Following a series of preannouncements too numerous to count, Intel today formally unveiled its PXA800F cellular processor (code-named “Manitoba”).

The device, billed by Intel as a “wireless Internet on a chip,” combines an XScale processor, on-chip flash, and a digital signal processor jointly developed by Intel and Analog Devices.

Intel is billing the part as “the first to combine the key components of today's cellular phones and handheld computers onto a single piece of silicon.” However, Samsung is also ready to roll out a single-chip cellular processor. The Samsung devices includes an ARM processor, flash, and SDRAM, but no DSP.

The PXA800F kicks off Intel's big push to capture a leading slot as the silicon supplier for the smart phone era.

Specification-wise, the PXA800F is fabricated in 0.13-micron silicon. Its XScale processor runs at 312 MHz and is equipped with 4 MB of flash and 512KB of SRAM.

The on-chip DSP processor is clocked at 104 MHz. It's equipped with 512 KB of flash memory and 64 KB of SRAM.

The PXA800F is sampling now, with production volumes expected in the third quarter of 2003. Pricing is $35 in 10,000-unit quantities. Intel says that products using the new processors will be available later this year, or early next year.

— by Alexander Wolfe, executive editor of WindowsForDevices.com.

 
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