Mobile Internet device

{{Short description|Multimedia capable mobile device providing wireless Internet access}} thumb|300px|Lenovo Ideapad U8 MID A '''mobile Internet device''' ('''MID''') is a multimedia capable mobile device providing wireless Internet access.<ref>{{Citation |title=Mobile Internet Devices (MID) & Chip Market Opportunities |author=Forward Concepts |date=June 2008 |url=http://www.fwdconcepts.com/MID8.htm |access-date=2008-10-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013081058/http://www.fwdconcepts.com/MID8.htm |archive-date=2008-10-13 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Mobile Internet Device (MID) |work=www.arm.com |url=http://www.arm.com/markets/mid/ |access-date=2008-10-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030042943/http://www.arm.com/markets/mid/ |archive-date=2008-10-30 }}</ref><ref>{{Citation |title=Wireless Handset Solutions: Mobile Internet Device |work=focus.ti.com|url=http://focus.ti.com/general/docs/wtbu/wtbuproductcontent.tsp?templateId=6123&navigationId=12795&contentId=36404 |access-date=2008-10-27}}</ref> They are designed to provide entertainment, information and location-based services for personal or business use. They allow 2-way communication and real-time sharing. They have been described as filling a niche between smartphones and tablet computers.<ref>{{Citation |title=What is a Mobile Internet Device? |date=November 2008 |url=http://searchmobilecomputing.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid40_gci1262250,00.html |access-date=2008-11-02}}</ref>

As all the features of MID started becoming available on smartphones and tablets, the term is now mostly used to refer to both low-end as well as high-end tablets.<ref>{{Citation |title=How MID Tablets Work? |date=November 2013 |url=http://computer.howstuffworks.com/tablets/mid-tablets.htm}}</ref>

==Archos Internet tablets== The form factor of mobile Internet tablets from Archos is very similar to the Lenovo image on the right. The class has included multiple operating systems: Windows CE, Windows 7 and Android. The Android tablet uses an ARM Cortex CPU and a touchscreen.

==Intel Mobile Internet Device (MID) platform== [[File:2008Computex Best Choice Gigabyte MID M528.jpg|thumb|MID with Atom: 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.<ref>{{Citation|title=MID dev kit sports Centrino Atom chipset|url=http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4807155541.html|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121206041250/http://www.linuxfordevices.com/c/a/News/MID-dev-kit-sports-Centrino-Atom-chipset/|archive-date=2012-12-06|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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. {| class="wikitable" |- !Centrino !McCaslin platform |- |Mobile chipset |style="background:white"|an Intel 945GU Express MCH northbridge (codenamed '''Little River''') with integrated GMA 950 graphics and an ICH7-U southbridge |- |Mobile processor |style="background:white"|a 90 nm Intel A100/A110 processor (codenamed '''Stealey''') |- |Wireless network |style="background:white"|a wireless radio |}

===Menlow platform (2008)=== On 2 March 2008, Intel introduced the Intel Atom processor brand<ref>{{Citation |title=Intel Announces Intel Atom Brand for New Family of Low-Power Processors |url=http://www.intel.com/pressroom/archive/releases/20080302comp.htm}}</ref> 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.

{| class="wikitable" |- !Centrino !Menlow platform |- |Mobile chipset |style="background:white"|an Intel SCH (codenamed '''Poulsbo''') with integrated GMA 500 graphics (PowerVR SGX 535 based) |- |Mobile processor |style="background:white"|a 45 nm Intel Atom processor (codenamed '''Silverthorne''') |- |Wireless network |style="background:white"|a wireless radio |}

===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.

{| class="wikitable" |- !Atom !Moorestown platform |- |Mobile chipset |style="background:white"|a 65 nm Intel PCH (codenamed '''Langwell''') and an MSIC (codenamed '''Briertown''') |- |Mobile processor |style="background:white"|a 45 nm Intel Atom processor (codenamed '''Lincroft''') with integrated GMA 600 graphics (PowerVR SGX 535 based) |- |Wireless network |style="background:white"|a wireless radio (codenamed '''Evans Peak''')<ref name="Moorestown IDF">{{Citation |title=Moorsetown: Intel's Next Generation Platform for MIDs and Smartphones |url=http://blogs.intel.com/technology/Moorestown_IDF.pdf}}</ref> |}

===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.

