Freescale: Comeback in the Electronic Consumer Market

According to a report from PC World, Freescale, the now independent former Motorola Processor Division, is aiming to offer CPU dedicated to netbook devices. After writing the brightest and darkest period of the Power PC era with Apple, Freescale is now back to the electronic consumer market with ARM architecture-based CPU. With a combination of low power consumption/low price/ mid-range performance, Freescale i.MX515 might seduce manufacturers of those small netbook devices requiring more connectivity than real CPU crunching power.
Of course, due to the lack of x86 instruction set, such devices will have to use a Linux-derived OS or a proprietary system. Nevertheless, the i.MX515 is able to manage 3D video display with a clock frequency topping at 1 GHz. However, with the past history, it is unlikely that Apple uses such CPU in any Mac Tablet/Netbook-type devices, especially after the recent acquisition of PA Semi by the company.