Merlin

by **Shockdude** » Jul 30, 2001 @ 6:40am

The new XSCALE processor: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-202-4655996-0.html btw im thinking of purchasing the ipaq 3670... Is 12bit display efficient enough to watch movies? and are any of you guys experiencing dust trapped under the screen. or should i wait for the next gen ipaq which is probably 16bit with a 300mhz XSCALE processor.

by **Moose or Chuck** » Jul 30, 2001 @ 9:09am

The next generation iPaq will be a 412MHz StrongARM processor with PowerVR graphics chipset featuring loseless FSAA and tilebased rendering for increased speed. And it's supposed to be out by Christmas.

by **Shockdude** » Jul 31, 2001 @ 9:24am

???? the strongArm processor is made by Intel. Intel developed the XSCALE processor for the high end pda's ....click on the link i provided on my last post

by **shockdude** » Jul 31, 2001 @ 9:48am

Macromedia & microsoft support for the XSCALE processor http://developer.intel.com/design/strong/index.htm Intel released the xscale processors early this year to hardware developers, so hopefully we will see 2nd gen pdas with XSCALE processors for xmas.

by **Moose or Chuck** » Jul 31, 2001 @ 10:10am

Ya, sure. Whatever. It's got graphics chip inside of it, that's all that's important.

by **Digby** » Jul 31, 2001 @ 1:28pm

It won't be out by this Christmas Moose, and I doubt it will be out by next Christmas either. You need more than just a chip, you need a driver model and an API. GAPI won't do it. If fact, using GAPI's direct frame buffer access won't work when you're doing 3D rendering using the hardware. Ask anyone who's using D3D8 today about locking the render target or the primary buffer. Can you point us to where you read that there will be 3D hardware in a Pocket PC by this Christmas?

by **Moose or Chuck** » Jul 31, 2001 @ 1:33pm

Well digby the new Ce will be out by christmas, and they usually want a new pda or two to come out when it does...

by **Moose or Chuck** » Jul 31, 2001 @ 6:55pm

I had it bookmarked, but since my computer crashed and erased my hard drive. I also saw it on Dale Coffing's PPCPassion website in February. It could have been just a rumor that it would be out by Christmas, can't be sure.

by **shockdude** » Aug 1, 2001 @ 4:45am

If you really think about it by the end of this year the ipaq will be 2 years old....and with the release of merlin i think they are due for a new pda......if they dont then toshiba will dominate the pda market

by **ClickHere2Surf.com** » Aug 11, 2001 @ 1:30am

If palm uses the Intel CPU I bet there gonna have to recompile each app!!! They're really gonna die if that happens! All the apps will be useless!

by **Moose or Chuck** » Aug 11, 2001 @ 11:00am

uhh yes, that happens everytime a processor is introduced.

by **Mike Wagstaff** » Aug 11, 2001 @ 12:08pm

by **Jaybot** » Aug 11, 2001 @ 4:22pm

by **Digby** » Aug 11, 2001 @ 5:33pm

by **Moose or Chuck** » Aug 11, 2001 @ 11:59pm

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