Future iPhone To Use Intel Moorestown Platform? [Updated]
DigiTimes was first to make such a claim in October 2007 citing the usual "OEM sources." The Inquirer now posts a slide from Intel's CeBIT presentation which depicts the iPhone as a Moorestown smartphone.
Image courtesy of The Inquirer
Of course, the use of the iPhone to represent smartphones may not mean anything, as the iPhone is currently one of the hottest-selling smartphones on the market. However the image does corroborate DigiTimes' previous claims.
The Moorestown platform is the successor to the Menlow platform due later this year. Both are based around the Intel Atom processor, which Intel expects to launch a new class of mobile internet devices. Moorestown is not expected until 2009, so its use would likely be for the third or later iteration of the iPhone, but could also find its way into the rumored Apple mini-tablet.
Update: Recent analysis by Anandtech suggests that Intel's Atom's processors (and therefore Moorestown) may not be headed to the iPhone until at least 2010.
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Other rumors have pegged Intel's Atom (previously Silverthorne) as a likely candidate for Apple's next iPhone.
I thought Atom was a desktop CPU, not an ARM CPU.... So wouldn't that mean that if :apple: adopts Atom, they'd be creating a 5th platform to support? (OS X PPC, OS X x86, OS X x64, iPhone ARM, iPhone x64)
How many times does this need to be said? The power consumption on the Atom is like 5-10 times what the current processor for the iPhone is. Stop perpetuating these ignorant rumors, please.
Intel's Atom chip will not be in the iPhone.
How many times does this need to be said? The power consumption on the Atom is like 5-10 times what the current processor for the iPhone is. Stop perpetuating these ignorant rumors, please.
A future revision of the iPhone, perhaps, but not the 3rd revision as the story suggests. In a recent article AnandTech theorized that maybe by 2010/2011 Intel might be able to bring power consumption down enough to be in an iPhone-type device, but ARM rules the roost for power consumption to performance ratio for at least the next few years.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/intel/showdoc.aspx?i=3254&p=2
The Inquirer? I hope this is not the tabloid paper that has less than zero credibility. Oh wait........ That's the National Inquirer.
No...you had it right the first time.
I thought Atom was a desktop CPU, not an ARM CPU.... So wouldn't that mean that if :apple: adopts Atom, they'd be creating a 5th platform to support? (OS X PPC, OS X x86, OS X x64, iPhone ARM, iPhone x64)
Atom supports the full X86 instruction set, but is meant for ultra-mobile devices. See previous rumors (note: Atom used to be named Silverthorne, and is part of the Menlow platform).
Intel's Atom chip will not be in the iPhone.
How many times does this need to be said? The power consumption on the Atom is like 5-10 times what the current processor for the iPhone is. Stop perpetuating these ignorant rumors, please.
You may disagree with the rumor, but the rumors are not necessarily "ignorant", as they are coming from reputable sources. The above link is from AppleInsider, which has a pretty good track record (minus all the coverage from analysts).
The Inquirer? I hope this is not the tabloid paper that has less than zero credibility. Oh wait........ That's the National Inquirer.
No...you had it right the first time.
Actually made a comment about that in a story once...
http://www.macrumors.com/2007/02/14/latest-ati-amd-chip-destined-for-mac-pro/
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