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Intel has coupled its low power processors with Freescale Semiconductor’s CMOS-based power management technology to address the need for more power efficient mobile Internet devices.

Freescale announced this week at CES 2008 that it is developing a combined audio and power management chipset for Intel-based mobile Internet devices (MIDs).

The audio and power management chipset will be manufactured on Freescale’s Smartmos high-voltage CMOS-based process that supports the integration of precision analogue, power devices and logic on one chip.

“Freescale’s power management IC and Intel’s low-power technologies will enable device makers to deliver MIDs in increasingly smaller form factors with great battery life,” said Pankaj Kedia, director in Intel’s Ultra Mobility Group.

Initial samples of Freescale’s power management ICs are expected to be available in the second half of 2008.