Details About New StrongArm Chips Leaked (Updated)

InfoWorld is quoting "a source familiar with Intel's plans" giving some advance details on the announcements that will be made tomorrow about Intel's two new StrongARM chips.

Coyanosa is the next generation of the SA 110 and will boast a clock speed of 600MHz. Cotulla is patterned on Intel's SA 1110 and is expected to debut at 400MHz.

Cotulla will include built-in support for USB, infrared communications, and an LCD screen. Putting support for all these into a single chip should permit smaller motherboards and thus smaller devices. Cotulla will have twice the clock speed of the StrongARM 1110 but won't consume much more power.

Palm has said it is planning on moving to processors based on the ARM architecture. Back in April, Palm CEO Carl Yankowski said that, in the "near future", at least some of Palm's handhelds will be powered by processors from ARM.

Update: Though the official announcement hasn't been made yet, Intel appears to be updating its Web site a bit early. Details can now be found about a new chip set called XScale that is based on the ARM chips. Here's a quote from their site:

Building on Intel® StrongARM technology, the Intel XScale microarchitecture core is manufactured on Intel’s advanced 0.18 micron process technology. It offers low power features ranging from one ten-thousandth of a watt to 1.6 watts, and performance capabilities that allow it to operate at clock speeds spanning from zero (standby mode) up to 1 GHz.