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AMD Embeds Athlon In New Geode
News AMD has extended its range of low-power Geode x86 processors. The new chip is called the AMD Geode NX 1500@6W, which runs at one volt and consumes six watts at one GHz: a faster version, the Geode NX 1750@14W, runs at 1.4 GHz and uses 14 watts.
[May 25, 2004, 12:10]
AMD Geode GX 533@1.1W Processor: Typical Power Consumption Determination
White Papers This paper describes how the AMD Geode GX 533@1.1W processor's typical power consumption of 1.1W was determined. Addressing the need for processors in embedded x86 applications to be rated with something more than just clock frequency, AMD created...
[September 15, 2004, 3:00]
PADs: Net-subsidised Give Away Gadgets? - Analysis
News The first of National's new PC-on-a-chip Geode family will be ready for full production at the end of this year/early 2000. The Geode SC1400, which will be used in interactive set top boxes "replaces 5 or 6 components.
[July 16, 1999, 16:52]
AOL Readying Free Net Access Device
News For example, the company, which unveiled the Geode SC1400 integrated processor, is working with America Online to develop an access appliance for the company's online service. AOL is "working with National Semiconductor on an appliance device based...
[July 16, 1999, 9:32]
National Semi Chips In To Develop IBM Thin Client
News The Geode processor is the really clever bit, integrating on-chip graphics, audio, memory control and PCI interfaces into a very low-power, compact form factor, although National also contributes companion I/O, an audio codec, voltage controller...
[September 9, 1999, 16:54]
SFF PCs
Blog Once again eBay has come to the rescue, and by searching for ‘geode’ - a low-power processor for Thin Clients & Small Form Factor (SFF) PCs - I found the 2 machines that I needed. These are the specs: magnesium (the black one) o 800 MHz Geode o 256...
[July 10, 2008, 21:55]
AMD Ditches Low-cost PC
News The device cost $185 (£97) and came with one of AMD's Geode processors. AMD's Geode processors are being used in the One Laptop Per Child design.CNET News.com's Michael Kanellos contributed to this report.
[November 14, 2006, 8:31]
PAD Fact File
News Its version, called Geode, is the natural successor to the Cyrix-designed MediaGX processor. Geode is based on the MediaGX core, has less silicon and has additional features such as MPEG 2 decompression.
[July 16, 1999, 18:36]
AMD Makes Grand Plans For China
News AMD, which has also been selling its PC processors in China, plans to establish the lab as part of an effort to help its customers develop and launch new products based on its AMD Alchemy and AMD Geode processors.
[December 11, 2003, 13:50]
IBM Spinoff Takes New Server Approach
News The Geode version costs $599 for a model with 128MB of memory and no hard disk. The current model, the SlotServer 1000, uses a comparatively slow but low-power Intel-compatible processor -- National Semiconductor's Geode CPU running at 300MHz...
[October 1, 2001, 14:15]
Incredible Shrinking PCs Appear At LinuxExpo
News For a processor it uses National Semiconductor's Geode GX1-300B --- an x86 chip based on the old Cyrix processors. GCI sells all systems without an operating system, but the spokesman said the Geode-based PCs could easily be booted from a CD-Rom...
[October 14, 2002, 16:20]
National Semi Revamps Net Appliance Chip
News While those advantages are expected to help Geode's position if and when the Web appliance finally takes off, they should also help National Semi gain an edge in more current markets for set-top boxes, handheld computers and game consoles.
[June 15, 2001, 8:39]
Introducing The 'system On A Chip'
News National Semiconductor the company that popularised the concept of Web PAD Internet appliances, Monday introduced its next-generation Internet appliance processor, the Geode SC3200. National Semi calls the Geode SC3200 a "system on a chip", since...
[September 19, 2000, 8:05]
Breaking The Chains - Using LinuxBIOS To Liberate Embedded X86 Processors
White Papers This paper reviews the journey of the AMD Geode processors and chipset as they were integrated into LinuxBIOS to become the centerpoint of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project. While x86 processors are an attractive option for embedded designs...
[June 12, 2008, 1:01]
Space: The Final Vacation
News Geode station would be the base station and fuel storage container for the construction of other Space Island stations. The first design, dubbed Geode, would divide a single tank into a multistoried tower, with different floors for living, working...
[March 21, 2001, 10:32]
News Burst: National Puts It All On Chip For IBM
News The Geode processor is the really clever bit, integrating on-chip graphics, audio, memory control and PCI interfaces into a very low-power, compact form factor. Full story to follow.
[September 9, 1999, 13:40]
Nat Semi Announces PC-on-a-chip
News But the development of the Geode SC1400, as it is called, may be a pyrrhic victory for National Semiconductor's chief executive officer, Brian Halla, and his chief lieutenant on the project, Israeli engineer Sidi Yomtov.
[July 16, 1999, 9:31]
Apple Buys Processor Company, Opens Whole New World Of Speculation
Blog Comment The AMD Geode and a Via cpu chip have similar integration. Another side benefit to buying your own CPU is that you can always threaten to design your own CPU chips to be used instead of all those Intel chips you would have bought thereby pushing...
[April 24, 2008, 10:38]
Comdex '99: Sneak Peek At The Hottest Trends 1
News This year, we expect to see more than 40 devices featuring the new Geode chip. Seeds planted in the fertile ground of Comdex 98 will finally begin to flower at this year's Comdex. Last year we saw lots of new initiatives and directions, and this...
[November 11, 1999, 11:15]
3Com's Audrey - No Place Like Home
News The device will be powered by National Semiconductor's Geode GX1 chip, which is optimised for multimedia technology with integrated graphics, audio, memory control, and PCI interface. 3Com joined the growing list of companies exploring the Internet...
[October 18, 2000, 9:15]
