Saturday, February 15, 2003
Intel Puts StrongArm on Death Row
Posted by Janak Parekh in "HARDWARE" @ 07:31 AM
My 3870 is rapidly growing outdated...
"Intel has given developers notice that its SA-1110 StrongArm processor will not be available for much longer.
The chip, which has served as the processor in several generations of personal digital assistants from numerous companies, has been superseded by Intel's XScale line and the company has told developers that it will continue accepting orders for only another six months. The last StrongArm shipments from Intel are due no later than February 6, 2004, according to a notice sent to developers last week."
This is not really surprising, considering most major manufacturers have already moved over to ARM5 chips, such as XScale - it sounds like a typical product end-of-life. The SA-1110 is a pretty legacy chip by now, and hopefully the new and upcoming PXA-255 will blow the doors off the old chip, furthering its obsolescence.
"Intel has given developers notice that its SA-1110 StrongArm processor will not be available for much longer.
The chip, which has served as the processor in several generations of personal digital assistants from numerous companies, has been superseded by Intel's XScale line and the company has told developers that it will continue accepting orders for only another six months. The last StrongArm shipments from Intel are due no later than February 6, 2004, according to a notice sent to developers last week."
This is not really surprising, considering most major manufacturers have already moved over to ARM5 chips, such as XScale - it sounds like a typical product end-of-life. The SA-1110 is a pretty legacy chip by now, and hopefully the new and upcoming PXA-255 will blow the doors off the old chip, furthering its obsolescence.
