Article: Medfield, Intel's x86 Phone Chip
By: David Kanter (dkanter.delete@this.realworldtech.com), January 27, 2012 5:54 pm
Room: Moderated Discussions
Rob Thorpe (rthorpe@robertthorpeconsulting.com) on 1/26/12 wrote:
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>In the block diagram it shows "TI WiFi, Bluetooth & GPS". I hope that's simply
>an option. If it's mandatory to use the TI implementations of those things then
>that's a big drawback. There are still lots of problems with the implementations
>of these protocols for smartphones. Having several vendors allows the phone designer
>to drive for lower cost and for bug fixes.
That is simply a diagram of the reference platform, not necessarily all Medfield designs. The external components are not mandatory (except the PMIC, which must meet certain specs).
In the discussion, Intel's engineers specifically said that the 3G modem could be from anyone and that they are happy to work with QCOM or any 3rd party. I would assume that is true of Wifi, GPS and other I/O devices as well.
David
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>In the block diagram it shows "TI WiFi, Bluetooth & GPS". I hope that's simply
>an option. If it's mandatory to use the TI implementations of those things then
>that's a big drawback. There are still lots of problems with the implementations
>of these protocols for smartphones. Having several vendors allows the phone designer
>to drive for lower cost and for bug fixes.
That is simply a diagram of the reference platform, not necessarily all Medfield designs. The external components are not mandatory (except the PMIC, which must meet certain specs).
In the discussion, Intel's engineers specifically said that the 3G modem could be from anyone and that they are happy to work with QCOM or any 3rd party. I would assume that is true of Wifi, GPS and other I/O devices as well.
David
| Topic | Posted By | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Medfield article online | David Kanter | 2012/01/23 01:51 PM |
| server error | bakaneko | 2012/01/24 03:00 AM |
| Fixed | David Kanter | 2012/01/24 04:02 AM |
| Fixed | Joel | 2012/01/24 07:43 AM |
| Fixed | Ricardo B | 2012/01/24 11:25 AM |
| Fixed | David Kanter | 2012/01/24 05:29 PM |
| Fixed | Gabriele Svelto | 2012/01/24 01:07 PM |
| Fixed | David Kanter | 2012/01/24 05:30 PM |
| Reference platform battery life | Doug Siebert | 2012/01/24 02:03 PM |
| standby time | Foo_ | 2012/01/25 06:58 AM |
| standby time | Anon | 2012/01/26 03:42 AM |
| standby time | Foo_ | 2012/01/26 04:02 AM |
| standby time | Doug Siebert | 2012/01/26 12:39 PM |
| standby time | Anon | 2012/01/26 01:22 PM |
| standby time | anon | 2012/01/26 02:08 PM |
| standby time | Anon | 2012/01/26 06:03 PM |
| standby time | anon | 2012/01/26 08:57 PM |
| standby time | anon | 2012/01/26 09:01 PM |
| standby time | Anon | 2012/01/27 09:32 PM |
| standby time | Doug Siebert | 2012/01/27 02:15 PM |
| standby time | anon | 2012/01/27 02:41 PM |
| Reference platform battery life | David Kanter | 2012/01/27 10:09 AM |
| Performance analysis laughable | Wilco | 2012/01/24 03:23 PM |
| Performance analysis laughable | David Kanter | 2012/01/24 05:19 PM |
| Performance analysis laughable | IntelUser2000 | 2012/01/24 07:30 PM |
| Performance analysis laughable | IntelUser2000 | 2012/01/24 07:32 PM |
| Performance analysis laughable | David Kanter | 2012/01/24 11:34 PM |
| Performance analysis laughable | IntelUser2000 | 2012/01/24 11:56 PM |
| Performance analysis laughable | David Kanter | 2012/01/25 02:07 AM |
| Performance analysis laughable | Alberto | 2012/01/25 12:54 PM |
| Atom HT gain | Wilco | 2012/01/25 05:43 AM |
| Atom HT gain | IntelUser2000 | 2012/01/25 06:53 AM |
| Atom HT gain | none | 2012/01/25 07:04 AM |
| Atom HT gain | IntelUser2000 | 2012/01/25 07:35 AM |
| Atom HT gain | Foo_ | 2012/01/25 07:06 AM |
| Performance analysis laughable | Wilco | 2012/01/24 08:21 PM |
| Performance analysis laughable | David Kanter | 2012/01/24 10:13 PM |
| Performance analysis laughable | Wilco | 2012/01/25 04:30 AM |
| Performance analysis laughable | none | 2012/01/25 06:14 AM |
| Performance analysis laughable | Wilco | 2012/01/25 07:18 AM |
| Performance analysis laughable | observer | 2012/01/26 04:17 AM |
| Performance analysis laughable | Wilco | 2012/01/26 06:25 AM |
| Process numbers | Alberto | 2012/01/26 09:29 AM |
| Performance analysis laughable | David Kanter | 2012/02/02 12:38 AM |
| Performance analysis laughable | tupper | 2012/01/25 04:27 PM |
| Performance analysis laughable | Linus Torvalds | 2012/01/25 08:37 PM |
| Performance analysis laughable | Doug Siebert | 2012/01/26 02:12 PM |
| Medfield article online | Andreas | 2012/01/25 03:10 AM |
| Medfield article online | Alberto | 2012/01/25 09:44 AM |
| Medfield article online | IntelUser2000 | 2012/01/25 10:24 AM |
| Medfield article online | David Kanter | 2012/01/25 09:58 PM |
| Medfield article online | Doug Siebert | 2012/01/26 01:20 PM |
| Medfield article online | Eric | 2012/01/26 06:10 PM |
| Medfield article online | Doug Siebert | 2012/01/27 02:40 PM |
| 64-bit | Ingeneer | 2012/01/25 09:28 AM |
| 64-bit | Foo_ | 2012/01/25 10:23 AM |
| 64-bit | Ingeneer | 2012/01/25 02:34 PM |
| 64-bit | Ungo | 2012/01/25 04:08 PM |
| 64-bit | EduardoS | 2012/01/26 12:55 PM |
| Saltwell memcpy | SHK | 2012/01/26 02:41 AM |
| Medfield WiFi & Bluetooth | Rob Thorpe | 2012/01/26 03:09 AM |
| Medfield WiFi & Bluetooth | David Kanter | 2012/01/27 05:54 PM |
| Medfield WiFi & Bluetooth | Rob Thorpe | 2012/01/28 02:22 PM |
| Medfield article online (NT) | Anil | 2012/01/26 05:57 PM |
| Medfield article online | Anil | 2012/01/26 06:11 PM |
| Medfield article online | Mr. Camel | 2012/01/26 06:26 PM |
| Medfield article online | none | 2012/01/27 01:41 AM |