IP: Transmeta surfaces..

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

----Original Message-----
From:           capek () us ibm com
To:             dave () farber net
Subject:        Transmeta surfaces..
Date:           Wednesday, January 19, 2000 2:16 PM

Here 'tis:


http://yahoo.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1526340.html?pt.yfin.cat_fin.txt.ne



Transmeta shoots for 700 MHz with new chip
     By Stephen Shankland
     Staff Writer, CNET News.com
     January 19, 2000, 10:15 a.m. PT

     SARATOGA, Calif.--The highly secretive start-up Transmeta today
finally unveiled its technology plans and made it clear that it aims to
compete
     against chip giant Intel.

     At a company conference here, Transmeta said that it will come out
with two different processors for distinct classes of devices. The first, a
 low-power chip called
     the 3120, will run at about 400 MHz and go into handheld devices and
Internet appliances running Linux, said Steve Johnson, head of software
operations at
     Transmeta.

     A second chip, called the 5400, will run at between 500 MHz and 700
MHz and include a 250-MHz secondary cache integrated into the chip. This
chip will be
                            targeted at Windows-based notebook computers.
Combined with its "long-life" power management technology, the 5400 will
run on
                            one watt of power. Users will be able to run
their notebook all day on batteries, Johnson said.      ......