In the wake of comments made Tuesday by Transmeta CEO Dave Ditzel that the ambitious microprocessor start-up is at least five years ahead of well-established competitors Intel and Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), a spokesman for Santa Clara, Calif.-based Transmeta clarified that the company's lead is in its software emulation technology, a method of computing unique to the company's Crusoe processor.
Hewlett-Packard on Monday announced it has struck a deal with 3Com to provide Bluetooth wireless PC cards for HP's OmniBook and Pavilion notebook computers.
An insatiable demand for computers and other electronic devices boosted worldwide semiconductor sales to an all-time high of $US17.3 billion in July 2000, according to a report from the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA).
IBM and Dell stop taking orders for new Pentium III chip.
Suggesting that today's corporate firewalls may not provide adequate protection from hacker intrusions and DoS (denial of service) attacks, Hewlett-Packard Co. plans to begin offering what it calls "security appliances" sometime in 2001.
In a much anticipated unveiling, Transmeta Corp. on the opening day here at PC Expo revealed the very first set of laptops computers powered by the company's much heralded low-watt Crusoe processor.
Low-power laptop set for PC Expo
Transmeta Corp. officials are giving strong indications that the company's Crusoe processor will make its first appearance in a third-party computer chassis at next month's PC Expo in New York.
In a move that even Intel Corp. officials acknowledge as risky, the chip giant today posted the micro-architecture specifications of its Itanium processor on the Internet to allow developers to begin optimizing software for Intel's upcoming IA-64 architecture.
Judge throws out antitrust portion of suit
As Intel prepares to deliver its new IA-64 operating environment to computer manufacturers later this year, some observers familiar with the technology wonder if Intel jumped the gun on what the company has called the most significant development since the 486.