Cortex in Freescale in Pegatron in..pressive!
Sascha of Netbooknews.de was impressed by this. $ 199 for a beautiful piece of design and 8 hours battery life. Pegatron is a subsidiary of ASUS. It shows ….
Press release below, but take a look at the videos on Netbooknews first. Loans to Notebooks.com.
AUSTIN, Texas – Jan. 5, 2009 – Freescale Semiconductor in the fast-growing Netbook market with a comprehensive solution that netbooks to turn this feature 8.9-inch displays, provide eight hours of battery life between charges and retail at sub – $ 200 prizes.
On the basis of the new i.MX515 processor with ARM Cortex-A8 technology, Freescale solution includes an impressive range of software, components and resources to help OEMs quickly develop and deploy compelling Netbook products.
A comprehensive Netbook reference design based on the i.MX515 processor is available now. Created in collaboration with Pegatron, the reference design has the i.MX515 processor, Canonical’s Ubuntu operating system, a new power-management IC from Freescale, which SGTL5000 Ultra-Low-Power Audio Codec and Adobe Flash Lite software, Adobe’s Flash Player for mobile phones and devices.
“We see a great opportunity in the Netbook market as consumers demand more cost-effective solutions and a higher performance,” said Lisa Su, Senior Vice President and General Manager of Freescale Networking and Multimedia Group. “Our solution for netbooks enables OEMs to develop products with convincing cellphone battery, as with extremely aggressive prices. We believe that the combination of i.MX515 processor and related Enablement solutions dramatically accelerate the development of this exciting new room. ”
According to analyst firm ABI Research, consumers are expected to buy 140 million netbooks in 2013, compared with only 15 million in 2008. Often prices between $ 300 and $ 400 (USD), netbooks will be streamlined, embedded devices, which are more than enough power for a variety of Internet activities such as social networking, surfing the Web, e-mail and other common tasks.
“As reflected in the 2008 season, the Netbook market explodes by consumer demand for affordable and compact devices that the users to carry out routine tasks such as social networking or shopping on the Internet,” said Philip Solis, principal analyst at ABI Research. “The Netbook market is still in its infancy, and there is a large market opportunity for companies such as Freescale. As platforms for advanced netbooks always available, prices will fall, and the market will grow.”
Unleashing ARM technology for Netbook Markets
Integration of an ARM Cortex-A8 core and produced using 65-nm process technology, Freescale’s new i.MX515 provides up to 2100 Dhrystone MIPS and can scale in performance from 600 MHz to 1 GHz. Advanced Power Management functions in the processor i.MX515, like a hardware-based video acceleration blocks for a longer battery life and the need for fans or heat sinks.
Through the integration of highly integrated devices and low-cost printed circuit boards, the Freescale solution was developed to minimize the BOM. Furthermore, the cost-effectiveness by i.MX515 with a memory interface supports both DDR2 and mobile DDR1. While mobile DDR1 is ideal for most power-sensitive mobile Internet devices, DDR2 is better suited for netbooks, because they power at low cost much less. Although the i.MX515 offers support for both, many competing Cortex-A8 platform opportunities today only mobile DDR1, limit designers’ options to generate savings.
The i.MX51 is one of the only processors provide both OpenVG and OpenGL graphics cores, so that 2D and 3D graphics, as well as Flash and SVG for enhanced user experience. Video for the Adobe player is one of the leading video formats on the Internet today. Working with Adobe, Freescale plans to Adobe software to run on the processor dedicated graphics OpenVG block, thus extending the life of the battery Netbook Web browsing experience as rich and how to respond to traditional PCs.
Netbook New power management technology from Freescale
An important part of Freescale’s Netbook solution is the new power management IC MC13982. The integration of a variety of discrete functions into a single device, the MC13982 contribute to reducing the size and weight of the finished products and to extend their battery life through innovative power management and control functions. The device contains a battery charging system, four adjustable Buck converter for the power of the processor core and memory, two-pulse converter for LCD backlight and RGB LED backlight with serial drivers for the display and keyboard.
About Adobe Flash platform
The Adobe Flash platform is the de facto standard for providing breakthrough applications, content and videos on the Web. Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Flash Lite to over 98 percent of the connected computers and more than 800 million devices, and more than 80 percent of Web video with the world to ensure that content and applications are consistently in the format users want . For more information about the Adobe Flash platform, visit www.adobe.com flash platform.
Availability
Freescale’s Netbook reference design is available now. The company is currently sampling i.MX515 processor and MC13982 power management device to an animal Netbook customers. Volume production for the i.MX515 device is intended for Q2 2009, the power netbooks for 2009 Christmas season.
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