01-29-2003, 06:06 PM
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Executive Editor
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Intel Aims For Longer-Running Handhelds
"The chipmaker has developed a new XScale PXA processor, which is meant to improve the battery life of devices while doubling--from 100MHz to 200MHz--the speed at which the processor can communicate with other components within the device, such as memory. The XScale PXA255 is the successor to the current PXA250 and will come with the same clock speeds: 200MHz, 300MHz and 400MHz. The chipmaker has already sent samples to its customers, and the chip is expected to ship in high volume at the end of the quarter. Details of the chip cropped up late Tuesday on handheld enthusiast site Pocket PC Thoughts."
Would you look at that! C|Net journalist Richard Shim mentioned our little site. Pretty cool - hi Richard!  The story was also syndicated onto ZDNet.
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01-29-2003, 06:17 PM
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Editor Emeritus
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Congrats Jason! :werenotworthy:
--janak
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01-29-2003, 06:33 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Sep 2002
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Yah! A link to PPCT on CNET!
It seems like our little site is getting more popular by the hour now
As for the chip, I think it would be noted that the 100mhz-200mhz difference is actually the bus speed, and would actually help the Xscale outperform the Strongarm processor. Its just sad they had to come out with this after the Axim was released :evil:
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01-29-2003, 06:37 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Dec 2002
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Well, it looks like Intel woke up and realized the bottlenecks of the PXA250... Glad to see the increase in bus speed!!
Yes, it looks like I made the jump from Palm to PPC a little too soon, but I can guarantee that I don't feel as bad as the poor joes who spent $500 - $700 on an xscale IPAQ!  ops:
I'll be looking to upgrade my Axim X5 Advanced ($250 after all the discounts/rebates) in about 6 months!
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01-29-2003, 06:38 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Congrats Jason. All that hard work paying off!
I suppose any new Axims will probably not be out until the Q2 Xscale pipeline fills up.
Maybe the same for other manufacturers.
dart
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01-29-2003, 06:41 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jun 2002
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Upgrade existing machines?
If it turns out that this really boosts performance, I wonder if there will be any upgrade options for existing owners. I would imagine that 3rd party shops could do this (Brighthand has some more info on the tech details.)
Also I wonder if the new processor will just be dropped into existing models. This would seem to make the iPaq 1910 a really good deal if it were updated with the new chip... (especially compared to the Palm Tungsten).
Too bad I still have some irreplaceable Palm apps on my CLIE (actually, just Shadow Outliner)
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01-29-2003, 06:51 PM
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Pupil
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Not really syndicated since CNet now owns ZDNet (which used to be a division of Ziff-Davis). Still, it's nice to see progress in finding ways to reduce power consumption and improve battery life. Now if only a certain company would produce PXA25x-optimized applications and OS for the current gen handhelds 
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01-29-2003, 06:59 PM
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Ponderer
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Wow! I didn't expect that this story would making such waves.
I have submitted the story about the new XScale to PocketPCThoughts and not somewhere else because I like the site here.
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01-29-2003, 07:12 PM
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Ponderer
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This is THE SITE to belong to!
Right on! If you own a PocketPC and your not a member of this site; something is wrong......
This is THE POCKETPC SITE period. Everyone else is missing out.
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01-29-2003, 07:24 PM
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Thinker
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i really curious wheter this bus speed increase, will increase the performance of the xscale, so far i was disapointed with Xscale performance, feels no difference at all compare to the old strongARM chip, even sometimes worse!
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