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AMD prepares chip onslaught on Intel
News The chip maker Monday revealed plans to launch a number of chips including ClawHammer, a new processor that will yield clock speeds of 2GHz and higher. The updated processor core will feature higher clock speeds, lower power transistors and will...
[November 14, 2000, 9:03]
Chips to rain down at CeBIT
News The cache stores important data closer to the processor core, speeding performance. As expected, the chip will be based on Intel's NetBurst processor architecture, the same silicon that is behind the Pentium 4, but with server-oriented enhancements...
[March 8, 2002, 8:49]
Intel reports headway in mobile device market
News Intel's StrongARM SA-1110 processor and its XScale chip for handhelds have found their way into devices from many major handheld manufacturers, including Palm, Sony, Hewlett-Packard and Dell Computer.
[May 16, 2003, 7:59]
Samsung promotes Q1 UMPC improvements
News That version comes with a 40GB hard drive and a lower-end processor and lacks the Q1 Ultra-V's camera and biometric fingerprint reader. Samsung's original Q1 UMPC, powered by a low-end Intel Celeron processor, was released a year ago to...
[May 8, 2007, 10:18]
HP iPAQ 114 Classic review
Reviews The processor, a Marvell PXA 310, runs at 624MHz. The iPAQ 114 Classic's 624MHz processor coped well with everything we threw at it, while the device's 3.5in.screen is, as already noted, large and readable.
[January 15, 2008, 10:22]
Intel, Aberdeen attack AMD speed ratings
News There is no single industry-standard method of measuring the performance of a processor, since chips with the same clock speed may deliver different performance levels depending on the application. Although Intel emphasises that it had no influence...
[March 27, 2002, 15:11]
Linux everywhere: The Penguin goes mobile
News The Compaq Linux handheld project, which Intel also supports through its StrongARM processor group, emerged from the computer maker's corporate research facility in Palo Alto, California, where roughly 15 people work on the Open Handheld Program.
[June 29, 2000, 14:07]
Nokia aims to N-Gage gamers
News In contrast, the Game Boy Advance offers a 16MHz processor and until its latest incarnation, the Game Boy Advance SP, lacked a backlit screen. It is equipped with a 100MHz ARM9 processor and 24MB of memory.
[February 6, 2003, 9:23]
IDF: Notebooks to get Pentium 4 next year
News Under this technology, different processor operations are fused early in the computing process, which cuts down the number of instructions--and hence work--a chip has to execute. The 830 integrates a graphics chip into the chipset, which connects...
[August 30, 2001, 9:40]
The future of netbooks review
Reviews No, Windows won't run on an ARM processor, but Linux is as happy as a penguin in a shoal of herring. The architectural divisions in PC design — where a separate BIOS chip runs through a whole set of pointless tests before letting the processor get...
[November 24, 2008, 15:36]
HP iPAQ H5550 review
Reviews The 400MHz XScale processor is the fastest available from Intel, although some may argue that Samsung's new 266MHz processor is its equal. The H5550's 400MHz processor gives the device a lot of power for work or play.
[July 30, 2003, 7:41]
Startup aims to inject zing into Net telephony
News A startup run by a former senior executive of chip designer ARM is launching Monday a new high-capacity processor for Internet telephony equipment and handheld devices. BOPS will license its high-capacity processor design to other chipmakers, which...
[January 16, 2001, 8:37]
Motorola and Psion cross license for Quartz
News In return, Motorola will license Psion's Halla processor. The StrongARM Halla processor has been optimised for the Symbian platform and, according to a spokesman, is three times more efficient than Psion's current processor.
[March 1, 2000, 15:29]
Comdex 2001: Compaq, HP to build low-power Intel servers
News Compaq Computer and Hewlett-Packard will be among the mainstream server makers to release single- and dual-processor systems based on a new CPU that Intel announced today (Tuesday). Now, just when most server companies using Transmeta chips are on...
[November 13, 2001, 15:13]
StrongARM muscles into low-end HP handhelds
News HP previously used Intel's StrongARM processor in its 700 and 800 range of Jornada keyboard-based handhelds, but the smaller 540 range used the Hitachi SH3 processor. Both new Jornadas will use a StrongARM 206MHz processor, 16-bit front-lit TFT...
[September 7, 2001, 14:32]
Intel lays out mobile CPU roadmap
News The company will kick things off this week with the release of a 133MHz Pentium processor with MMX Technology. The 133MHz processor joins the 150MHz and 166MHz MMX-enabled processors, which were announced in January.
[May 19, 1997, 9:47]
AMD targets portable video players
News AMD says the processor will make it easier for users to transfer content onto a portable video player. Devices built around the Alchemy processor will be able to connect directly with digital video recorders eliminating the need to process the...
[January 4, 2005, 15:40]
Crusoe's ripple effect on Psion, ARM, others
News Some industry observers reckon handheld device makers Psion (quote: PON) and Palm Computing, not to mention embedded-processor developers ARM Holdings (quote: ARM) and others, may also need to rethink their strategies.
[January 20, 2000, 17:10]
Democratic Visa card for All Africans
Blog Dearman: Since GTP is a Visa approved international processor, we work with the banks to create a financial model that works for the consumer. GTP is a specialized processor (100% prepaid experts) that works closely with banks to implement...
[April 1, 2009, 13:02]
Acer TravelMate 291LCi review
Reviews The 290 models come with a 1.3GHz Pentium M processor, while the 291 models have the 1.4GHz part; all come with integrated Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 802.11b wireless networking, making them official Centrino systems.
[February 6, 2004, 8:25]
