Intel announces EP80579 system on a chip for MIDs and consumer electronics
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Ryan Trevisol @ Jul 24th 2008 10:35AM
The processor industry seems to be undergoing some interesting changes. Who would've thought that Intel would be using 3-4 year old processor tech to create new products?
anonymousaversa @ Jul 24th 2008 11:20AM
I was thinking the same thing...
and I really hope they don't bring back the Celeron.
M. Hyde @ Jul 24th 2008 10:54AM
So this is me loving you, you young rapscallion, you.
All of those capital letters pushed together are abbreviations, not acronyms, save perhaps for MID; but I don't know anyone that pronounces it "mid."
An acronym creates a new word, like SCUBA, or NASA. "ICH" is not a word, unless you want to start saying "ick."
Surely you knew this from your journalistic background, but I'm just saying.
Eric @ Jul 24th 2008 11:23AM
Embedded, yes, MID's... I don't think so.
No embedded video, no ram, no wifi, no cell data, but 3 GigE controllers and a T1 controller.
I doubt this will be used in any MID's.
garci @ Jul 24th 2008 7:01PM
Eric.. indeed... the 12xT1 / E1 controller struck me as QUITE odd... i bet this is more for a small router... Actually, it would fit perfectly for a BTS / Node B router (to carry 2G and 3G cellular traffic back to the operator's central office). All the encryption accelerators only help with that...
Pretty weird choice of ports IMHO.. but interesting. Yet, as you mention, nothing close of a MID or consumer electronics... Man.. there's even a CAN bus!
Cheers,
LarsG @ Jul 24th 2008 10:34PM
@eric/garci
Agreed, we'll probably have to wait for Moorestown until Intel SoCs are usable in mids.
The 80579 is the kind of thing you'd put in a multifunction router/firewall/ssl accelerator/ipsec gateway/voip box and possibly other network appliances that would need 3*GigE and a decent cpu.
Timothy Sottek @ Jul 24th 2008 11:24AM
Dear Intel:
I love you.
I really do.
But if you steal XFX and eVGA from nVIDIA, and screw up support on my new GTX 280 SLI system...
Lets just say things will get real hot in Santa Clara.
I'M TALKING NO THERMAL PASTE HOT.
Timothy Sottek @ Jul 24th 2008 11:25AM
Ugh. Somewhere in this article I double-posted.
For the first time ever.
Note to self: Don't quickly go through gmail to find a link to an article you posted on Engadget.
kal326 @ Jul 24th 2008 11:30AM
The better question is how many of these can you fit on a single die and/or system board. If you could fit 4 or 8 of these on a single die with 4 or 8 dies on a system board, you could make the worlds smallest super computer. That or shove 4 to 8 physical systems in a HTPC case either one would be kinda nice.
M. Hyde @ Jul 24th 2008 11:33AM
Umm ... Didn't you just describe the Cell processor?
Joe @ Jul 24th 2008 12:28PM
Dear Intel,
Thank you for building a embedded systems processor. Especially one with a TDM interface. Freescale needs some competition.
Your Friend,
Jason
edward @ Jul 24th 2008 2:21PM
Dear Intel,
Slap the atom name on this baby... no one will know the difference and it will sell many times better.
Your Customer,
Edward
Frank Lex MA @ Jul 24th 2008 6:10PM
This looks like an embedded processor - not for MIDs or consumer electronics. With the 3 GbE ports and TDM it looks like a very nice level of integration.
Big Rob @ Jul 24th 2008 11:06PM
Notice the CAN x2.. looks like we may have an auto version with Q100 qualification. Verrrrry niiiiiice.