Intel presentation promises Medfield-based smartphones by 2011
By Donald Melanson 
posted May 17th 2009 7:21PM
posted May 17th 2009 7:21PM
We've been hearing about Intel's Medfield processor for some time now, but much of the talk so far has been about it being an Atom-replacement for netbooks and MIDs. A seemingly recent Intel presentation obtained by the folks at UMPC Portal is now shedding a bit more light on the matter, however, and it's looking like smartphones could actually be at the heart of Intel's long-term plans. As you can see above, and in the complete presentation at the link below, Intel sees its base of devices getting larger and larger as its processors get smaller and more power-efficient, and it looks like "mainstream smartphones" could become a reality as soon as 2011. That's due largely to the 32nm manufacturing process used for the smaller Medfield processor, which also makes uses a smaller board size that leaves more room for keypads, batteries and whatnot. Of course, we are still talking about Intel predicting the state of devices two years out, so who knows how things will shake out in the interim.
Here's to these chips being put in something useful rather then a buggy piece of junk with an Apple on it.
i can say the same for a computer with windows on it
"i can say the same for a computer with windows on it"
Yes, because, we are both entitled to an opinion. I know it's hard for some people to grasp. Both phone OS's suck, but then again, I never mentioned windows so.....
The iPhone OS does not suck. Room for improvement, yes.
Meh
I thought Pre would be high end and Storm Mainstream..oh well
Hmm... how is the Bold mainstream, and then the Storm high-end?
Thank god they didn't put an iPhone in there to throw everyone for a loop. But wait, iPhone's are neither High End or Smart Phones, so...
Eh, I think Intel are dreaming if they think they're going to get any of their processors into the mainstream in mobile phones.
Why would the manafacturers change to less powerful, more expensive chips which suck much more power than the ARM designs which practically everyone uses? Besides, RISC is particularly useful for mobiles.
In my opinion, there's far more chance of ARM RISC chips colonising the desktop - the netbook invasion is about to begin - than Intel getting anywhere near phones. They're 5 years behind in terms of performance per watt!
Hm- x86 on cellphones? Windows Mobile 7 will just be Windows 7? (Well, that's probably too near term)
That's _exactly_ what I'm hoping for. :)
x86 + MS VS ARM + Linux
hum....
Only one link in the whole article? That's strange...
This is the 4th or 5th time Intel has had big plans for the phone business. Each time in the past it has gone no where. This will be the same.
I was just going to post the same thing. Seems like Intel has been trying to get into mobile for the last 10 years. Perhaps the lack of success has something to do with ARM?
I hope so.
What i find odd is didn't Intel sell their mobile phone processor division?
good!
Intel failed in the mobile phone division in the past because 3rd party IP could not be integrated into an SOC. This is why these mobile parts will be made by TSMC (licensed by Intel) so customers can put there own IP into the chip (like a 3G radio).
Separate graphics chip required. Fail.
Jesus, Intel and all these codenames for the Atom tech.... Menlow, Moorestown, Medfield, Silverthorne, Diamondville, Pineview, Lincroft, WTF!
Anyways, of course cellphones were their long-time goal since they are the future of computing and the world produces billions every year!
Intel, I protest: The BB Storm is high end and the Palm Pre is not? That's an insult. And regardless of all else, just processor wise the Pre wins.
Is my Asus P320 - http://www.techreviews4u.com/2009/01/04/asus-p320-pictures/ a smartphone or a pocket pc, whats the difference between the two ?
It's a pocket PC ("Professional") as it has a touch screen. Smartphones ("Standard") don't have touch screens.
Smartphones have a "phone" built in, hence the name. Pocket PC has no phone built in, it just a pocket pc. Either one can have a touchscreen. I think pocket pc's had touchscreens way before phones.
Hello Intel, are you going to terminate AMD's x86 license? Or it's just a show made by your marketing team?
>> "A seemingly recent Intel presentation..."
The presentation is from Intel's investor meeting last week (May 12-13) and was delivered by Anand Chandrasekher, Senior VP - Ultra Mobility Group. The slides and a video of the presentation are available at Intel's web site:
http://intelstudios.edgesuite.net/im/index.htm
that's a N97 in the picture..
Haven't Intel already done smartphone processors?
PXA270 for example (what's in the HTC universal among other things).
Phones are going to get better and better...you like check this out..http://whollysblog.com/