Touting a one-watt, “desktop-style” experience from its new Geode processor, AMD said the chip’s support for Windows XP and XP Embedded would enable the next generation of x86-based HDTV, point-of-sale kiosks, tablet computers and new devices that compact desktop computing into smaller, low-power form factors. Designed for low-energy, fanless applications such as Internet protocol (IP) set-top boxes and embedded devices, the latest Geode LX800 runs on just 0.9 watts of power and has been described by AMD as giving “the industry’s highest performance per watt.”
Hmm. If they are anything like the 'kiosks' I have already seen they will be overpriced and buggy as hell. Exactly what one expects from a Windows product, but as usual, when it screws up AMD's chip will be blamed for the defective quality, not the software running on it. Don't believe me? Ask some of the so called 'computer techs' in Lake Havasu, who told me they don't use AMD products, because they are junk. Reality - they don't use them because they are idiots who think running Intel in a desert at above optimal temperatures with insufficient cooling makes Intel 'good' because it doesn't just get fed up with the heat and stop working. Sort of the same type who would never change the oil in their car, then complain that the newest model 'just stopped working' sooner than the last one they owned. lol Oh well, I am sure someone will find a way to install Linux on these things, unless MS pulls the, "Patent on using software product X on device Y.", idiocy they recently advocated.
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AMD Aims Geode at ‘Desktop-Style’ Devices
Posted by: Jay Lyman May 23, 2005 09:37 AMTouting a one-watt, “desktop-style” experience from its new Geode processor, AMD said the chip’s support for Windows XP and XP Embedded would enable the next generation of x86-based HDTV, point-of-sale kiosks, tablet computers and new devices that compact desktop computing into smaller, low-power form factors. Designed for low-energy, fanless applications such as Internet protocol (IP) set-top boxes and embedded devices, the latest Geode LX800 runs on just 0.9 watts of power and has been described by AMD as giving “the industry’s highest performance per watt.”
Oh well, I am sure someone will find a way to install Linux on these things, unless MS pulls the, "Patent on using software product X on device Y.", idiocy they recently advocated.