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A Year Ago: Timna chip turns back the clock
News Timna cuts manufacturing costs for PC makers by integrating a processor core, graphics engine and memory controller. According to sources, Timna uses technologies pulled from a number of different places, including Intel's Pentium III "Katmai...
[May 12, 2001, 6:00]
Timna chip turns back the clock
News Of course, Timna is not the first attempt at an integrated PC processor. And that reality is about to be driven home by Intel's forthcoming Timna chip. Even if the chip doesn't succeed, Timna will map out a new course for PC processors and the...
[May 12, 2000, 12:39]
Timna chip turns back the clock, Part II
News However, not all PC makers will adopt the Timna chip right away. Timna could be particularly compelling for North American households looking to add a second or third PC and for the more price-sensitive markets around the world.
[May 12, 2000, 12:40]
Timna chip turns back the clock, Part III
News So what happens when Timna grows up? Is Timna the potential successor to a discreet Celeron chip? However, Intel has plans to make both the Timna and the discreet Celeron chip available to PC makers for some time, sources said.
[May 12, 2000, 12:41]
Intel's portable Timna to debut at 700MHz, (Part I)
News Intel's first Timna chip for mobile computers will be a 700MHz version released towards the end of the first half of next year, sources said. The news suggests that Intel's delayed plans for delivering Timna to reduce the cost of low-end PCs are...
[September 8, 2000, 13:06]
Will Timna be a 'loss-leader'?
News Intel's Timna processor, aiming to revolutionise the value PC market with an ultra-integrated design, could end up nothing more than a marketing tool, according to comments from a leading analysis firm.
[September 26, 2000, 15:20]
Intel's Timna chip delayed
News Memory translator hub problems have caused Intel to delay the introduction of its Timna processor for value PCs until the first quarter of 2001. The MTH, a design taken from Intel's problematic 820 chip set, will allow the Timna chip, which was...
[June 6, 2000, 15:12]
Intel's Timna is targeted for even lower cost PCs
News Intel is looking to change to rules that govern the low-cost PC market with its forthcoming Timna chip. Timna is Intel's answer to the demand for PCs that cost even less than those available today. With Timna, we're going to change to rules," said...
[February 16, 2000, 15:18]
Intel's 'Timna' to kick-start low-end PCs?
News Intel's forthcoming Timna chip could revitalise the stalled market for sub-$600 (£390) PCs -- or prove to be another expensive stumble in attempts by chip makers to jam more features on a single chip.
[May 5, 2000, 9:31]
Intel's portable Timna to debut at 700MHz, (Part II)
News Timna is based on a number of different technologies, borrowed from other Intel products. Analysts said buyers can expect lower graphics performance from Timna than from a Celeron system with a separate graphics card.
[September 8, 2000, 13:18]
AMD, Intel prepare next generation chips
News Timna, Mustang and Spitfire are codenames. While AMD is making a point of leveraging its Athlon technology -- which the spin-meisters insist is a generation ahead of Pentium -- Intel is looking to open up an entirely new market with Timna, making...
[April 17, 2000, 7:03]
Intel developing new integrated chip
News Positioning itself for the post-PC era, chip giant shifts focus to tech appliances, Intel Exchange Architecture and a new chip called 'Timna'. But the company is shifting its focus away from PCs and PC chips -- and developing a new integrated...
[October 29, 1999, 8:16]
New technology in the spotlight at Intel Developer Forum
News Intel's Timna is targeted for even lower cost PCs -- Wed, 16th Feb Intel announces new details of its high-end Willamette processor, including a 1.5GHz version, and low-end Timna chips At the Intel Developer Forum this week, the chip maker is...
[February 16, 2000, 15:44]
Here come even cheaper PCs
News To that end, the company will offer Timna, which is based on Intel's new 0.18-micron manufacturing process, in the second half of next year. With Timna, Intel is attempting to make it easier for vendors to hit lower price points.
[November 25, 1999, 8:45]
Intel gets systematic
Blog More recently, the Timna chip combined a Rambus memory controller and video controller with a Celeron core: as Rambus prices remained stratospheric and customers remained brutishly uninterested, it got canned at the very last minute.
[December 17, 2007, 16:01]
CPU roadmap: Intel and AMD's new chips
News Timna" will gradually take over the value category from Celeron. Timna is ultra-integrated, combining the CPU, memory and graphics controller on a single "system on a chip". Timna By the end of the year, the picture will have changed dramatically...
[May 3, 2000, 8:08]
AMD chops fast Athlon prices
News The second half of the year will mark the introduction of Intel's next-generation budget processor, codenamed Timna. Around the same time as Timna's launch, AMD plans to release Spitfire, its own next-generation budget processor -- a scaled-down...
[March 24, 2000, 11:07]
Intel launches Transmeta counterattack
News However, Intel will have to get beyond its recent problems, which include manufacturing-related delays, a defective 820 chipset, the cancellation of its Timna low-cost processor, and the recall of the 1.13GHz Pentium III processor.
[October 24, 2000, 15:23]
AMD's Duron coming next week
News Despite this latest value chip, however, AMD still faces a potentially serious threat from Intel, in the form of Timna. Timna goes a step beyond Celeron, integrating even more components -- such as graphics and memory -- into the chip itself: the...
[June 16, 2000, 15:29]
Intel and AMD chip rivalry yield unexpected user bonanza
News At the low-end, Intel will introduce Timna, a device that integrates a memory controller and graphics processor with a new CPU design based on Intel's P6 core. Officials say Timna will drive down end user prices because it allows OEMs to reduce the...
[November 17, 1999, 10:38]
