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To: Scumbria who wrote (37192)4/24/2001 11:53:19 AM
From: combjellyRespond to of 275872
 
"All embedded CPUs have some level of integration. "

Okay, good point. Yeah, ones without a memory controller are few and far between these days. What I was referring to was lcd/video support. While many have them, SA11x0, Linkup 72xx and so on, some do not.

As with the handhelds, I see video integration as desirable from a manufacturing point fo view. It enables you to get some of the high speed signals off the board, enables slotless configurations and keeps the board size and power consumption down. But the memory bandwidth is a problem unless you go to really fast memory and wide interfaces to memory (i.e. NVidia's Crush 12 and their XBox chipset). I can also see how the chip itself would be a bugger to, uh debug.



To: Scumbria who wrote (37192)4/24/2001 12:06:33 PM
From: dale_laroyRead Replies (2) | Respond to of 275872
 
"For high performance PC's, I don't see integration as being a wise choice."

I think integrating at least the memory controller is an excellent idea. Not only will integrating the memory controller improve performance, it will also draw less power in mobile use.


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