Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Technology Stocks : Intel Corporation (INTC) -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Gary Ng who wrote (80402)	5/4/1999 6:11:00 AM
From: Process Boy	Respond to of 186894

Gary and Intel Investors - StrongARM looking to port Palm OS, more details on next generation StrongARM applications zdnet.com Given the current popularity of the Palm platform in the handheld space, this would be a great marketing tool for StrongARM, as well as an obvious direct revenue source, if it comes to pass. PB ================================================================== Intel boosts performance of StrongARM chip By Anne Knowles, PC Week Online May 3, 1999 12:55 PM ET Intel Corp. on Tuesday will roll out the road map for its next-generation StrongARM processor, which includes high-end chips running at 600MHz and processors requiring as little as a half watt of power. At the Embedded Processor Forum in San Jose, Calif., the chip maker will discuss a range of processors to be manufactured using the .18 micron process that Intel expects to start shipping in the first quarter of next year, said Laurie Pegrum, platform architect for StrongARM marketing in Hudson, Mass. According to Pegrum, next-generation StrongARM processors will deliver two to three times the performance of the current chips while reducing power consumption by up to a factor of 10. Time to talk The boost in power, and the shrinking power requirements, will enable new technology to be deployed on existing StrongARM-based devices, like handheld PCs, said Pegrum. Such technology includes natural language-like speech recognition and text-to-speech translation, he said. "People want to use these things using natural language so they can talk to them while in their car, for instance, without having to use a keyboard or touchscreen," Pegrum said. The new chips will continue to support 29 operating systems, including Windows CE, JavaOS and EPOC32, now supported by StrongARM, and may add a few, such as 3Com Corp.'s PalmOS. "We'd be interested in discussing [porting the Palm OS to StrongARM] with Palm [Computing]," said Pegrum. "Our devices would be very pertinent in that space." Pegrum said he could not comment on whether the two companies were already holding talks. Intel, of Santa Clara, Calif., also has plans to segment the StrongARM product family into application-specific chips, designed such devices as handheld PCs, information appliances and networking equipment like routers, said Pegrum.