New <edit>DAMN</edit> Batteries

[NikPreviousAcct]

<< SAN JOSE, CA (Associated Press)?A power-saving computer chip manufactured by Transmeta that promises to double the life of batteries hits the consumer market next month inside Sony's new ultra-slim laptop.

Sony's latest models of the VAIO computer PictureBook, powered by Transmeta's much-hyped Crusoe microprocessor, are set to land on store shelves in mid to late October.

The postage-stamp-sized Crusoe chip was unveiled in January after five years of highly secretive research and development at the Santa Clara, CA-based upstart Transmeta. Intel, the world's leading chipmaker, has also since released similar power-saving microprocessors using the company's SpeedStep technology.

The PictureBook is an increasingly popular product?a microcomputer and digital video camera all in one. Priced at $2,299, it weighs 2.2 pounds and is one-inch thick. The latest model has improved digital quality, and it has 128 MB of memory, double the amount of previous models. The typical session span with the Crusoe chip could last up to 5.5 hours. >>

 

[br0wn]

I don't read any new Sony batteries at all.

It should be New PowerSaving Chip (Crusoe).

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

...um, what?

 

[medic]

My 2-1/2 year old laptop gets 10 hours on a charge now...Bah!

Well it is only a P133 though...

 

[br0wn]

what I am saying is, your title is misleading since
Sony doesn't use new battery.

IBM will also use the new Crusoe chip, it will
be interesting to see how this new chip performs.

edit :
I am biased toward this new Crusoe chip though,
since all the big thinkers in Transmeta are LEGENDS
of computer architecture (in fact, most my computer
architecture's paper writing, quote most of these ppls).
This is why there is so much HYPE with this company.

It is just like Albert Einstein, Stephen Hawking,
Isaac Newton, all alive and form a new company,
imagine how the big hype will be