Freescale Semiconductor's i.MX21 multimedia applications processor is the brains behind Owsin's claimed "world's smallest Windows CE PDA phone," Freescale announced today. Oswin chose the i.MX21 to achieve a "critical balance between size and performance" in its Zircon PDA phone, according to Freescale. Ziron Axia A108
The 4.3 x 1.9 x 0.9 inch Zircon Axia A108, introduced in April, runs Windows CE 4.2 on the i.MX21 with 64 MB of RAM and 64 MB of Flash. Despite its small size, the diminutive A108 packs a 2.2-inch touchscreen LCD, 1.3 Mpixel camera, Tri-band GSM/GPRS, and an SDIO slot. Its application software includes Pocket Internet Explorer, Windows Media Player, Image Viewer, MSN Messenger, TextMaker, PlanMaker and handwriting recognition.
Freescale i.MX21 processor
The i.MX21, targeted at mobile wireless applications, is based on an ARM926EJ-S core with 16 KB of I-cache and 16 KB of D-cache, clocked at a minimum 266 MHz, according to Freescale. It incorporates a 16/18-bit color LCD controller with resolution up to SVGA and MPEG-4 and H.263 encode/decode acceleration up to CIF 30 fps.
"The i.MX21 applications processor proved to be a very exceptional processor on the [Windows CE] OS," said Stuart Tan, general manager, Oswin Technology. "We were impressed with its hardware accelerated MPEG4 capabilities and strong multimedia framework. We chose Freescale because the i.MX21 met our requirements at the right price point, and because of the very competent and dedicated local technical support team," Tan remarked.
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