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To: Snowshoe who wrote (2830)3/3/1998 6:57:00 PM
From: Snowshoe  Respond to of 10309
 
Intel/Digital StrongARM/I2O update

A while ago we were wondering how the Intel buyout of Digital's semi business would affect the potential I2O use for the StrongARM processor. Looks like Intel still hasn't sorted this out...

Deal with ARM, by way of Digital, gives chip giant a low-power processor for handheld designs -- Intel puts its muscle behind StrongARM CPU
techweb.com

Here's an excerpt that mentions I2O:

'One area that remains in question is Intelligent I/O (I2O), the Intel-led specification for connecting I/O devices on PC servers. While some designers have shown an interest in migrating from Intel's i960 processors to StrongARM for I2O, Franz-whose group also sells the i960-was less enthusiastic. "I2O has some product overlap that we haven't figured out yet," he said.'