Transmeta has announced it is on track to release its newest processor, the TM8000, this fall. The company is aiming the new processor, codenamed “Astro,” at mainstream notebook computers and a wide range of portable power- and heat-sensitive form factors. The new chip represents a dramatic change in architecture for the company. “Transmeta can scale the clock speed faster; they were running out of room with their old design,” Gartner research fellow Martin Reynolds told TechNewsWorld.
Transmeta Readies New ‘Astro’ Chip
Posted by: Jay Lyman July 18, 2003 01:45 PMTransmeta has announced it is on track to release its newest processor, the TM8000, this fall. The company is aiming the new processor, codenamed “Astro,” at mainstream notebook computers and a wide range of portable power- and heat-sensitive form factors. The new chip represents a dramatic change in architecture for the company. “Transmeta can scale the clock speed faster; they were running out of room with their old design,” Gartner research fellow Martin Reynolds told TechNewsWorld.