Manitoba (computer chip)
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Manitoba was a system-on-a-chip
(SoC) introduced by Intel Corporation
in 2003. It was a mostly unsuccessful attempt by Intel to break into the smart phones market. The chip integrated flash memory
, a digital signal processor
and an XScale
processor core. After the chip's failure in the marketplace, the business was sold to Marvell in 2006 for $600 million.
System-on-a-chip
A system on a chip or system on chip is an integrated circuit that integrates all components of a computer or other electronic system into a single chip. It may contain digital, analog, mixed-signal, and often radio-frequency functions—all on a single chip substrate...
(SoC) introduced by Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation
Intel Corporation is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most...
in 2003. It was a mostly unsuccessful attempt by Intel to break into the smart phones market. The chip integrated flash memory
Flash memory
Flash memory is a non-volatile computer storage chip that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. It was developed from EEPROM and must be erased in fairly large blocks before these can be rewritten with new data...
, a digital signal processor
Digital signal processor
A digital signal processor is a specialized microprocessor with an architecture optimized for the fast operational needs of digital signal processing.-Typical characteristics:...
and an XScale
XScale
The XScale, a microprocessor core, is Intel's and Marvell's implementation of the ARMv5 architecture, and consists of several distinct families: IXP, IXC, IOP, PXA and CE . Intel sold the PXA family to Marvell Technology Group in June 2006....
processor core. After the chip's failure in the marketplace, the business was sold to Marvell in 2006 for $600 million.