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Intel Shows Off 'Banias' Chip for Mobile Devices

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the eating-transmeta's-lunch dept.

deano writes "Intel has unveiled the first prototypes of their latest mobile "Banias" processors. The article states Banias systems with the Intel Odem Chipset will come out early 2003 and feature 802.11b. The article also speaks of the new Itanium with a 6Mb cache!"

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  1. Banana chip? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Banana's never get hot in my experience, so if they can run x86 code, then use them in notebooks. It might make the shape a bit funny though, and the notebook will go off after a few days, but hey!

    1. Re:Banana chip? by C60 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I've found Banana's get quite warm when covered with hot fudge.
      Of course they typically sit on top of vanilla ice cream.
      Does this make them the peltier coolers of the fruit and desert world?

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    2. Re:Banana chip? by tps12 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why this story wasn't called "Intel Goes Banias" is beyond me.

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  2. Which, of course, will be referred to as "Banana". by Bowie+J.+Poag · · Score: 3, Funny



    Why Intel is setting themselves up for this, I have no idea. ;)

    Cheers,

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  3. Really? by Indras · · Score: 4, Funny

    I heard you could make a battery out of a potato or a lemon, but a processor out of a banana?

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    1. Re:Really? by Dirtside · · Score: 3, Funny

      Why not a banana? They already made all those celery-powered processors...

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  4. Re:6 MB cache? by larry+bagina · · Score: 5, Funny


    6 MB cache? The UltraSparc III has an 8 MB cache. Intel is still playing catch-up.

    No, they're playing cache-up.

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  5. Bania chips? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    They're the best, Jerry. The best!

  6. I can see it now... by Jucius+Maximus · · Score: 2, Funny
    "The article states Banias systems with the Intel Odem Chipset will come out early 2003..."

    And in 2004/5 the news headlines on C|NET will talk about about:

    Intel's New Slip Up - Banana Processor Fails to Satisfy

    Why do we predict failure for products with silly names? Is Intel running out of accounting codes or something? ... Maybe their next processer will be called "Placenta" .

  7. Re:Which, of course, will be referred to as "Banan by ProfMoriarty · · Score: 1, Funny

    Well, according to AMD ... they ARE the 800lb gorilla ...

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  8. Big doesn't hurt?! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny
    bigger might not always be better, but it certainly doesn't hurt!

    Oh really? Ask the goatse.cx guy if that's true...

  9. Instead of "banana",... by SamTheButcher · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...I read "ba~nos", the spanish word for "bathroom".

    Where intel chips belong, of course.

  10. Re:Which, of course, will be referred to as "Banan by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Well, it can't be any worse than "Celeron".

  11. New Poll!! by dbretton · · Score: 5, Funny
    With the new "Banias" line of Intel portable processors, which of the following should be Intel's new company mascot?


    1. This guy
    2. This guy
    3. This guy
    4. This guy
    5. This gal
    6. CowboyNeal!

  12. Re:6 MB cache? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    > The UltraSparc III has an 8 MB cache.

    And that "spontaneous reboot" feature...

  13. Woo, named after a river, whoop de doo by Dirtside · · Score: 2, Funny

    When will Intel start having *cool* processor code names? Like "Death Eagle" or "Killer Robot" or "Massive Rampaging Gorilla"? Sure, "Thunderbird" sounds cool, but "Death Eagle" is way cooler! I bet they could really have a marketing coup by picking better names. Or maybe just marketing them under that name to kids or something, and leaving erudite poosae names for business marketing... or something.

    Just think... the Intel Death Eagle 4! They could market it as 2 million KILLERhertz! Yeah!

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