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New Intel chips: quicken.com <<New Intel chips bring notebook muscle to phones Last modified: April 11, 2004, 10:00 PM PDT By Richard Shim Staff Writer, CNET News.com The company will announce Monday its Intel PXA270 family of processors, code-named Bulverde, as well as companion Intel 2700G multimedia chips. The first products to use the PXA270 chips are expected by the end of the month, and those using the PXA270 and 270G chips are due out in the fall. The parts will increase the processing performance of handheld devices, bringing them closer to notebook levels and theoretically reducing the amount of battery power devices consume. "We designed these chips from the ground up for and with cell phone makers, and they focus on three things performance/power consumption, multimedia playback and security," said David Rogers, an Intel wireless marketing manager. [snip] <<Intel aims to attract more cell phone makers by incorporating notebook technologies, such as MMX and SpeedStep, into its new chips to boost performance for activities, such as gaming, while better managing power consumption.>> [snip] <<The chips will also take advantage of built-in cameras in devices to allow for video conferencing with the addition of Quick Capture technology. And from the security standpoint, the chips will allow devices to use virtual private network software services to safely access corporate networks, Rogers said. "If you look at the people that are working on data applications for these devices, they're the same ones that worked on similar applications for notebooks. That's not an accident," Rogers said. Running those programs on handheld devices will require some muscle and the company has several chips with great horsepower, all of which are shipping in high quantities. The PXA270 chips are available at 312MHz, 416MHz, 520MHz and 624MHz. The chips can also be stacked with up to 64MB of Intel's StrataFlash memory. The 312MHz chip is available for $32 in 10,000-unit quantities.>>