:IT-Analysis: Chip wars heat up as Transmeta gets funding
IT-Analysis: Chip wars heat up as Transmeta gets funding Apr 26, 2000, 17 :10 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (2950 reads) (Other stories by Bellman)
"Competition within the mobile chip market has intensified with
announcements from both Intel and Transmeta. These follow statements from
AMD on April 18th 2000 that introduced 0.18 micron manufactured chips at
clock speeds between 450 and 500 MHz. AMD has its AMD-K6-III processor
targeted at high performance notebooks and the AMD-K6-2+ processor for the
more cost-conscious notebooks. Both chips make use of PowerNow!
Technology to reduce the power usage during different types of operation so
that battery life is extended and internal temperatures kept under control."
"Intel has also announced its own 0.18 micron Pentium III chips with processor
speeds up to 700 MHz and a Celeron chip that runs at 500 MHz. Once again,
Intel SpeedStep technology is available to allow the mobile system to operate
at low voltages whilst using the batteries and to speed up significantly when
the AC supply is connected. These chips that draw as little as 2 watts in
battery operation, are already available in the Gateway Solo 2550 and Solo
9300 portable systems. At the same time, Intel has produced 0.18 micron
flash-memory chips that will reduce the cost of manufacturing by reducing the
number of memory chips required."
