up with? Seriously?

  2. It's VIA by RzUpAnmsCwrds · · Score: 5, Informative

    If the chip is codenamed John, as the article claims, it's a VIA chipset. VIA uses biblical names for their CPU codenames.

    Previous VIA CPU codenames:

    Samuel
    Esther
    Nehemiah
    Ezra

    Note also that VIA combined a C3 CPU and a northbridge into a single package - it was codenamed "Luke".

  3. Re:Great idea by spirit+of+reason · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I am still waiting for a revival of the handheld computers

    You mean something like the Pandora?

    Also, more information here.

    While it's technically meant more for a gamer market like the GP2X, the arm + linux + wifi + usb host + decent resolution screen might make it a more general purpose machine.

  4. Re:What would it take? by Kagenin · · Score: 5, Funny

    A built-in WINE environment.

    --
    "All warfare is based on deception."
    Sun Tzu, "The Art of War"
  5. More info for x86 in embedded dev. at arstechnica by IYagami · · Score: 5, Informative

    You can find articles about the use of x86 in embedded devices at arstechnica, from Jon Stokes:

    Return of the Son of Pentium in 2008? Intel's new ultramobile processors

    Intel's low-cost "Diamondville" CPU to power OLPC/Eee PC mobile category

    And a very interesting article why processor makers want to extend their architecture to other realms: Beyond the BlackBerry crowd: life in a post-32nm world

  6. Re:What would it take? by makapuf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Flash memory (or some storage). Remember JESUS SAVES !