Intel unleashes new processors for mobile phones/PDAs at up to 624MHz :-)

[NFS4]

DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN

http://news.com.com/2100-1006_3-5189764.html?tag=nefd.top

 

[hahher]

finally full pda-screen, full quality mpg4 playback

also possibly gba emulation...

 

[orion7144]

I bet the prices are going to be steep.

 

[sparkyclarky]

Originally posted by: hahher
finally full pda-screen, full quality mpg4 playback

also possibly gba emulation...

The mobile Intel chips have a real world speed that is significantly slower than the rated spec. I read somewhere that a 400 MHz XScale is roughly akin to a 200 MHz Pentium Pro. I have a Toshiba E750 and it definitely isn't as fast of a chip as my sister's PII-450

 

[hahher]

Originally posted by: sparkyclarky

Originally posted by: hahher
finally full pda-screen, full quality mpg4 playback

also possibly gba emulation...

The mobile Intel chips have a real world speed that is significantly slower than the rated spec. I read somewhere that a 400 MHz XScale is roughly akin to a 200 MHz Pentium Pro. I have a Toshiba E750 and it definitely isn't as fast of a chip as my sister's PII-450

yeah. but full mpg4 playback i expect to be possible because current top end pda's are almost there.

gba emu i dunno.

 

[formulav8]

From what it seems. Everyone looks at mhz and thinks it has to be better.

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

http://oqo.com/

edit: lazy link

 

[NFS4]

http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20040412net.htm

 

[AWhackWhiteBoy]

its a shame transmeta was ahead of the curve by a few years so no one really noticed. now intel is going to steal their thunder.

 

[orion7144]

Originally posted by: AWhackWhiteBoy
its a shame transmeta was ahead of the curve by a few years so no one really noticed. now intel is going to steal their thunder.

Agreed, but when they do steal someone's thunder they usually make it better.

 

[Ionizer86]

Yea, the X-Scales are pretty slow. The newer Sandras have benchmarks inside. The ALU is cheesy, FPU is like pathetic.

But as for GBA emulation, you can already run GBA emus at decent speed (smooth at frameskip = 1) on newer devices such as the iPaq 2215.

 

[astroview]

Very cool. Even if its the same as a PII 200, that's impressive in such a small form.

 

[Dulanic]

Originally posted by: Ionizer86
Yea, the X-Scales are pretty slow. The newer Sandras have benchmarks inside. The ALU is cheesy, FPU is like pathetic.

But as for GBA emulation, you can already run GBA emus at decent speed (smooth at frameskip = 1) on newer devices such as the iPaq 2215.

Youll have to PM me a little about that I just got a 2215.