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Amiga Technology Brief

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the let-the-transmeta-rumours-fly dept.

Mulengro writes "Amiga has finally released the long awaited Technology Brief describing what they consider to be the way forward for Amiga. Sad fact is, there's possibly nothing really new there. " New or not, it still looks like quite a force, at least in terms of multimedia (DVD, USB, peripherals galore). They say they have chosen a CPU, but cannot talk about it.

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  1. Cheap and not a PC is a ... by Kaa · · Score: 3

    gaming console.

    It's really cheap, and it's not a PC.

    Is that supposed to be an advantage? And didn't Be go that way already with known results?

    If the target market is geeks/tinkerers, PCs are better because of open architecture and very rapid innovation. If the target market is teens/housewives for Internet surfing, email and games, then any number of contenders will kick Amiga's ass (Dreamcast and other coming consoles, very cheap PCs, cheap Macs, etc.)


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  2. Transmeta Rumour by Porag_Spliffing · · Score: 3

    Y'all

    From the rumour mill it is alleged that the CPU may be the new Transmeta chip:

    I quote verbatim from www.theregister.co.uk

    :quote

    Posted 16/07/99 1:20pm by Mike Magee

    Amiga Usenet exchange heightens Transmeta spexulation

    An exchange between Jim Collas, president of Amiga, and another individual on Usenet has heightened speculation that the company may use the Transmeta processor in its Amiga MCC platform.

    This morning, Amiga released its specs for its hardware platforms (see Amiga releases technical brief with 'exciting Linux CPU').

    Yesterday, posting in the comp.sys.amiga.misc newsgroup, D Cousins speculated that Amiga was set to incorporate the Transmeta processor into its platform.

    He pointed out that the die size, plus its ability to run emulations including classic Amiga apps, could make it a candidate.

    Collas replied to that post saying: "I can't verify that any of this is true but this is a brilliant speculation. You can expect similar types of hardware/software integration and optimization in the new Amiga... this influenced the Linux decision. Unfortunately, I can't talk about certain partners yet so people will continue to reach conclusions without all of the information."
    /quote

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