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Transmeta Introduces The Efficeon
brentlaminack writes "Information Week and others are
reporting on Transmeta's new Efficeon chip. 1.1 GHz, 7 Watts, 1MB cache, 130 nanometer technology. A marked improvement over their previous generation. Let's hope they can capitalize on this before Intel starts filling the same niche. Looks like a nice product, Linus and Co." Update: 10/15 00:22 GMT by T :
woobieman29 writes "Looks like this is a good day for high-efficiency processors. Hot on the heels of Transmetas announcement of the Efficeon, VIA Technologies has announced the release of it's latest low-power processor, the NanoBGA EDEN-N. Capable of running at 533MHZ (4 watts), 800MHZ (6 watts), and 1GHZ (7 watts) this appears to be a very good fit for Thin Client and other embedded devices. One really interesting feature is the on-chip Padlock security suite incorporating AES encryption."
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Whats with the "redundant" mods? He did take a leave of absence, yet anyone who corrected the post gets modded redundant. Do the mods you think the posters are part of some vast Microsoft/Intel conspiracy to trash Transmeta, so we need to hide where Linux is at? sheesh.
do you know what it went for?
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I'm just replying because I agree with you. The redundant mod was unfair (paticularly because I didn't know Linus had left transmeta)
Wake up mods!