oddlight

The rise of the MID's

A tiny new low power chip from Intel is paving the way for a slew of pocket-sized "mobile internet devices" that are as powerful as some desktop PCs.

Computers small enough to fit in your pocket have to date been held back by battery constraints, a lack of processing power and a clunky user experience.

And while the internet has evolved to include social networking, video sharing and blogging, porting these activities to mobile devices has proven difficult.

That's why Intel has been busy designing from the ground up a new chip called Silverthorne, which is five times smaller than past designs, consumes 10 times less power and has as much processing grunt as a two-year-old Intel-based desktop PC.

The chip will enable a new range of smaller, more battery-efficient mobile internet devices that are capable of displaying 99 per cent of web pages almost exactly how you'd see them on a PC.

The MID will run an embedded version of Linux with a finger friendly user interface.

.. see article on MID's on intel.com
.. read wikipedia article on MID's