The XScale, a microprocessor core, is Marvell's (formerly Intel's) implementation of the ARMv5 architecture, and consists of several distinct families: IXP, IXC, IOP, PXA and CE (see more below). Intel sold the PXA family to Marvell Technology Group in June 2006. The XScale architecture is based on the ARMv5TE ISA without the floating point instructions. XScale uses a seven-stage integer and an eight-stage memory superpipelined RISC architecture. It is the successor to the Intel StrongARM line o… (More on Xscale)