Intel's Rosepoint Puts Wi-Fi Radio, Atom CPU on Single Chip

[JMcEntegart]

A dual-core Atom CPU and a digital Wi-Fi radio on the same chip.

Intel's Rosepoint Puts Wi-Fi Radio, Atom CPU on Single Chip : Read more

 

[guru_urug]

It would be amazing if they manage to use the heatsink as a antenna

 

[CaedenV]

for some reason it took me a minute to realize that by wifi radio it simply meant wifi instead of a wifi radio station like I heart radio or something.... where's that coffee...

Anywho, very cool tech! One would think they would have a much easier time putting it on a northbridge instead of the CPU as there should be less interference, but maybe they will have a whole SOC for atom before long, and really be able to compete with the ARM chips on the market for cell phones and such. My contract is up in 2 years... so they better have something good and affordable by then

 

[DjEaZy]

... that a waste of silicon...

 

[garciam]

I'd rather have more speed and the wireless external. more flexibility...

 

[g4114rd0]

+1
Intel Santa Clara projects.

Snapdragon move to all-in-one chip...
http://www.qualcomm.co.uk/snapdragon/processors

 

[memadmax]

Nice, and about time too =D

[citation][nom]guru_urug[/nom]It would be amazing if they manage to use the heatsink as a antenna[/citation]

Thats a hell of an Idea, put a patent on it and sue the crap out of intel =D j/k

 

[nforce4max]

Looks like Intel may be getting the edge of amd in the low power arena.

 

[ivyanev]

Good job and good luck selling these in 2015.

 

[esrever]

can't wait for the day they integrate everything into an atom.

 

[blueeyesm]

'Intel is also looking at ways to radio antennas on-chip, too. '

Should be 'Intel is also looking at ways to put radio antennas on-chip, too. '

 

[frombehind]

what will lintel come up with next? wireless electricity? ^^

 

[CaedenV]

[citation][nom]frombehind[/nom]what will lintel come up with next? wireless electricity? ^^[/citation]
Actually they have already been working on this for some 15 years now

 

[A Bad Day]

Eventually, we'll have an entire computer on a chip. I'd give it about 20 years.

And Bigfoot's Killer Network cards would continue to sell strong...

 

[loomis86]

If they can put a wi-fi transceiver on a CPU, then they can put any transceiver on a CPU, I would think. How about a TV tuner, AM/FM receiver, weather band, and SW receiver, all crammed onto a CPU? I don't see why it would be difficult to open up the spectrum a little. If they can do it for the ISM band (wi-fi) then they should be able to do it for all radio communications. And why not add GPS to the CPU as well?

 

[sonofliberty08]

like put lipstick on a pig, it still can't run angry bird smoothly, not even crisis......

 

[shreeharsha]

These chips may not have heatsink at all. might be used in phones

 

[maunch372]

Dear Intel,

If you feel threatened by competition, you could consider making faster Atoms.

 

[__-_-_-__]

I don't like this. I like to pick my own wif chipsets and antennas.