Intel launches the PXA800F designed for cellphones

The Intel® PXA800F Cellular Processor is designed for mainstream GSM/GPRS handsets. This high-performance, power efficient processor integrates Intel® XScale™ technology with Intel® On-Chip Flash memory and Intel® Micro Signal Architecture, jointly developed with Analog Devices, Inc.† , delivers class-leading performance, with industry-leading headroom to support computation-intensive voice and data applications for mainstream mobile phones.

Called the Intel® PXA800F cellular processor, it is a key component of the Intel® Personal Internet Client Architecture (Intel® PCA), Intel's development blueprint for designing wireless handheld communication devices that combine voice communications and Internet access capabilities.

The Intel PXA800F cellular processor features a high-performance, low-power processor running at 312 MHz based on the Intel® XScale™ technology with four megabytes of integrated Intel® On-Chip Flash memory and 512 kilobytes (KB) of SRAM for industry leading application performance. In addition, the Intel PXA800F cellular processor includes a 104 MHz signal processor using the Intel® MicroSignal architecture with 512 KB of integrated Intel On-Chip Flash memory and 64 KB of SRAM, resulting in a complete system on a single chip for advanced GSM/GPRS cellular networks.

The Intel PXA800F cellular processor is sampling today with production volumes expected in the third quarter of 2003. Products using the new processors will be available later this year, or early next year. The Intel PXA800F cellular processor has a suggested list price of $35 (US) in 10,000 unit quantities. More information on the new processors can be found at www.intel.com/info/gprs.

In creating unique "wireless-Internet-on-a-chip" technology, Intel engineers overcame significant technical hurdles associated with combining the different design and manufacturing technologies for processing, flash memory and communications functions. The Intel PXA800F cellular processor is built using a single process to place all key components onto one chip using the industry's leading .13-micron silicon manufacturing technology.

What it offers:

Full GSM/GPRS Class 12 solution

High-performance/Low-power Intel® XScale technology core, providing class-leading headroom for rich data applications

Intel® Micro Signal Architecture

Intel® On-Chip Flash Memory

Intel® PXA800F Cellular Processor Features Intel® XScale™ Technology

High-performance, power-efficient processor supports data-intensive applications

Processor core operates at an adjustable clock frequency up to 312 MHz

Instruction cache and Data cache memories

4 MB integrated Intel On-Chip Flash memory

512 KB integrated SRAM

Memory controller supports synchronous Flash mode, page mode Flash, SRAM, SDRAM, and variable latency

DMA controller

Clock units-GSM slow clocking, GSM frame timing, watchdog, RTC

Supports a wide range of standard interfaces-SIM, UART, USB, I2C*, SPI, SSP, Digital Audio Interface, MultiMediaCard, Secure Digital Card, Sony Memory Stick, Dallas* 1-Wire* Interface, keypad, PWM D/A, JTAG

Interfaces for Bluetooth, IrDA, GPS and digital camera peripherals

LCD Controller for up to 120 x 240 display 16-bit color or gray scale

Intel® Micro Signal Architecture

Performs GSM/GPRS baseband signal processing

Modified Harvard architecture, dual-MAC, deep pipeline, 104 MHz execution clock

Instruction cache and 64 KB dual-banked data SRAM

512 KB integrated Intel On-Chip Flash for field-upgradable signal processing firmware

Includes microprocessor instructions such as bit manipulation

Includes cipher and Viterbi accelerators

Multiple sleep modes and integrated power management minimize power consumption

Interface support-digital I/Q, voice codec, auxiliary serial port for mixed-signal analog baseband, I2S audio codec interface, RF synthesizer serial control interface, JTAG

Intel® On-Chip Flash Memory

Single bit-per-cell NOR Flash stores data and allows code to be executed in place (XIP)

All the on-chip memory required to run the GSM/GPRS protocol stack

The entire RTOS and JVM could fit in the on-chip Flash, accelerating performance and reducing power

Potential to reduce memory latency issues with time-critical applications