Freescale to demonstrate tablet reference design at CES, claims a $200 price tag, 7-inch touch screen, "all day battery life" and ARM processor technology. And it comes in six colors.
Embedded semiconductor manufacturer Freescale Semiconductor announced its plans for entering the tablet market at the 2010 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) with a “tablet reference design” featuring a 7-inch touch screen. The company said the solution is intended to enable a second generation of smartbook products with prices less than $200. In the weeks leading up to CES, the Internet flooded with reports concerning Apple’s supposed tablet, which has refocused analysts’ (and consumers’) attention on tablet devices.
Freescale said the tablet would be demonstrated at CES running both Google’s Android and the Linux operating systems. The solution is based on Freescale’s i.MX515 processor incorporating ARM Cortex-A8 technology. It also includes the company’s MC13892 power management IC, SGTL5000 audio codec and MMA8450Q 3-axis accelerometer. Freescale said it anticipated end products based on the design would hit retail shelves as soon as the summer of 2010. The design is the first platform in Freescale’s Smart Application Blueprint for Rapid Engineering (SABRE) series.
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