in following statement to be found in content (6th paragraph):

``This integration of computing and communications is also part of Intel`s strategy to expand Moore`s Law — in this case steadily bringing greater processing power at lower prices for handheld devices.``

Does any of this have anything to do with our technology?

Comments please

Posted by: May West

In reply to: None Date:8/22/2005 4:41:36 PM

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Driving the Next Generation of Cell Phones

What would a Hollywood spy thriller or comedy be without the gadgets? But are wristwatch communicators and videophones just the product of some screenwriter`s imagination? Not for long!

Intel`s breakthroughs in silicon and process technology have resulted in the industry`s first microchip to combine key cell phone and handheld technology onto a single piece of silicon.

What can you expect? Cell phones and other wireless devices with rich graphics, games, cameras, longer battery life, Internet access, and more — all offering people on the go more convenience and mobility.

The Chip That Communicates

Bringing wireless-Internet-on-a-chip technology to market

Intel is delivering the first-ever ``wireless-Internet-on-a-chip`` technology with the release of the Intel® PXA800F cellular processor. This innovation, which integrates key components of cellular phones and handheld computers, will enable wireless device manufacturers and mobile service providers to expand their capacity and create exciting new products and services.

This innovation is part of Intel`s vision of making wireless computing more portable, widespread, and affordable. Wireless-Internet-on-a-chip technology also represents a giant step toward the convergence of computing and communications.

This integration of computing and communications is also part of Intel`s strategy to expand Moore`s Law — in this case steadily bringing greater processing power at lower prices for handheld devices. Microprocessor, flash memory, and analog signal processing components are traditionally manufactured in different factories using separate process technologies. Production through a single process will help to drive down costs over time.

Leading Architecture Brings New Functionality

Increasing performance and reducing power

The Intel® PXA800F cellular processor is a key component of the Intel® Personal Internet Client Architecture (Intel® PCA) — Intel`s blueprint for designing wireless handheld communication devices that combine voice communications, Internet access, and the power and convenience of personal computing.

The PXA800F cellular processor is based on Intel® XScale™ technology, Intel Flash memory, and analog signal processing using the Intel® Micro Signal architecture.

Integration — the Key Innovation

In creating the wireless-Internet-on-a-chip technology, Intel engineers overcame complexities associated with separate optimization paths for communications and computing manufacturing processes. Instead of several processes to produce separate chips for communications, computing, and memory, Intel took the company`s leading-edge flash process and incorporated digital and analog capabilities into a single process.

Integrating these components on a single chip eliminates external busses and reduces power consumption. This can extend battery life substantially, while improving system reliability. The integration also saves board space — thus enabling smaller cell phones, PDAs, and other wireless devices — and increases performance.

Enriching Your Mobile Experience

Enabling entirely new products and services

Today, feature-rich phones with integrated cameras, color screens, and games address only the highest and most costly end of the market. Most consumer products have limited device power, in turn limiting services to small address books, simple games, or personal ring tones.

Soon a moderately priced cell phone with an Intel PXA800F cellular processor could include color screens, photos, Internet access, and sophisticated games with graphics far beyond the abilities of today`s phones.

Longer term, this groundbreaking technology will enable the creation of entirely new classes of devices and mobile service offerings. Imagine having calling and computing capabilities in a Star Trek*-like lapel pin or a video-enabled watch phone, just like your favorite movie secret agent. Users will turn not to Hollywood, but to device manufacturers and wireless service providers for this kind of freedom and convenience.

In fact, your favorite ``agent`` may be a software agent that works for you, running on an Intel-powered mobile device. Your cell phone could support ``personal agent`` software that books your restaurant reservations and baby sitter, monitors your stock portfolio, bids for you at online auctions, and locates the nearest ATM machine or parking space.

Smaller, powerful mobile devices could also provide more than convenience. Wearable devices could monitor, diagnose, and report on the health of hospital patients, provide comfort control for an office or home, or maximize food production by notifying a farmer of the exact water and fertilizer requirements for each crop.

Whatever the application, today`s newest process technology will soon be expanding business opportunities and making consumers` daily lives a little bit better.

Learn More

Bookmark the Technology & Research Web site, and stay up to date with this and other news about Intel technology advancements.

Explore the technical details; download ``Wireless-Internet-on-a-Chip Technology, Enabled with Integrated Flash Memory,`` (.pdf) a presentation by Stefan Lai, Intel Vice President, Technology and Manufacturing Group.

