Moorestown (computing platform) explained

Moorestown is the Intel Corporation's handheld MID and smartphone platform based on Lincroft system-on-a-chip with an Atom processor core, Langwell input/output Platform Controller Hub (I/O PCH), and a Briertown Power Management IC.^{[1] [2]} Announced in 2010, the platform was demonstrated running Moblin Linux.^[3]

The Moorestown platform introduced the Simple Firmware Interface (SFI), a lightweight alternative to ACPI. In Linux 5.12, support for SFI, which was previously marked as obsolete, was removed from the kernel by Intel.^{[4] [5]}

See also

• List of Intel Atom microprocessors#"Lincroft" (45 nm)

External links

• http://anandtech.com/show/3696/intel-unveils-moorestown-and-the-atom-z600-series-the-fastest-smartphone-processor

Notes and References

1. Web site: New Intel® Atom™ Processor-Based Platform Using Significantly Lower Power Readies Intel for Smartphone, Tablet Push.
2. http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/reference/Moorestown_backgrounder.pdf Intel’s Next-Generation Handheld Platform (codenamed “Moorestown”)
3. http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=3716 Intel Demonstrates Moorestown Smartphones and Tablet Running Moblin, Including LG
4. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-SFI-Obsolete The Linux Kernel Obsoletes The Intel Simple Firmware Interface
5. https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Simple-Firmware-Interface-Drop Intel's Simple Firmware Interface Being Killed Off With Linux 5.12