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Moorestown (computing platform)
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Moorestown is the Intel Corporation's handheld MID and smartphone platform based on Lincroft system-on-a-chip with an Atom processor core, Langwell input/output Platform Controller Hub (I/O PCH), and a Briertown Power Management IC.cite-ref-1[1]cite-ref-intel-press-2-0[2] Announced in 2010, the platform was demonstrated running Moblin Linux.cite-ref-anandtech-3-0[3]

The Moorestown platform introduced the Simple Firmware Interface (SFI), a lightweight alternative to ACPI. In Linux 5.12, support for SFI, which was previously marked as obsolete, was removed from the kernel by Intel.cite-ref-phoronix1-4-0[4]cite-ref-phoronix2-5-0[5]

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References

cite-note-11. "New Intel® Atom™ Processor-Based Platform Using Significantly Lower Power Readies Intel for Smartphone, Tablet Push".
cite-note-intel-press-22. Intel’s Next-Generation Handheld Platform (codenamed “Moorestown”)
cite-note-anandtech-33. Intel Demonstrates Moorestown Smartphones and Tablet Running Moblin, Including LG, [Quanta] and [Compal]
cite-note-phoronix1-44. The Linux Kernel Obsoletes The Intel Simple Firmware Interface
cite-note-phoronix2-55. Intel's Simple Firmware Interface Being Killed Off With Linux 5.12

External links

• anandtech.com