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Stories · 7

  1. Boosting Battery Life For RISC Processors

    Announcements · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the staying-unplugged-longer dept. · 113 comments
    prostoalex writes "National Semiconductor and ARM Holdings will jointly develop the power management solution for RISC chips, that they estimate will improve battery life by 25-400%. The target date of the first sample product is Q2 2003." My old Tadpole laptop sure could have used this. I counted myself as lucky when I got a whole 45 minutes out of a battery.

  2. Group Outlines Specs For Linux-based Set-top boxes

    Linux · Linux · · posted by Hemos · from the power-your-multimedia-world dept. · 92 comments
    Shadowhawk writes "According to Silicon Strategies, a group called "TV Linux Alliance" is creating a spec for digital set-top boxes using Linux. The specifications, dubbed version 0.8, defines the functions for RF tuners and other components in Linux-based set-top boxes. It also outlines the application programming interfaces (APIs) for those devices, according to officials from the alliance."

  3. Intel Demos 4.7-GHz Pentium

    Intel · · posted by ryuzaki0 · from the thems-not-potato-chips dept. · 364 comments
    richmlpdx writes "Silicon Strategies has an article about Intel's latest demo... "Providing a sneak preview of its future developments, Intel Corp. here today demonstrated its fastest microprocessors to date--a 4.7-GHz chip for high-end desktop PCs.""

  4. Zilog To File For Chapter 11

    Hardware · Hardware · · posted by Hemos · from the death-of-the-old-timers dept. · 255 comments
    Frédéric writes: "The venerable company ZiLOG who was founded in 1974, and who brought us the famous Z80 CPU (used in the Timex/Sinclair ZX80/ZX81, and the Amstrad CPC/PCW computers), is filling for Chapter 11 ... I didn't find the today's news on the web, but found this article at Silicon Strategy and this one at Electronics times, which was written a few days ago to announce it."

  5. Zilog To File For Chapter 11

    Hardware · Hardware · · posted by Hemos · from the death-of-the-old-timers dept. · 255 comments
    Frédéric writes: "The venerable company ZiLOG who was founded in 1974, and who brought us the famous Z80 CPU (used in the Timex/Sinclair ZX80/ZX81, and the Amstrad CPC/PCW computers), is filling for Chapter 11 ... I didn't find the today's news on the web, but found this article at Silicon Strategy and this one at Electronics times, which was written a few days ago to announce it."

  6. VIA to Create Pentium 4 'Clone'

    Hardware · Hardware · · posted by michael · from the lawsuits-galore dept. · 112 comments
    PyroMosh writes: "ZDNet is carrying a brief article about VIA's plans to start producing clones of the Pentium 4. VIA's already in legal trouble with Intel and it seems unlikley that this will go unchallenged by the chipmaking juggernaut. The Register is also covering this, and SiliconStrategies.com has an article with a bit more detail."

  7. VIA to Create Pentium 4 'Clone'

    Hardware · Hardware · · posted by michael · from the lawsuits-galore dept. · 112 comments
    PyroMosh writes: "ZDNet is carrying a brief article about VIA's plans to start producing clones of the Pentium 4. VIA's already in legal trouble with Intel and it seems unlikley that this will go unchallenged by the chipmaking juggernaut. The Register is also covering this, and SiliconStrategies.com has an article with a bit more detail."