Intel to power up smart-phone chip
By Matthew Broersma
Special to CNET News.com
February 12, 2003, 6:04 AM PT
Intel is expected to formally introduce its chip for smart phones on Wednesday, ahead of the 3GSM Congress wireless trade show next week.
The chip, code-named Manitoba, will offer enough processing power for more sophisticated applications, while its integrated design will allow longer battery life, according to Intel.
Manitoba, also known as the "wireless Internet on a chip," integrates flash memory, a digital signal processor and an XScale processor core onto a single chip. It will be targeted at mobile phone makers developing products for high-speed wireless networks, such as GPRS (General Pack Radio Service) networks. Manitoba will help in the development of phones that let people wirelessly access the Web and play audio files, as well as make basic phone calls.
At 3GSM, Intel will focus on Manitoba along with Centrino, a set of ...
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