Mobile internet device
Mobile internet device (English Mobile Internet Device , MID ) is a used by different vendors name for a multimedia-capable handheld with wireless Internet access . It is used for entertainment, information and location-based services for the private market. They are only intended to be of secondary importance to companies. A MID is slightly larger than a smartphone , but smaller than an Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC). Such devices were named because they fill the niche between smartphones and tablet PCs . However, this limit is not precisely defined. A typical representative would be the Nokia N810 or the Gigabyte M528 (Aigo MID).
Intel MID platforms
Intel announced a MID prototype at the Intel Developer Forum in Spring 2007 in Beijing . A MID development kit from Sophia Systems with the Intel Centrino Atom was announced in April 2008.
hardware
The device is based on a processor and chipset from Intel, which consumes less power than most x86 derivatives and represents an extension of the Centrino platform. In the meantime, various platforms have been announced, which are listed here:
McCaslin Platform (2007)
This platform contains an Intel A100 / A110 processor (code name Stealey ) 90 nm with 600 or 800 MHz.
Menlow Platform (2008)
This platform contains an Intel Atom processor (code name Silverthorne and Diamondville ) 45 nm CMOS with up to 1.86 GHz. It uses the Poulsbo chipset (System Controller Hub) and includes Intel HD Audio, Azalia. However, Azalia does not refer to the HD audio codec here.
Moorestown Platform (2009)
This platform contains an Intel Atom processor (code name Lincroft ) 45 nm.
Medfield platform (2011)
This platform contains a 32 nm Penwell Intel Atom processor.
operating system
Intel MIDs will be based on an embedded version of Linux with a "finger-friendly" user interface that has been modified by Intel. By using a dual-core processor, the device will still be able to run with Windows XP and Windows Vista .
Intel announced a demo version of Linux for May 2007, based on China's Red Flag Linux (Red Flag MIDINUX).
Intel later announced a collaboration with Ubuntu to develop an Ubuntu Mobile and Embedded Edition , known as Ubuntu MID Edition. On the Ubuntus website, the distribution states that it offers "the complete experience of the Internet for users of Intel's 2008 Mobile Internet Device (MID) platform."
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ Forward Concepts: Mobile Internet Devices (MID) & Chip Market Opportunities . June 2008. Archived from the original on October 13, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved October 27, 2008.
- ↑ Mobile Internet Device (MID) . In: www.arm.com . Archived from the original on August 13, 2007. Retrieved October 27, 2008.
- ↑ Wireless Handset Solutions: Mobile Internet Device . In: focus.ti.com . Retrieved October 27, 2008.
- ↑ What is a Mobile Internet Device? . November 2008. Retrieved November 2, 2008.
- ↑ MID dev kit sports Centrino Atom chipset. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on December 24, 2013 ; Retrieved December 6, 2012 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (English)
- ^ Canonical Announces Details of Ubuntu for Mobile Internet Devices. (No longer available online.) June 7, 2007, archived from the original on June 9, 2007 ; accessed on June 12, 2007 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
