Motorola's semiconductor division (Motorola Semiconductor Products Sector, “SPS”) has unveiled an approach to implementing multimedia mobile devices that it calls “revolutionary.” SPS says its new “Mobile Extreme Convergence” (MXC) architecture will squeeze all the functions required by high-performance mass-market mobile devices into a module the size of a postage stamp — a significant space reduction… from today's smallest approaches that are the size of a business card. When fully implemented, MXC is expected to deliver a fully equipped “smartphone” platform in a 16 x 20 x 1.4 mm multi-chip package, enabling virtually any product — MP3 players, handheld DVDs, or digital cameras — to become a fully functioned smart mobile device.

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