Thursday, February 14, 2002
PDA Makers Plan on Intel's XScale
Posted by Jason Dunn in "NEWS" @ 12:11 AM
http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,83923,tk,dn021302X,00.asp
Everywhere I look there's XScale - it's a beautiful thing! Moreso than the speed increases, I'm looking forward to some battery savings, however slight they might be (the screen is the big power draw).
"Just two days after the launch of its XScale processor, Intel has already picked up endorsements for its new mobile chip from three Japanese manufacturers of PDAs...One of the first companies expected to show an XScale-based processor is Fujitsu Siemens Computer, a German-based unit of Fujitsu. The company has announced plans to show a new PDA, the Pocket Loox, at the Cebit trade show, which begins in Germany on March 13...
While that PDA has been developed in Europe and will be targeted at the European market, Fujitsu in Japan also has plans to produce an XScale PDA, according to a spokesperson in Tokyo. Toshiba says it plans to launch a similar product. Expected to be available in the U.S. in the second quarter of this year, the company's machine will be based on a 400-MHz version of the new chip and pack built-in wireless functions and dual expansion slots, the company says in a statement."
The article goes on to say that Casio will also be launching an XScale product, and Hitachi will likely be announcing their PDA plans next week.
Everywhere I look there's XScale - it's a beautiful thing! Moreso than the speed increases, I'm looking forward to some battery savings, however slight they might be (the screen is the big power draw).
"Just two days after the launch of its XScale processor, Intel has already picked up endorsements for its new mobile chip from three Japanese manufacturers of PDAs...One of the first companies expected to show an XScale-based processor is Fujitsu Siemens Computer, a German-based unit of Fujitsu. The company has announced plans to show a new PDA, the Pocket Loox, at the Cebit trade show, which begins in Germany on March 13...
While that PDA has been developed in Europe and will be targeted at the European market, Fujitsu in Japan also has plans to produce an XScale PDA, according to a spokesperson in Tokyo. Toshiba says it plans to launch a similar product. Expected to be available in the U.S. in the second quarter of this year, the company's machine will be based on a 400-MHz version of the new chip and pack built-in wireless functions and dual expansion slots, the company says in a statement."
The article goes on to say that Casio will also be launching an XScale product, and Hitachi will likely be announcing their PDA plans next week.
