Transmeta TM800 x86-compatible chip @ 7watts!

[pspada]

That's 7 watts full load! it's called the Efficeon chip, and you can read more from Infoworld's Tom Yager

 

[BD231]

Originally posted by: pspada
That's 7 watts full load! it's called the Efficeon chip, and you can read more from Infoworld's Tom Yager

God I wish more companies would work on stuff like this, it's a damn shame CPUs have such horrible amounts of heat output these days and to be honest the speed just isn't worth the heat/noise.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Sounds good, and they say it's more efficient than even Centrino at the same clock speed, but what clock speed does this chip run at anyways?

 

[dexvx]

Originally posted by: BD231

God I wish more companies would work on stuff like this, it's a damn shame CPUs have such horrible amounts of heat output these days and to be honest the speed just isn't worth the heat/noise.

Let me know when you're planning on playing HL2 with maxxed settings.

 

[gwuasg]

what abou VIA cpu's their low power but slow, how do these bench. a 400mhz G3 is about 5w-7w compared to a p2 @30w+ and faster.

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: gwuasg
what abou VIA cpu's their low power but slow, how do these bench. a 400mhz G3 is about 5w-7w compared to a p2 @30w+ and faster.

I think considering the insanely low power of this microprocessor that it'll be impressive with that in mind. When coupled with the nVidia nF3 GO 120 chipset they will spec out like this-

The Efficeon 8600 series will have 128KB L1 instruction cache, 64KB data cache and 1MB of L2 cache and the 8620 chip with 512KB L2. It'll use the HyperTransport 800MHz bus with 1.60GB/s bandwidth as PSB be available@1.3ghz on introduction, and have the integrated 3200DDR memory controller. Meanwhile the nForce3 Go 120 features AGP 4x interface, NVIDIA 10/100Mb/s Ethernet controller with StreamThru technology, 2-channel Parallel ATA-33/66/100/133 ports, up to 6 USB 2.0 ports, PCI interface, 6-channel AC?97 audio with S/PDIF output as well as HyperTransport technology.

Someone linked to this ExtremeTech discussion and article about it
link, no, not the Mod Squad guy with da 'Fro Large OEM support will be the deciding factor in it's fate IMHO, as I believe from everything I've read of late on the topic that small, light, mobile, &wireless is indeed the future, and I'll be damned surprised if they can't offer Efficeon based solutions at an attractive pricepoint.

 

[Soulkeeper]

I like what transmeta is doing
and obviousely nvidia does too

my next laptop will prob have a transmeta chip in it

can't beat such low power even if it only performs like a fast P3

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: DAPUNISHER

Originally posted by: gwuasg
what abou VIA cpu's their low power but slow, how do these bench. a 400mhz G3 is about 5w-7w compared to a p2 @30w+ and faster.

I think considering the insanely low power of this microprocessor that it'll be impressive with that in mind. When coupled with the nVidia nF3 GO 120 chipset they will spec out like this-

The Efficeon 8600 series will have 128KB L1 instruction cache, 64KB data cache and 1MB of L2 cache and the 8620 chip with 512KB L2. It'll use the HyperTransport 800MHz bus with 1.60GB/s bandwidth as PSB be available@1.3ghz on introduction, and have the integrated 3200DDR memory controller. Meanwhile the nForce3 Go 120 features AGP 4x interface, NVIDIA 10/100Mb/s Ethernet controller with StreamThru technology, 2-channel Parallel ATA-33/66/100/133 ports, up to 6 USB 2.0 ports, PCI interface, 6-channel AC?97 audio with S/PDIF output as well as HyperTransport technology.

Someone linked to this ExtremeTech discussion and article about it
link, no, not the Mod Squad guy with da 'Fro Large OEM support will be the deciding factor in it's fate IMHO, as I believe from everything I've read of late on the topic that small, light, mobile, &wireless is indeed the future, and I'll be damned surprised if they can't offer Efficeon based solutions at an attractive pricepoint.

Sounds good, but they should be putting SerialATA on laptops. It's tiny cables and lower operating voltage are ideal for laptops.

 

[BD231]

Originally posted by: dexvx

Originally posted by: BD231

God I wish more companies would work on stuff like this, it's a damn shame CPUs have such horrible amounts of heat output these days and to be honest the speed just isn't worth the heat/noise.

Let me know when you're planning on playing HL2 with maxxed settings.

Let me know when you'll be playing HL2 at max settings more often than browsing the internet.