08-03-2005, 06:00 PM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Intel Kills the PXA26x Line
"Intel has formally announced the death of the PXA26x series of ARM-based XScale chips for PDAs, according to company documents seen by The Register. PXA26x parts were the de facto standard for Pocket PC devices until the chip giant began shipping the more advanced PXA27x family, aka 'Bulverde', just over a year ago. Since then, almost all of the new Intel-based PDAs and PocketPC-phone combos have shipped with Bulverde processors. The older parts are not toast yet. Intel will continue accepting orders for the parts until 18 January 2006, and will ship product though to 18 July 2006, the documents reveal."
According to The Register, Intel will be offering the PXA25x and PXA27x as alternatives to the PXA26x, but warns against those who follow this upgrade path due to pin incompatibilities between the PXA25x/27x and the PXA26x. So you'll essentially have two options: redesign your product, or design a new product. 
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08-03-2005, 07:19 PM
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Intellectual
Join Date: May 2006
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Was any company still seriously using the PXA26x?
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08-03-2005, 07:43 PM
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Philosopher
Join Date: Aug 2006
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I'm actually kind of surprised that the PXA25x line is still in the mix. I'm not really up to date on how all the processor lines compare, though.
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08-03-2005, 10:31 PM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jun 2003
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Originally Posted by JickBahTech
Was any company still seriously using the PXA26x?
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Yep, for instance the Xda II (HTC Himalaya) and Xda III/IIs (Blue Angel) were based on the PXA26x.
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08-04-2005, 12:57 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Apr 2004
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So how much of bad news is this for us with the PXA26x chip. I am running a sprint PPC-6600.
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08-04-2005, 02:54 AM
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Developer & Designer, News Editor Emeritus
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Originally Posted by wesley762
So how much of bad news is this for us with the PXA26x chip. I am running a sprint PPC-6600.
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There's nothing you can really do. This news affects the manufacturers more than the consumers. Bottom line - your device still works.
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08-04-2005, 09:20 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 398
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Roll on the PXA280 series  1ghz processors here I come
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