*Source: Ars Technica (
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post...ocessor.html)*
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At Hot Chips this past week, Intel released more technical details on its coming system-on-a-chip (SoC) processor called Tolapai. Tolapai is Intel's first attempt at an SoC design since its ill-fated "Timna" project a few years back, and when it's launched, it will be the first x86 processor with an on-die memory controller since the 80386EX in 1994. Tolapai is significant because it will be the x86 ISA's next major step into the embedded space, a space currently owned by the PowerPC, ARM, and MIPS ISAs.
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