iPhone is currently holding off any plans of a newer iPhone till it gets all of its problems sorted out, the major one being its low battery life. But taking that into consideration is Apple now thinking of using an Intel's Silverthorne chip, which will just put the iPhone a step back.AppleInsider reported recently that Apple has decided to use Intel's low power Silverthorne chip in many of their products to come during the 2008 calendar. Intel's Silverthrone chip plans to gain some market for itself in the cellphone/mobile phone market as part of product concept called the Mobile Internet Device.
From what the report states Silverthrone are most likely to be incorporated into 3G iPhone and Newton-like table computer that AppleInsider reported earlier this year. But knowing the Silverthrone processors from Intel earlier reports, an iPhone Silverthrone is unlikely. From the earlier reports we can expect the chip to be similar to a 2004 Pentium M processor that consumes about a watt or two of power but this would still not be small enough as the iPhone are probably integrated with Samsumg S3C6400 chips which consume just 280 milliwatts. Silverthorne on the other hand will consume a minimum of 500 milliwatts just when it's idle.
That is most likely not going to work for a phone especially iPhone which is concerned about power supply. It would work however if a different phone was created such as the rumored “rutern of the newton”.
source: cnet news
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