Visit the Intel pressroom for the Intel PXA800F product announcement, including photos, video and audio files, technology timelines and briefs, and other documentation.

For technical specifications and descriptions, plus on-going updates on product availability, go here.

What would a Hollywood spy thriller or comedy be without the gadgets? But are wristwatch communicators and videophones just the product of some screenwriter`s imagination? Not for long!

Intel`s breakthroughs in silicon and process technology have resulted in the industry`s first microchip to combine key cell phone and handheld technology onto a single piece of silicon.

What can you expect? Cell phones and other wireless devices with rich graphics, games, cameras, longer battery life, Internet access, and more — all offering people on the go more convenience and mobility.

The Chip That Communicates

Bringing wireless-Internet-on-a-chip technology to market

Intel is delivering the first-ever ``wireless-Internet-on-a-chip`` technology with the release of the Intel® PXA800F cellular processor. This innovation, which integrates key components of cellular phones and handheld computers, will enable wireless device manufacturers and mobile service providers to expand their capacity and create exciting new products and services.

This innovation is part of Intel`s vision of making wireless computing more portable, widespread, and affordable. Wireless-Internet-on-a-chip technology also represents a giant step toward the convergence of computing and communications.

This integration of computing and communications is also part of Intel`s strategy to expand Moore`s Law — in this case steadily bringing greater processing power at lower prices for handheld devices. Microprocessor, flash memory, and analog signal processing components are traditionally manufactured in different factories using separate process technologies. Production through a single process will help to drive down costs over time.

Leading Architecture Brings New Functionality

Increasing performance and reducing power

The Intel® PXA800F cellular processor is a key component of the Intel® Personal Internet Client Architecture (Intel® PCA) — Intel`s blueprint for designing wireless handheld communication devices that combine voice communications, Internet access, and the power and convenience of personal computing.

The PXA800F cellular processor is based on Intel® XScale™ technology, Intel Flash memory, and analog signal processing using the Intel® Micro Signal architecture.

Integration — the Key Innovation

In creating the wireless-Internet-on-a-chip technology, Intel engineers overcame complexities associated with separate optimization paths for communications and computing manufacturing processes. Instead of several processes to produce separate chips for communications, computing, and memory, Intel took the company`s leading-edge flash process and incorporated digital and analog capabilities into a single process.

Integrating these components on a single chip eliminates external busses and reduces power consumption. This can extend battery life substantially, while improving system reliability. The integration also saves board space — thus enabling smaller cell phones, PDAs, and other wireless devices — and increases performance.

Enriching Your Mobile Experience

Enabling entirely new products and services

Today, feature-rich phones with integrated cameras, color screens, and games address only the highest and most costly end of the market. Most consumer products have limited device power, in turn limiting services to small address books, simple games, or personal ring tones.

Soon a moderately priced cell phone with an Intel PXA800F cellular processor could include color screens, photos, Internet access, and sophisticated games with graphics far beyond the abilities of today`s phones.

Longer term, this groundbreaking technology will enable the creation of entirely new classes of devices and mobile service offerings. Imagine having calling and computing capabilities in a Star Trek*-like lapel pin or a video-enabled watch phone, just like your favorite movie secret agent. Users will turn not to Hollywood, but to device manufacturers and wireless service providers for this kind of freedom and convenience.

In fact, your favorite ``agent`` may be a software agent that works for you, running on an Intel-powered mobile device. Your cell phone could support ``personal agent`` software that books your restaurant reservations and baby sitter, monitors your stock portfolio, bids for you at online auctions, and locates the nearest ATM machine or parking space.

Smaller, powerful mobile devices could also provide more than convenience. Wearable devices could monitor, diagnose, and report on the health of hospital patients, provide comfort control for an office or home, or maximize food production by notifying a farmer of the exact water and fertilizer requirements for each crop.

Whatever the application, today`s newest process technology will soon be expanding business opportunities and making consumers` daily lives a little bit better.

Learn More

Bookmark the Technology & Research Web site, and stay up to date with this and other news about Intel technology advancements.

Explore the technical details; download ``Wireless-Internet-on-a-Chip Technology, Enabled with Integrated Flash Memory,`` (.pdf) a presentation by Stefan Lai, Intel Vice President, Technology and Manufacturing Group.

Visit the Intel pressroom for the Intel PXA800F product announcement, including photos, video and audio files, technology timelines and briefs, and other documentation.

For technical specifications and descriptions, plus on-going updates on product availability, go here.