Chipset manufacturer Freescale on Monday unveiled an ARM-based blueprint for cheap, low-cost subnotebooks. At the heart of the reference design is the i.MX515 processor, which uses ARM's Cortex-A8 chipset architecture. The design also incorporates a new power management integrated circuit from Freescale, as well as Adobe Flash Lite and the netbook version of Canonical's Ubuntu Linux distribution. According to Freescale, this combination makes it possible for manufacturers to build netbooks with retail prices under $200 (_137) and battery lives of eight hours. The i.MX515 processor can scale in performance from 600MHz to 1GHz, and can support both DDR2 and mobile DDR1 memory types. It also offers both OpenVG and OpenGL graphics cores, to support 2D and 3D graphics. Monday's announcement brought to fruition a prediction made by... [read full story]
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Freescale Semiconductor Inc is moving in on the fastest-growing segment of the PC market, announcing on Monday a new chip for netbooks that are priced below $200. The move is the latest sign that consumers can expect to see...
By Dave Moyer | Published: January 07, 2009 - 06:05AM CT Despite the fact that their keyboards are hand-cripplingly small, the "netbook" sector of computer sales continues to grow and expand. Whether it's the small form factor...
Comprehensive solution based on ARM® technology designed to enable low-power, gigahertz performance netbooks at sub-$200 price points AUSTIN, Texas — January 05, 2009 — Freescale Semiconductor enters the fast-growing netbook...
Freescale Semiconductor has entered the netbook market with a solution designed to enable netbooks that feature 8.9-inch displays, deliver 8 hours of battery life between charges and retail at sub-$200 price points.
As the saying goes, you get what you pay for. However, Freescale Semiconductor's upcoming i.MX515 processor, based on the ARM chip architecture, should defy that belief, offering 1GHz speeds for under $200.
Right now Intel dominates the netbook market with its Atom processors which can be found in netbooks costing around $299. This may all change with the introduction of Freescale's i.MX515 processor chip.
New design cuts cost, power consumption of "netbooks" Charles J. Murray, Senior Technical Editor -- Freescale engineers said they based the processor on ARM Cortex-A8 core technology because it enabled them to minimize...
Freescale Semiconductor enters the netbook market with a new comprehensive solution which can be used to produce netbooks featuring 8.9 inch displays and a battery life of eight hours between charges. The company designs and...
Chipset manufacturer Freescale on Monday unveiled an ARM-based blueprint for cheap, low-cost subnotebooks. At the heart of the reference design is the i.MX515 processor, which uses ARM's Cortex-A8 chipset architecture. The...
Freescale Semiconductor has entered into the netbook market with a new solution designed to enable netbooks with 8.9 inch displays deliver eight hours of battery life between charges and retail at sub US$ 200 price points....
