09-21-2004, 05:00 PM
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Samsung Introduces 667 Mhz CPU
"Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., the leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced mobile CPU with speeds of 667MHz. This mobile CPU is expected to enable diverse multimedia content in 3G mobile handheld devices such as smart phones and PDAs. By introducing a structured custom design methodology at the integrated circuit design and evaluation process levels, Samsung was able to increase the speed of its mobile CPU. To further support seamless real time video images and high-density multimedia services, the mobile CPU carries up to 64Kilo Bytes of cache memory."
Excellent news! The Samsung processor is quite snappy, even at 200 mhz. I don't have the metrics on hand but I seem to remember it being faster than the Intel Xscale processor on a per-Mhz basis. This new CPU is 43 Mhz faster than the best Intel has to offer, and if the peformance metrics remain the same, it should be much faster in real-world tests. Way to go Samsung! Now all we need is a Pocket PC OEM to use it. :wink:
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09-21-2004, 05:16 PM
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This is one of those "wake-me-up" news calls I've been waiting for.
I love the Samsung processors used in the Pocket PCs at the moment. My iPAQ h1940 runs a S3C2410 266MHz and I'm very happy at its blazing performance. I wonder how 667MHz will please me. 
It's little wonder that the h1940 still gets touted as one of the better performing Pocket PCs out there. Samsung do a good job. 
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09-21-2004, 05:19 PM
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Hei, what about the palmOne 5-row with number row universal keyboard IrDA at US$70 news?
The Samsung processor sounds mildly interesting.
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09-21-2004, 05:24 PM
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Are xscale-optimized programs compatible with the samsung chips? Probably zero chance of seeing this non-intel chip in a dell axim. I wonder what 3d video chipset can the samsung be paired with. Most likely not intel's 2700G.
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09-21-2004, 05:36 PM
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Great news, the more competition in this space the better, as far as I'm concerned. Intel has really been slow to improve these chips over the last several years, IMO.
Has anyone seen benchmarks of the 400 Mhz Samsung chip in the new iPaqs? I'd be curious to see how it performs compared to the X-Scale, which was only moderately faster than the original 206Mhz StrongArm Intel processor. If the 400 Mhz Samsung is indeed faster, then we really should be celebrating this announcement. :mrgreen:
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09-21-2004, 05:55 PM
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I don't have the metrics on hand but I seem to remember it being faster than the Intel Xscale processor on a per-Mhz basis
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That's not what some are saying about a device like the 3700 series. These were posted by someone on another board:
Spb CPU benchmark results:
2215 (pxa255 400mhz) : 1803.5
rx3715 (Samsung 2440 400mhz) : 1529.5
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09-21-2004, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by jngold_me
That's not what some are saying about a device like the 3700 series. These were posted by someone on another board:
Spb CPU benchmark results:
2215 (pxa255 400mhz) : 1803.5
rx3715 (Samsung 2440 400mhz) : 1529.5
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Bear in mind that the h2215 runs Windows Mobile 2003 First Edition, while the rx3715 runs Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition. There are conflicting reports present, but off the top of my head, I do recall that the First Edition of WM2003 operates far more efficiently than the Second Edition of WM2003 at the moment. Hence, the higher benchmark of the h2215.
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09-21-2004, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by jonathanchoo
Hei, what about the palmOne 5-row with number row universal keyboard IrDA at US$70 news?
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What are you talking about? :?
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09-21-2004, 06:01 PM
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Originally Posted by whydidnt
I'd be curious to see how it performs compared to the X-Scale, which was only moderately faster than the original 206Mhz StrongArm Intel processor.
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I think this was only the case for PXA250 which had a cache bug. Later X-Scales are faster.
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09-21-2004, 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by badbob001
Are xscale-optimized programs compatible with the samsung chips?
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Yes, they're both ARM-based, and as such there should be no issues there.
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Originally Posted by badbob001
Probably zero chance of seeing this non-intel chip in a dell axim. I wonder what 3d video chipset can the samsung be paired with. Most likely not intel's 2700G.
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Indeed, I doubt we'll ever see a Samsung chip paired with a 2700G. Since it seems Samsung wants to go for the high-end of the PDA spectrum, they need to find someone to partner with for video acceleration.
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