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National Semiconductor unveils their PC-on-a-chip

Posted by Hemos on from the trying-to-move-into-new-areas dept.

KevinRemhof writes "National Semiconductor unveiled their Geode family of chips. The SC1400 chip has video and PC functions built in. The memory and other features require separate chips. The target audience is set-top boxes. Expect to see the first ones by next summer. This is a bold move shortly after selling off Cyrix to Via Technologies. " As other articles point out, they are trying to save themselves by moving into a less-competitive area of the market.

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  1. Useless by rde · · Score: 4

    I'm all for technology, but I'm buggered if I'm going to use a PC on a chip. The built-in monitor -- even if it's built into the heat sink -- can't possibly have a resolution greater than about 30x30. That's not even enough to play tetris.