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10-14-2003, 01:01 PM
Source: c|Net (http://rss.com.com/2100-1006-5090755.html?tag=cd_top)
By Michael Kanellos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
SAN JOSE, Calif.--Transmeta on Tuesday unveiled the technical details behind its Efficeon chip. The question now is whether customers will bite.
Efficeon, formerly code-named Astro, is a completely revamped processor that will provide far better performance than that of its predecessors, according to Transmeta founder David Ditzel, speaking at the Microprocessor Forum here.
The company redesigned the chip--which will ship at 1.3GHz later this year--and wrote a new version of the "code morphing" software that allows the chip to run Windows and applications originally written for Intel-based PCs. At the same time, power consumption will remain low, a key factor for notebooks.
"The entire processor has been redone from a blank sheet of paper," Ditzel said. "With good performance and aggressive pricing, we won’t be held out of high-volume market opportunities."
Read more Here (http://rss.com.com/2100-1006-5090755.html?tag=cd_top)
By Michael Kanellos
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
SAN JOSE, Calif.--Transmeta on Tuesday unveiled the technical details behind its Efficeon chip. The question now is whether customers will bite.
Efficeon, formerly code-named Astro, is a completely revamped processor that will provide far better performance than that of its predecessors, according to Transmeta founder David Ditzel, speaking at the Microprocessor Forum here.
The company redesigned the chip--which will ship at 1.3GHz later this year--and wrote a new version of the "code morphing" software that allows the chip to run Windows and applications originally written for Intel-based PCs. At the same time, power consumption will remain low, a key factor for notebooks.
"The entire processor has been redone from a blank sheet of paper," Ditzel said. "With good performance and aggressive pricing, we won’t be held out of high-volume market opportunities."
Read more Here (http://rss.com.com/2100-1006-5090755.html?tag=cd_top)