Transmeta Introduces The Efficeon

Posted by timothy on Tuesday October 14, 2003 @11:20AM from the what-a-name dept.

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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Uh.... question... by miketang16 · 2003-10-14 11:23 · Score: 0, Redundant

Looks like a nice product, Linus and Co.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't Linus leave Transmeta to work fulltime on the kernel, at OSDL? Cuz I know his email address definately changed from @transmeta to @osdl.

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Linus + Transmeta by rf0 · 2003-10-14 11:24 · Score: 0, Redundant

Linus left Transmeta earlier this year

Rus

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Linus by h4x0r-3l337 · 2003-10-14 12:15 · Score: 0, Redundant

"Looks like a nice product, Linus and Co."
Linus left Transmeta about 4 months ago.