Intel showcases new telematics products, customers at digital car
conference
Intel® XScale™ Technology Based Processors Power New In-Vehicle Systems
DIGITAL CAR CONFERENCE, DETROIT, March 4, 2002 - Intel Corporation displayed its new Intel®
XScale™ technology based processors today for the telematics market segment. The new family of
extended temperature microprocessors, called the Intel® PXA250 and Intel® PXA210 applications
processors, is specifically designed to bring high-performance solutions to products that deliver wireless
voice and data information to vehicles.
The new Intel processors come at a time when telematics terminals are increasingly being included as a
feature in new cars. According to industry analyst firm Forrester Research, roughly 80 percent of all new
vehicles will have built in telematics capable terminals by 2006.**
“Consumers today have experienced the benefit of initial telematics products and services such as
emergency roadside assistance and basic navigation systems, but it’s only the beginning,” said Patrick
Kerrigan, marketing director of Intel’s Telematics Operation. “The new Intel processors, based on Intel
XScale technology, will help deliver the increased computing performance and the scaleability needed to
enable a full-range of products from integrated hands-free cellular phone kits to high-end multimedia
‘infotainment’ systems.”
The new processors are key components of the Intel® Personal Internet Client Architecture (Intel PCA),
Intel’s development blueprint for designing wireless handheld communication devices that combine voice
communications and Internet access capabilities. Products using the Intel PXA250 and Intel PXA210
applications processors include BlueConnect™, a hands-free cellular phone system from Johnson
Controls, Inc. Through a hands-free module that has been integrated into the vehicle, drivers can conduct
a wide-range of voice-activated activities with their Bluetooth-enabled cellphone.
Another application using the new processors is Yazaki’s Multimedia Vehicle Platform. This platform
enables rich multimedia content such as DVD video and MP3 audio to be independently accessed by
passengers via the Media Oriented System Transport (MOST) network. In addition, consumers can
connect portable devices, including cell phones and PDA’s to Yazaki’s vehicle network.
These products represent examples of how Intel technology is being used in devices to handle
requirements for both low power and high performance to efficiently perform compute-intensive tasks such
as speech recognition, text to speech, MP3 decode, route calculation, and map rendering.
Telematics Development Support
Intel has actively engaged with industry leaders to provide development systems and reference designs to
help enable developers to build powerful multimedia and wireless products. The fully featured telematics
reference design supports speech recognition software, Java*, and many real-time operating systems.
Intel telematics reference designs based on the new processors will be available from Arcom Controls
and Intrinsyc Software, Inc. Companies supporting the development environment for the Intel PXA250 and
Intel PXA210 applications processors in telematics include Clarity, Fonix Corporation, IBM, Microsoft
Corporation, MontaVista Software Inc., QNX Software Systems Inc., SpeechWorks International, Inc.,
Temic Sprachverarbeitung GmbH, Wavemakers and Wind River Systems, Inc.
Intel also provides support to the development community through its Intel Telematics Design Center. The
online center offers wireless companies development, technical and marketing support - including access
to more than 300 tools - for designing telematics devices and applications supporting Intel PCA. |
