300Mhz StrongArm with Media processor

Another cookie-using article at Electronics Weekly discusses Intel's new baby: a 300Mhz StrongArm and DSP combo-chip for use in information appliances. This is quite a radical move for PC-centric Intel but one that makes sense. It allows Intel to preserve "x86's" value-add, and yet makes a very strong technical case should Intel need to compete in the IA market. Indeed StrongArm provides better power/performance than x86s which are the horse Cyrix and Acer (among others) are riding into the IA battle. Also at the Hot Chips conference, were 600Mhz UltraSparc and Alpha processors, and a small MIPS core that should produce 600 MIPS for a cost of $1.