XScale ARM CPU in iPhone?
The chips in the new Apple iPhone are made by Intel?
No, theyre Marvells. We sold our Xscale architecture to this company. However Apple is one of our best customers for flash memories and our NANDs are featured in the new handheld.
XScale is an implementation of the ARM architecture originally designed by Intel. Intel's PXA family of XScale processors, aimed at mobile phone applications, was sold to Marvell in June 2006. When the iPhone was first released, there had been speculative claims that Samsung's ARM chip would be used but this had never been verified. If Bucci's comments are accurate, then it appears that Marvell will be supplying the CPUs for the iPhone.
Marvell currently lists 3 families of mobile application processors on their website: PXA3xx, PXA 27x, and PXA255.
Marvell applications processors deliver advanced integration, leading multimedia performance, and superior power savings for cellular phone, PDA, handheld consumer, and embedded markets. Based on the Intel XScale technology and featuring integrated memory, Marvells applications processors are ideal solutions for low-power, space-sensitive devices. Marvell silicon provides the headroom for advanced applications within a range of power specifications, so manufacturers can differentiate their offerings now and into the future. From streaming video to mixing MP3s, the Marvell suite of applications processors delivers advanced multimedia performance with enhanced battery life to feature-hungry technology consumers on the go.
The 2006 sale of the technology to Marvell would explain an early denial by Intel that it is producing the processor for the iPhone.
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The XScale core was based on the StrongARM core, (used in the Newton, etc). It was originally designed by Digital, so they used a lot of the same techniques as was used in the Alpha. Intel aquired that technology, and created the XScale as something like StrongARM version 2. PXAs, and XScales in general, are in, well, a bunch of different types of devices, and are a nice piece of gear.
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Just one comment, maybe someone from MR that actually speaks German should translate it. :p It's just so funny reading that Google translation.:rolleyes:
We'll try to do that. In the meantime, a native speaker is welcome to post a better translation.
"Are Apple iPhone microchips made by Intel?
No, they are not ours, They are Marvell’s, a company we gave out all our activities that includes the XScale architecture. Apple however is one of our main clients for Flash memory. The new device is powered by our Nand."
Just one comment, maybe someone from MR that actually speaks German should translate it.
ilSole24Ore is the Italian (not German) equivalent of the Wall Street Journal.[EDIT]: not sure about the word gave out; my English is not that good. Probably yielded is a better translation now that I look it up on the dictionary. ( I thought the yield means generate, I guess I was wrong)
a better translation (I hope)
"Are Apple iPhone microchips made by Intel?
No, they are not ours, They are Marvell’s, a company we gave out all our activities that includes the XScale architecture. Apple however is one of our main clients for Flash memory. The new device is powered by our Nand."
ilSole24Ore is the Italian (not German) equivalent of the Wall Street Journal.
Thanks for the translation (esp. the last sentence)! The Google translation is interpretable, but just sounds funny :p. And I don't know where I got the idea that it was German :confused: , maybe it's a sign I should go to bed instead of staying up and reading MR :p.
Thanks for the translation (esp. the last sentence)! The Google translation is interpretable, but just sounds funny :p. And I don't know where I got the idea that it was German :confused: , maybe it's a sign I should go to bed instead of staying up and reading MR :p.
Yeah, the last sentence is completely nosense. Glad I could help!
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