Startup MemoryLogix Inc. will take the Microprocessor Forum here on Wednesday to unveil the company and disclose the development of what it calls a “586-based microprocessor core” for embedded applications.
MemoryLogix is not developing a full-fledged processor, but rather a CISC-based, “586 core” that would compete against embedded RISC chip offerings from ARM Holdings and Mips Technologies, said S. Peter Song, president of the Mountain View, Calif.-based startup.
The startup is aiming its so-called “PC-on-a-chip” product for embedded applications, such as handhelds and related products, Song said. “We are targeting system-on-a-chip applications,” he said. “Think of our product as the ARM11, with an x86-based instruction set,” he said in an interview with [Semiconductor Business News].
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