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Transmeta OK'd for Mira Displays
viewstyle writes "eweek is reporting that Transmeta's Crusoe chip has been approved by Microsoft for use in the Mira smart displays -- a move that further edges out AMD and Intel from the mobile processor marketplace."
It's like having VPN from anywhere in your house. It sounds like a dumb idea and for 95% of the people out there it probably is, but for the 5% who are left it is a real great technology.
It's laptop power without the heat and power consumption of a full-blown system.
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It seems like this question has been asked several times in this thread.
e valuation/news/fromms/mira.asp
Here's the short version:
Mira (Smart Display) is a small, tablet-like device that becomes a remote terminal to a Windows XP machine. It uses wireless networking to create a Virtual Private Network (VPN) with the XP host. When connected, the Mira device can use all functions of the host PC.
Here's Microsoft's version:
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/Embedded/ce.NET/
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Common, the association between Transmeta and M$ isn't that new. Who was one of the major investor in Transmeta ??
M$ co-founder Paul Allen.
Obviously you've never used an AMD-based laptop. I have, and I've got the battle-scars to prove it.
AMD makes decent stuff, but they don't seem to realize that putting out huge quantities of heat is a problem in and of itself... This hasn't made them a favorite when it comes to portables. Besides, it's not like AMD is a giant in the embedded market.
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Rumor nothing. The stripped-down version of the Pentium M, called the Mobile Celeron 600A, is used in the Sony U101 subnotebook. See here or here (use babelfish or just check out the screenshot) for some info on the CPU. And you can order one in the US from Dynamism or Japan Rush.
Anytime a device manufacturer wants to use a Microsoft trademarked logo ("Mira", "Smart Display"), Microsoft gets the right to decide whether the device meets certain requirements.
"Designed for Microsoft Windows XXXX"
"Intel Inside"
"100% Java compatible"
etc.
All of those stickers and labels and icons that you have on your computer got there because they passed certain requirements that the trademark owners felt were necessary.
Anyone could have created Transmeta-based Smart Display workalike but they couldn't call it Smart Display nor could they mention Smart Display anywhere in the product literature.
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Check this out... a laptop cooling pad.
My server
The net revenue for Transmeta in 2002 was $14.1 Million (1.5 Q1, 6.4 Q2, 6.3 Q3).
Unfortunately, revenue only tells part of the story. Transmeta's net loss for the fiscal year ended 12/31/2002 was $110 million (source http://biz.yahoo.com/p/t/tmta.html)
I think Transmeta's a great company... just want to make sure we paint the complete picture here: they lost about $100 million last year, and their stock is worth a little $1.00.
That's definitely true. Intel Penium 4 M chips max out at almost 35W! Just 5 years ago that was a LOT for a desktop chip! The hottest AthlonXP mobile chips come in a comparatively "cool" 25W, which is still enough to melt some components in the small confines of a laptop. Even Intel's new Pentium M, designed from the ground-up for low-power, consumes up to 25W of power at the top-end (though the slower speed/low voltage chips consume less than 10W).
Generally speaking, power consumption of laptop chips has become rather ridiculous. Intel is definitely on the right track with their Pentium M chip, however even with this chip they could use some work, particularly with the 1.4 and 1.6GHz chips.