Intel Revamps Its System On Chip Designs

The first batch of products is under the Intel EP80579 Integrated Processor family for industrial robotics and for security, storage and communication devices. By Antone Gonsalves InformationWeek Intel on Thursday is expected to introduce the first products of a new generation of system-on-a-chip designs that will target several markets, including consumer electronics, mobile Internet devices, and embedded systems. The first batch of products is under the Intel EP80579 Integrated Processor family for industrial robotics and for security, storage and communication devices. The system-on-a-chip (SoC) products are based on the Pentium M processor. Intel plans to base future SoC hardware on its Atom processor , which was released this year for low power mobile Internet... [read full story]