Tuesday, October 12, 2004
Intel On Pocket PCs' Processors
Posted by Janak Parekh in "ARTICLE" @ 09:30 PM
"The Pocket PC platform by Microsoft has evolved- starting from the original Handheld PC to the current Windows* Mobile 2003 (also popularly known as Pocket PC 2003). However, not obvious to many users are the "brains" that power the Pocket PCs they hold in their hands. In this article, I will trace through the different generations of Pocket PCs and the different processors that power them (such as ARM, MIPS, and SH3) to the current Intel XScale® processor. I will talk about the advantages of the Intel XScale processor and briefly discuss the three different families - PXA27x, PXA26x, and PXA255."
This may be old-hat for those of you who've been closely tracking the XScales as they've come out, but if you've wondered how the Pocket PC processors have evolved over time and what all this terminology means, and more importantly what it means for compatibility, it's a great read.
This may be old-hat for those of you who've been closely tracking the XScales as they've come out, but if you've wondered how the Pocket PC processors have evolved over time and what all this terminology means, and more importantly what it means for compatibility, it's a great read.
