SiliconStrategies.com schrijft dat verwacht wordt dat Micron, tijdens het Embedded Processor Forum volgende week, een MIPS core met embedded DRAM zal introduceren. De processor, genaamd "Go", wordt gebakken met een 0,18 micron procédé en zal lopen op een kloksnelheid van 166MHz. Naast de processor core is 1MB geheugen geïntegreerd en I/O controllers voor bijvoorbeeld USB, ATA en AC'97 audio. Meer details zullen de komende dagen bekend gemaakt worden:
"This is an SoC," said Dean Klein, vice president of market development for Boise-based memory giant Micron. "This technology is an SOC with embedded DRAM," Klein said.
Micron has produced "G0" in the fab, but it has not commercialized the product--yet, he said. Right now, "G0" is a technology demonstration to prove the company's SoC and embedded DRAM design capabilities, he said. "It's a technology vehicle," he told SBN today.
But the Micron executive dropped hints that the company may develop standard and custom parts for the commercial market. If or when the company brings this technology into the marketplace, the product will be geared for a wide range of applications.
"It can be used as a network management plane processor," he said. "It's a good fit for office equipment. It is also aimed for PDAs, cellular phones, and cable modems."