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Sony VAIO PCG-C1MGP review
Reviews Transmeta's low-power Crusoe processor has not been the runaway success that either its creators or legions of battery-life-hungry notebook users hoped it would be, but Sony has remained faithful to the cause ever since introducing the first...
[May 3, 2002, 13:12]
PC Expo: What's hot ... and not
News Palm isn't the only game in town anymore. Acknowledging the potential vast demand for access to information anywhere, all types of companies -- computers, consumer electronics and telecommunications -- are jumping into the pool.
[June 27, 2000, 9:07]
What to look for in a notebook PC review
Reviews A third manufacturer, Transmeta, offers Crusoe processors that perform like Celerons and Durons but draw very little power, making them suitable for ultra-portables. Processor Also known as the CPU (Central Processing Unit), the processor is the...
[February 19, 2003, 9:11]
AMD packs security into chips
News As businesses and consumers become more aware of security and begin placing more emphasis on it, chipmakers such as AMD, Intel, Transmeta and VIA Technologies have responded with efforts to add more security features to their chips and related...
[February 25, 2004, 15:05]
News Roundup: The business of Linux
News VA Linux CEO Larry Augustine Pt I Larry Augustin speaks to ZDNet about Linus, Transmeta and life at the helm of one the world's most successful open source businesses. Britain's second annual Linux Expo -- held in London last week -- reflected the...
[June 8, 2000, 8:23]
Apple to take the HyperTransport route
News In addition, Transmeta plans to use the standard in its upcoming TM8000 chip. Apple plans to discuss how it will incorporate HyperTransport, a rapid chip-to-chip communications technology, into future computers at its developer conference.
[June 13, 2003, 14:10]
AMD chips target wireless notebook trend
News Earlier in the week, Transmeta, another maker of notebook chips, unveiled details of its forthcoming TM8000 processor. AMD will roll out 12 new processors for notebooks on Wednesday at the CeBIT trade show in Hannover, Germany, as part of an effort...
[March 12, 2003, 8:36]
Tablet PC gets a boost from Dell veterans
News Computer makers including Compaq, Sony and Toshiba are planning to market such devices, and chipmakers Intel, Transmeta and Via Technologies are also working in this area. A group of former Dell Computer executives is putting in motion a new...
[May 21, 2002, 7:32]
Comdex 2001: Chipmakers embrace HyperTransport standard
News API NetWorks, Apple Computer, Cisco Systems, Nvidia, Sun Microsystems, Transmeta and SGI are members, along with AMD and PMC-Sierra. The HyperTransport standard for exchanging data between semiconductors is picking up speed.
[November 13, 2001, 16:43]
TI hitches a ride with new chip bus
News So far, 40 or more companies have signed on, including API NetWorks, Apple Computer, Cisco Systems, PMC-Sierra, nVidia, Sun Microsystems, Transmeta and most recently SGI. Texas Instruments, producer of chatty chips for cellular phones, boarded the...
[November 8, 2001, 6:30]
Via chips from IBM
News Transmeta, Nvidia and others, for instance, delayed products in 2001, in part because of manufacturing issues with TSMC. Taiwan's Via Technologies has selected IBM Microelectronics to manufacture its next processor, marking another step in Big Blue...
[January 7, 2004, 13:05]
Sun touts its new chip as pure MAJC, Part II
News Transmeta's Crusoe and Intel's Itanium also use VLIW. "We're betting that (the increase of compute-intensiveness) changes the way you handle programs .to be more object-oriented and parallel," Tremblay said.
[April 25, 2000, 8:40]
AMD embeds Athlon in new Geode
News The company is positioning the Geode NX against Intel, Transmeta and Via's Centaur low power x86 products, and says it supports Windows XP, XP embedded, WinCE and Linux. AMD has extended its range of low-power Geode x86 processors.
[May 25, 2004, 12:10]
IBM's new chips slash power consumption
News Transmeta, the processor designer that popularised low-power chips, will also present papers on its future chips and discuss ways to compare chips for energy efficiency. IBM is coming out with a new line of PowerPC chips that will consume less...
[October 12, 2001, 9:25]
Gateway turning off Net appliances?
News Transmeta would provide a Crusoe processor. As part of its renewed focus on maximising PC sales, Gateway is pulling back from the nascent market for Internet appliances. Although the San Diego-based company will continue selling its two existing...
[March 6, 2001, 15:04]
Intel shaves mobile chip prices
News In addition, Transmeta plans to release Astro, a chip based around a completely new architecture, in the middle of 2003. Intel cut prices on its notebook chips by up to 38 percent on Sunday, the first discount in what looks to be an eventful year...
[January 14, 2003, 7:48]
Intel, AMD call truce on 'bus war'
News By contrast, HyperTransport, which was initiated by AMD, is already being implemented, and the HyperTransport Consortium counts among its members Nvidia, Cisco Systems, Sun Microsystems, Transmeta, API NetWorks, Apple and PMC-Sierra.
[August 31, 2001, 17:17]
Intel's P6 to live on in low-power chip
News Transmeta, IBM and Intel will all discuss power consumption this week at the Microprocessor Forum, a five-day conference dedicated to processor design. Banias, a low-power chip for notebooks and Internet devices coming from Intel in the first half...
[October 16, 2001, 9:05]
Start-up to release 3D chips
News Johnson, who is Matrix's director of product development, had previously worked for Rambus, Transmeta and AMD. A Silicon Valley start-up will try to popularise one of the more intriguing ideas that has been tossed around computer labs for years...
[December 5, 2001, 13:08]
AMD rewrites chip rules with Hammer
News Transmeta's Crusoe chip also comes with an integrated memory controller. One of the major performance enhancements of Hammer, the code name for a family of microprocessors coming from AMD next year, will derive from how the chip connects to other...
[October 17, 2001, 9:15]
