: Gigabyte M528 Intel announced a prototype MID at the
Intel Developer Forum in Spring 2007 in
Beijing. A MID development kit by Sophia Systems using Intel Centrino Atom was announced in April 2008. Intel MID platforms are based on an Intel processor and chipset which consume less power than most of the x86 derivatives. A few platforms have been announced as listed below:
McCaslin platform (2007) Intel's first generation MID platform (codenamed
McCaslin) contains a 90 nm
Intel A100/A110 processor (codenamed
Stealey) which runs at 600–800 MHz.
Menlow platform (2008) On 2 March 2008, Intel introduced the
Intel Atom processor brand for a new family of low-power processor platforms. The components have thin, small designs and work together to "enable the best mobile computing and Internet experience" on mobile and low-power devices. Intel's second generation MID platform (codenamed
Menlow) contains a 45 nm Intel Atom processor (codenamed
Silverthorne) which can run up to 2.0 GHz and a System Controller Hub (codenamed
Poulsbo) which includes
Intel HD Audio (codenamed
Azalia). This platform was initially branded as
Centrino Atom but such practice was discontinued in Q3 2008.
Moorestown platform (2010) Intel's third generation MID/smartphone platform (codenamed
Moorestown) contains a 45 nm
Intel Atom processor (codenamed
Lincroft) and a separate 65 nm Platform Controller Hub (codenamed
Langwell). Since the memory controller and graphics controller are all now integrated into the processor, the
northbridge has been removed and the processor communicates directly with the
southbridge via the
DMI bus interface.
Medfield platform (2012) Intel's fourth generation MID/smartphone platform (codenamed
Medfield) contains their first complete
Intel Atom SoC (codenamed
Penwell), produced on 32 nm.
Clover Trail+ platform (2012) Intel's MID/smartphone platform (codenamed
Clover Trail+) based on its
Clover Trail tablet platform. It contains a 32 nm
Intel Atom SoC (codenamed
Cloverview).
Merrifield platform (2013) Intel's fifth generation MID/smartphone platform (codenamed
Merrifield ) contains a 22 nm
Intel Atom SoC (codenamed
Tangier).
Moorefield platform (2014) Intel's sixth generation MID/smartphone platform (codenamed
Moorefield) contains a
22 nm
Intel Atom SoC (codenamed
Anniedale).
Morganfield platform Intel's seventh generation MID/smartphone platform (codenamed
Morganfield) contains a 14 nm
Intel Atom SoC (codenamed
Broxton).
Operating system Intel announced collaboration with
Ubuntu to create Ubuntu for mobile internet devices distribution, known as
Ubuntu Mobile. Ubuntu's website said the new distribution "will provide a rich Internet experience for users of Intel’s 2008 Mobile Internet Device (MID) platform." Ubuntu Mobile ended active development in 2009. ==See also==