{| class="wikitable" |- !Atom !Medfield platform |- |Mobile processor |style="background:white"|a 32 nm Intel Atom SoC (codenamed '''Penwell''') with integrated CPU (codenamed '''Saltwell''') and graphics (PowerVR SGX 540 based) |- |Wireless network |style="background:white"|a wireless radio |}

===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''').

{| class="wikitable" |- !Atom !Clover Trail+ platform |- |Mobile processor |style="background:white"|a 32 nm Intel Atom SoC (codenamed '''Cloverview''') with integrated CPU (codenamed '''Saltwell''') and graphics (PowerVR SGX 545 based) |- |Wireless network |style="background:white"|a wireless radio |}

===Merrifield platform (2013)=== Intel's fifth generation MID/smartphone platform (codenamed '''Merrifield ''') contains a 22 nm Intel Atom SoC (codenamed '''Tangier''').

{| class="wikitable" |- !Atom !Merrifield platform |- |Mobile processor |style="background:white"|an Intel Atom SoC (codenamed '''Tangier''') with integrated CPU (codenamed '''Silvermont''') and graphics ('''PowerVR G6400'''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shimpi |first1=Anand Lal |title=Intel Talks Atom Z3460/Z3480 (Merrifield), Z3560/Z3580 (Moorefield) and LTE at MWC 2014 |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/7789/intel-talks-merrifield-moorefield-and-lte-at-mwc-2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224194130/http://www.anandtech.com/show/7789/intel-talks-merrifield-moorefield-and-lte-at-mwc-2014 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 24, 2014 |website=www.anandtech.com |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref>) |- |Wireless network |style="background:white"|a wireless radio |}

===Moorefield platform (2014)=== Intel's sixth generation MID/smartphone platform (codenamed '''Moorefield''') contains a [http://ark.intel.com/compare/84324,84072,81194 '''22'''] nm Intel Atom SoC (codenamed '''Anniedale''').

{| class="wikitable" |- !Atom !Moorefield platform |- |Mobile processor |style="background:white"|an Intel Atom SoC (codenamed '''Anniedale''') with integrated CPU (codenamed '''Airmont''') and graphics ('''PowerVR G6430'''<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shimpi |first1=Anand Lal |title=Intel Talks Atom Z3460/Z3480 (Merrifield), Z3560/Z3580 (Moorefield) and LTE at MWC 2014 |url=https://www.anandtech.com/show/7789/intel-talks-merrifield-moorefield-and-lte-at-mwc-2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140224194130/http://www.anandtech.com/show/7789/intel-talks-merrifield-moorefield-and-lte-at-mwc-2014 |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 24, 2014 |website=www.anandtech.com |access-date=4 May 2023}}</ref>) |- |Wireless network |style="background:white"|a wireless radio |}

===Morganfield platform=== Intel's seventh generation MID/smartphone platform (codenamed '''Morganfield''') contains a 14 nm Intel Atom SoC (codenamed '''Broxton''').

{| class="wikitable" |- !Atom !Morganfield platform |- |Mobile processor |style="background:white"|an Intel Atom SoC (codenamed '''Broxton''') with integrated CPU (codenamed '''Goldmont''') and graphics (Gen 9) |- |Wireless network |style="background:white"|a wireless radio |}

===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."<ref>{{Citation |title=Canonical Announces Details of Ubuntu for Mobile Internet Devices |date=2007-06-07 |url=http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-for-mobile-internet-devices |access-date=2007-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609190210/http://www.ubuntu.com/news/ubuntu-for-mobile-internet-devices |archive-date=2007-06-09 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ubuntu Mobile ended active development in 2009.

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