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Freescale expands its netbook ecosystem

Freescale Semiconductor has collaborated with a lineup of companies to enable 3G connectivity and additional operating system options for netbooks based on its new i.MX515 processor.

Developed jointly with Pegatron Technology, the reference design includes Ubuntu Linux. Freescale has expanded its netbook ecosystem, adding support for additional operating systems from Android Open Source Project, Phoenix Technologies and Xandros, as well as 3G connectivity capabilities via collaboration with Wavecom and Option.

Freescale plans to enable 3G connectivity by providing hardware and software support for data modules optimized for the i.MX515 applications processor.

Freescale's netbook reference design is available now and volume production of the i.MX515 device is planned for the second quarter of 2009.

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