Anand Chandrasekher has finished his ultra mobility keynote speech and Intel have already published some notes that you can find in full here. No images of the demonstrators yet but it wont be long before they appear.
“Mobile users are demanding to take the full Internet experience anytime, anywhere – in essence these users want the full Internet to be delivered to them wirelessly and in their pocket,” Chandrasekher said. “In the first half of 2008, Intel will take a major step to deliver what these users are looking for with our first platform designed from the ground up for MIDs and UMPCs – codenamed Menlow, which will deliver 10x lower power compared to the first UMPCs in the market. After Menlow our next-generation platform – codenamed Moorestown, will increase battery life an order of magnitude by reducing idle power by 10x compared to Menlow.”
So thats 0.5W CPU in 2008 (meaning, in effect, 2W less average. From 9W to 7W. About 25% improvement) and 0.05W in 2008. (Saving, in end effect, very little unless screen, flash and radio designers announce similar improvements!)
A number of early working prototypes, resulting from the formation of the Mobile Internet Device Innovation Alliance 6 months ago, were demonstrated by Chandrasekher.
Where! Where!
“Together, alliance members have worked on engineering challenges, including power management, wireless communications and software integration,” he said.
As I said above, everyone needs to work together.
Chandrasekher provided a sneak peek at Moorestown that consists of a system on chip (SOC) design combining the CPU, graphics, video and memory controller onto a single chip. A Moorestown-based MID will have idle power that will be 10x lower than the 2008 Menlow design, enabling longer battery life in smaller form factors.
