Friday, June 28, 2002
Intel: It is up to developers to optimize for X-Scale
Posted by Ed Hansberry in "ARTICLE" @ 10:48 AM
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&ncid=73&e=1&cid=73&u=/zd/20020628/tc_zd/940329
"Intel says that software developers will bear the burden of boosting performance on newer models of Pocket PC handhelds, as manufacturers move from Intel's StrongARM SA1110 processor to a new Intel architecture called XScale. "
The more I learn about this whole thing the less I know about it. Bus width, bus speed, onboard cache, PIII-PIV similarities, ARM4, ARM5, blah blah blah.
"Intel, however, says that it will be a simple matter for software makers to release new versions of their software optimized for XScale, without needing optimised [sic] Pocket PC software and without running the risk of fragmenting their software. Intel compared the process to the introduction of any new architecture, including the Pentium 4. "Optimized software that takes full advantage of the XScale microarchitecture will occur over a period of time, like any new processor microarchitecture transition," said Intel representative Mark Miller. "
Thanks to Dazz for the link.
"Intel says that software developers will bear the burden of boosting performance on newer models of Pocket PC handhelds, as manufacturers move from Intel's StrongARM SA1110 processor to a new Intel architecture called XScale. "
The more I learn about this whole thing the less I know about it. Bus width, bus speed, onboard cache, PIII-PIV similarities, ARM4, ARM5, blah blah blah.
"Intel, however, says that it will be a simple matter for software makers to release new versions of their software optimized for XScale, without needing optimised [sic] Pocket PC software and without running the risk of fragmenting their software. Intel compared the process to the introduction of any new architecture, including the Pentium 4. "Optimized software that takes full advantage of the XScale microarchitecture will occur over a period of time, like any new processor microarchitecture transition," said Intel representative Mark Miller. "Thanks to Dazz for the link.
