Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 6th Jan 2009 09:36 UTC, submitted by caffeine deprived
It seems that after Intel, just about every chip maker wants a piece of the netbook pie. AMD is an obvious competitor, but VIA is also eyeing the little notebooks. However, more exotic options like the Chinese Loongson chips and ARM's Cortex A-8 and A-9 chips are also among the contenders. We can now add a new contender: Freescale.
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They were notorious in the days as motorola and then freescale of not being able to supply the chips they promised quickly enough nor at the clock they said they would to Apple
Their new chip is 'i.MX515 processor is based on the Cortex-A8 core from Arm'
The question is how 'based upon' is it? Compatible with ARM optimised distros? or require a recompile? Is it an ARM with an altivec style engine bolted on?
I'm not sure they will be able to stand up in direct competition with Intel, AMD and VIA in addition to the real wild card of the chinese chip