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Last modified: October 14, 2003 3:04 PM PDT

Taking chips in new directions

roundup The chat is all chips at this week's Microprocessor Forum, though Sun says the chip as we know it is headed for extinction. Also: Transmeta shows off a retake on its low-power processor, and Intel sets its sights on cell phones.

Sun: 'Microprocessors are dead'
Microprocessors as known today will become extinct by the end of the decade, to be replaced by computers built onto a single chip, Sun Microsystems' CTO says.
October 14, 2003

IBM's Power5 chip promises to save juice
Big Blue reveals more details about the upcoming chip's features, including technology designed to reduce electricity consumption without a loss of performance.
October 14, 2003

Via gets small with latest chip, boards
The Taiwanese chipmaker takes the wraps off its upcoming Eden-N chip and its Nano-ITX motherboard, which take up less space than rivals and so promise to help shrink notebooks.
October 14, 2003

Transmeta shows the fine print on Efficeon
The chipmaker unveils the technical details about a completely revamped processor it says will provide better performance than that of its predecessors.
October 14, 2003

Intel crams more memory into cell phones
The company is coming out with a new chip package that will let cell phone makers put far more memory into handsets, a key ingredient for transforming phones into miniature computers.
October 13, 2003

Sun: New chip can double performance
Sun Microsystems says its upcoming UltraSparc IV processor will outperform its predecessor by a factor of 1.6 to 2, providing more competition to Intel, IBM, AMD and others.
October 13, 2003

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