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News Release from: Freescale Semiconductor | Subject: DragonBall MX1 and DragonBall Super VZ
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 14 June 2001
Best-in-class claim for new DragonBalls
Motorola claims its two new DragonBall microprocessor products - DragonBall MX1 and DragonBall Super VZ - provide best-in-class handheld performance and battery life.
Motorola claims its two new DragonBall microprocessor products - DragonBall MX1 and DragonBall Super VZ - provide best-in-class handheld performance and battery life while enhancing portable features from personal organisers to multimedia applications The DragonBall MX1, the first ARM core-based DragonBall product, targets high-end, wireless mobile products that can leverage its ARM920T core-based microprocessor with speeds up to 200MHz
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 20 Mar 2001 at 8.00am (UK)
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It also improves upon the high level of peripheral integration that is the trademark of the DragonBall family.
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The DragonBall Super VZ and MX1 are designed for optimal scalability, flexibility and greater connectivity providing the smoothest migration between the 68K and ARM architecture due to the high-level of reuse from the most widely accepted set of handset peripherals.
To deliver total solutions to the market, the DragonBall family has developed close intellectual property agreements between Motorola and ARM for ARM920T core technology on the DragonBall MX1; Sony Corporation for Memory Stick interface on DragonBall MX1 and Super VZ; Digianswer A/S for Bluetooth wireless technology on DragonBall MX1; and Metrowerks for CodeWarrior on the DragonBall Super VZ and DragonBall MX1.
Motorola is a board member of the Secure Digital Association for Secure Digital (SD) interface on DragonBall MX1 and Super VZ.
The DragonBall MX1 and Super VZ open the door for more than 155,000 Palm OS software developers to write programs that run on the ARM architecture and 68K architecture, including a wide range of wireless applications.
This capability would expand the portfolio of the 10,000 Palm OS software applications that already exist.
The DragonBall family is capable of supporting industry-leading systems such as the Palm OS platform, Microsoft Windows CE operating system and Pocket PC, Linux operating system and Symbian EPOC.
As the first semiconductor supplier of a Bluetooth ready applications processor platform, this technology, combined with the on-chip USB, multimedia accelerator, colour LCD controller, A/D convertor, multimedia/Secure Digital Card (MMC/SD) and Memory Stick expansion card controllers replaces six ICs with a single-chip optimal multimedia platform.
The DragonBall Super VZ and MX1 have best-in-class low power consumption in active, sleep and shutdown modes.
Their peripheral sets include an LCD controller that supports 16 gray-level monochrome, colour STN displays and colour TFT displays.
The DragonBall Super VZ and DragonBall MX1 will be sampling by early fourth quarter 2001, with production volumes quickly following.
The DragonBall MX1 has a suggested list price of $19 (USD) each in 10,000 unit quantities.
The DragonBall Super VZ has a suggested list price of $14 (USD) in 10,000 unit quantities.
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