[I guess we will soon be seeing notebooks that are 2 pounds lighter getting 10 hours on one charge of the batteries. --MS] Intel aims at Transmeta with new notebook chips By Michael Kanellos Staff Writer CNET News.com June 16, 2000, 12:05 p.m. PT URL: http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2091498.html A cavalcade of notebooks will hit shelves and e-commerce sites soon, as Intel on Monday will come out with five new notebook processors, including two low-power chips designed to compete against Transmeta's Crusoe. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company will release a 750-MHz Pentium III and two Celerons running at 650-MHz and 600-MHz for the mainstream notebook market, said sources close to the company. In addition, two lower-power processors for the ultraportable market will emerge: a 600-MHz Pentium III that consumes an average of less than a watt of power, as well as a 500-MHz Celeron that consumes less than two watts. Nearly all major manufacturers say they will incorporate some, or all, of these chips into notebooks in the coming weeks. Desktops also will be in the news next week, as Intel on the same day will come out with its 815 chipset, which will allow PC makers to marry the latest Pentium III technology without adopting expensive Rambus memory. All this silicon comes at a critical time for Intel. Pentium IIIs and many Celerons have been in short supply since October because of a factory capacity shortage, higher-than-expected demand and, according to some, sporadic manufacturing difficulties. The shortage has stunted sales. Rival Advanced Micro Devices, meanwhile, has been grabbing more market share in the performance desktop sector. "Intel's supply capabilities scared a lot of customers," Simon Lin, CEO of Acer Information Products Group, said in an interview earlier this week. "Perhaps these alternatives will have a better chance." Notebook chips have remained one of Intel's more profitable segments, but the company will soon see the emergence of a new competitor in Transmeta. Chip competition Transmeta, which has developed a low-powered chip for notebooks, plans to show off at PC Expo later this month a number of notebooks for the business market from major manufacturers using its 5400 Crusoe processor. "We're going to show a lot of great notebooks at PC Expo," said Jim Chapman, Transmeta senior vice president of sales and marketing. The company's coming out party is significant in that no company to date has seriously competed against Intel in the business market. IBM has already said it will show off a Transmeta-based notebook. Compaq Computer and Gateway also are likely to be there, as both invested in Transmeta earlier this year. "Intel is getting within striking distance, and that may be all they need," said Kevin Krewell, an analyst with MicroDesign Resources. "If I am an MIS guy, and I have a choice between Transmeta...and Intel, the corporate guy will probably go for Intel." ================================================================= Kadosh, Kadosh, Kadosh, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/">www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance—not soap-boxing—please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'—with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds—is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html <A HREF="http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html">Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/">ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
