Wednesday, May 28, 2003
New HP iPAQ 1900 and 2200 Series Live At FCC Site
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "HARDWARE" @ 04:03 PM
https://svartifoss2.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/oet/forms/reports/Search_Form.hts?mode=Edit&form=Exhibits&application_id=147393&fcc_id=NM8HB20
The FCC has just approved a batch of HP iPAQ 1900 series devices. First up is the 1940 series, which apparently has a Samsung S3C2410 266MHz processor. Infosync has a writeup on this processor. These are based on the ARM920T CPU core which means they are using the ARMv4 instruction set, just like the StrongARM chip, not the newer ARMv5 instruction set found in the X-Scale. See here for more detailed information on the ARMv4-v6 families. The 1930 series uses the same chip running at 203MHz.
They all have 64MB of RAM, 56MB of which is usable. The 1940's have a 14MB File Store as well. I didn't see the ROM sizes of these devices. The 1940 series is also bluetooth equipped. Finally, these all have SDIO support. :clap:
Next up is the iPAQ 2200, possibly the worst kept secret in recent PDA history. It has the Intel Cotulla 200MHz or 400MHz processor, depending on the model. If you Google that, you'll see that it too is based on the ARMv4 instruction set and appears to be a direct successor to the StrongARM. You can read more on the Intel Cotulla in this old article. The 2200 also has 64MB of RAM, 32MB ROM, SDIO ready and bluetooth on some models.
The most facinating thing about all of this is that it seems the X-Scale has been set aside. I don't know if it is performance related or if this is for lower end models and they are using X-Scale for more expensive devices in the 5400 range.
Update: I am now not sure that the Cotulla isn't X-Scale technology. It may have been the original codeword for the X-Scale. I need to do additional research on that tonight. The Samsung is clearly using the ARMv4 code though.
The FCC has just approved a batch of HP iPAQ 1900 series devices. First up is the 1940 series, which apparently has a Samsung S3C2410 266MHz processor. Infosync has a writeup on this processor. These are based on the ARM920T CPU core which means they are using the ARMv4 instruction set, just like the StrongARM chip, not the newer ARMv5 instruction set found in the X-Scale. See here for more detailed information on the ARMv4-v6 families. The 1930 series uses the same chip running at 203MHz.
They all have 64MB of RAM, 56MB of which is usable. The 1940's have a 14MB File Store as well. I didn't see the ROM sizes of these devices. The 1940 series is also bluetooth equipped. Finally, these all have SDIO support. :clap:
Next up is the iPAQ 2200, possibly the worst kept secret in recent PDA history. It has the Intel Cotulla 200MHz or 400MHz processor, depending on the model. If you Google that, you'll see that it too is based on the ARMv4 instruction set and appears to be a direct successor to the StrongARM. You can read more on the Intel Cotulla in this old article. The 2200 also has 64MB of RAM, 32MB ROM, SDIO ready and bluetooth on some models.
The most facinating thing about all of this is that it seems the X-Scale has been set aside. I don't know if it is performance related or if this is for lower end models and they are using X-Scale for more expensive devices in the 5400 range.
Update: I am now not sure that the Cotulla isn't X-Scale technology. It may have been the original codeword for the X-Scale. I need to do additional research on that tonight. The Samsung is clearly using the ARMv4 code though.
