Sunday, July 20, 2003
Samsung Unveils 533MHz Mobile Processor
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "HARDWARE" @ 10:00 PM
http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/030720/205006_1.html
"Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced the S3C2440, the world's fastest mobile CPU, with a core speed of 533MHz. The new mobile CPU will drive the emergence of new services, functions and multimedia content for mobile handheld devices such as PDAs and smartphones."
The 1940 iPAQ uses a S3C2410 chip which is from the same ARM920T core as this S3C2440, so that means it is in the older ARMv4 family, not the ARMv5 family with the X-Scale. At those speeds though, it doesn't matter. This is why MS refused to optimize for X-Scale specifically. :way to go: We have some serious competition now in Pocket PC chips. 300MHz, 400MHz and the 533MHz chip are expected to go into mass production by the fourth quarter of this year.
"Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced the S3C2440, the world's fastest mobile CPU, with a core speed of 533MHz. The new mobile CPU will drive the emergence of new services, functions and multimedia content for mobile handheld devices such as PDAs and smartphones."
The 1940 iPAQ uses a S3C2410 chip which is from the same ARM920T core as this S3C2440, so that means it is in the older ARMv4 family, not the ARMv5 family with the X-Scale. At those speeds though, it doesn't matter. This is why MS refused to optimize for X-Scale specifically. :way to go: We have some serious competition now in Pocket PC chips. 300MHz, 400MHz and the 533MHz chip are expected to go into mass production by the fourth quarter of this year.
