Tuesday, February 24, 2004
Wireless MMX added to XScale Tools
Posted by Jonathon Watkins in "DEVELOPER" @ 07:00 PM
The Register reports that Intel is getting ready to announce (and hopefully ship) its next-generation XScale processor, codenamed "Bulverde.
"The part may have failed to warrant a mention during the appropriate Intel Developer Forum keynote last week, but today the chip giant began shipping the software tools needed to write applications and drivers. that will support the new chip."
"Central to the $2999 suite is Intel's C++ Compiler for PCA Processors 1.2, which adds support for Wireless MMX, Bulverde's new multimedia manipulation instructions. Based on the Pentium processor's MMX instructions, Wireless MMX extends the ARM ISA on which XScale CPUs are based."
All signs are that we should be seeing some faster, more efficient new mobile processors soon. Good stuff.
"The part may have failed to warrant a mention during the appropriate Intel Developer Forum keynote last week, but today the chip giant began shipping the software tools needed to write applications and drivers. that will support the new chip."
"Central to the $2999 suite is Intel's C++ Compiler for PCA Processors 1.2, which adds support for Wireless MMX, Bulverde's new multimedia manipulation instructions. Based on the Pentium processor's MMX instructions, Wireless MMX extends the ARM ISA on which XScale CPUs are based."
All signs are that we should be seeing some faster, more efficient new mobile processors soon. Good stuff.
