Intel Expands Support For Embedded Developers With Extended-Temperature Intel® XScale® Technology

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 12, 2002 - Intel Corporation is broadening its support for developers of leading-edge embedded products with a version of its highest-performance Intel® XScale® technology for complex applications that must operate in extreme temperatures.

The Intel® 80200T processor based on high-performance, ultra-low-power Intel XScale technology operates at speeds up to 733 MHz while consuming less than 1.3 watts, and can operate at temperatures ranging from minus 40 to 85 degrees Celsius.

This combination of performance, heat dissipation and environmental hardening make the 80200T processor ideal for a wide variety of applications in telematics, automotive, industrial and communications market segments where increasingly sophisticated products are designed for operation in demanding environmental situations.

"The 80200T processor joins an extensive line of embedded processors from Intel that enable embedded systems designers to choose the optimum combination of performance, power consumption and features to meet their specific design needs," said James A. Johnson, vice president, Intel Communications Group, and general manager, Platform Networking Group.

The high-performance Intel 80200 processor can be matched with equipment makers' extended-temperature companion chips to create products ranging from advanced multimedia devices for automobiles to set-top boxes.

ACUNIA, through its business unit ACUNIA Embedded Solutions, is using the Intel 80200T processor along with an in-house developed flexible companion chip for its XINGU design. XINGU offers a high-performing, low-power processing solution for the embedded market. This chipset is used in a reference design for an in-car multimedia infotainment system called CarCube*. Based on Xilinx* Spartan-II* and CoolRunner-II* programmable chips, CarCube provides the time-to-market advantages afforded by programmable logic. Using this reference design, auto manufacturers and suppliers can develop innovative systems in a fast and flexible manner.

"We took advantage of the high-performance processing power of the 80200T, while staying fully compatible with the other XScale technology-based processors, to design a platform that's easy for OEMs to customize into products with a myriad of features," said Bart Placklé, business unit manager for ACUNIA Embedded Solutions. "The Intel 80200T processor meets our customers' demand for extremely high-performance solutions and the ability to withstand the rigors the average automobile would render on a CarCube product."

"Xilinx is a proponent of Intel's standards-based building block approach to its processors," said Karen Parnell, product marketing manager for the Automotive Group at Xilinx Inc. "The Intel 80200 processor made it much easier to turn the Xilinx Spartan-II programmable chip into exactly the dependable companion chip that ACUNIA required, while enabling OEMs to develop products with additional advanced features tailored to their specific needs."

In addition to 733 MHz, the Intel 80200T processor will be available at 600 MHz, 400 MHz and 200 MHz, and is supported by a comprehensive development environment and a large ecosystem of third-party vendors.

All versions of the Intel 80200T processor will be generally available in February and cost $103, $66, $42 and $30 for 733 MHz, 600 MHz, 400 MHz and 200 MHz, respectively, in quantities of 10,000.

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