Intel Scores Single-Chip Sensation

All those bytes of memory and processing functions required to enable all those bits of transmission is what makes Internet-capable mobile handsets so expensive. Intel hopes to stem the problem with a new single-chip solution that removes the expense of multiple processors for GSM/GPRS handsets. The chip developer's PXA800F cellular processor, based on the Intel Personal Internet Client Architecture, runs at 312 MHz, has 4 Mbytes of integrated Intel On-Chip Flash Memory based on the company Xscale memory technology, and 512 kbytes of SRAM to support applications. The chip also includes a 104 MHz signal processor based on Intel's MicroSignal architecture, with 512 kbytes of On-Chip flash memory and 64 kbytes of SRAM. All of that processing power will support the rich features common on GSM/GPRS handsets that to date have required processing components housed on multiple chips that were produced separately. www.intel.com