MID & UMPC

The future of the Internet is mobile without constraints, and a new category of products, known as Mobile Internet Devices (MIDs) has started to appear.

MIDs are typically Linux-based with full functionality browsers such as Firefox, and deliver the full desktop Internet experience on the move. An upgraded form of MIDs that can run the full Microsoft® Vista® operating system are known as Ultra Mobile PCs (UMPC). This device category, based on Intel x86 architecture chipsets, adds full Microsoft Windows application capabilities to the already media-rich MID experience.

POWERVR graphics and video, which enable high performance and low power consumption, are leading technologies in enabling this market.