IT-Analysis: Chip wars heat up as Transmeta gets funding

“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.”

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