Feuerwizard
June 7th, 2004, 09:50 am
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Top three well-known companies - IBM, Intel, and Cadence has started a program to unleash chip developers with lightweight mobile solutions, which will use Intel's Pentium M chips. This step was taken by the three out-spoken companies in the IT Industry due to the high performance gains achieved by the Pentium M processors against its predecessors.
Cadence reports Intel's new processors to be beneficial to chip developers as the design of each chip requires intensive computing power. Cadence is a software developer firm used to design chips.
Intel Corp., world's largest chip maker, also promotes the efficieny of its microprocessors by stating that as engineers move throughout the world, they need some way to connect to the central chip design hub, in which they will be able to get the latest design plans on the chip architecture. This makes mobile solutions the best way to communicate throughout the world, reports PC World.
IBM, a well-known name in the server market, is cooperating with Intel and Cadence to develop solutions based on the new Pentium M processors. At this moment, IBM is testing its Thinkpad T42P notebook, which will be equipped with the latest mobile (745 and 735 Pentium M processors) offering from Intel and Cadence's design software for chip developers.
According to IBM, reports PC World, Thinkpad T42P will run both Linux and Windows operating systems. In fact, IBM will ship the notebook with both operating systems if requested by the developer. Linux will give developers to use both Unix and Windows for chip designing. While Dual-Booting is not a new feature, it is the first time a company such as IBM has agreed to do it in their notebooks at factory levels.
Cadence's software only required Pentium M's extra on-board cache to run its software, according to Udi Landen, Vice President of Operations and Research & Development for custom IC products, reports PC World. The new Pentium M chips contains double the cache as their predecessors while still being more efficient.
Intel's Pro wireless chip will be available in the developer notebooks so that the engineers can download the latest information from the central network. Intel is currently finalizing the drivers for the Linux enviornment, however, the early notebooks will ship with Beta drivers, reported Intel to PC World.
Chip companies can contact either of the three companies to test out the upcoming developer edition notebooks. Manufacturers report the prices to depend on specific configurations, however, IBM's T42P notebook will cost $3409.00 without Cadence's chip designing software. The T42P was announced last month (May).
The future of mobile computing looks promising regardless the high prices at this point. As competition emerges, prices are expected to drop significantly.
Intel reports to IDC News Service that it is planning to move to the Pentium M architecture, which is a good move from Intel considering the troublesome issues in the Prescott core.
Top three well-known companies - IBM, Intel, and Cadence has started a program to unleash chip developers with lightweight mobile solutions, which will use Intel's Pentium M chips. This step was taken by the three out-spoken companies in the IT Industry due to the high performance gains achieved by the Pentium M processors against its predecessors.
Cadence reports Intel's new processors to be beneficial to chip developers as the design of each chip requires intensive computing power. Cadence is a software developer firm used to design chips.
Intel Corp., world's largest chip maker, also promotes the efficieny of its microprocessors by stating that as engineers move throughout the world, they need some way to connect to the central chip design hub, in which they will be able to get the latest design plans on the chip architecture. This makes mobile solutions the best way to communicate throughout the world, reports PC World.
IBM, a well-known name in the server market, is cooperating with Intel and Cadence to develop solutions based on the new Pentium M processors. At this moment, IBM is testing its Thinkpad T42P notebook, which will be equipped with the latest mobile (745 and 735 Pentium M processors) offering from Intel and Cadence's design software for chip developers.
According to IBM, reports PC World, Thinkpad T42P will run both Linux and Windows operating systems. In fact, IBM will ship the notebook with both operating systems if requested by the developer. Linux will give developers to use both Unix and Windows for chip designing. While Dual-Booting is not a new feature, it is the first time a company such as IBM has agreed to do it in their notebooks at factory levels.
Cadence's software only required Pentium M's extra on-board cache to run its software, according to Udi Landen, Vice President of Operations and Research & Development for custom IC products, reports PC World. The new Pentium M chips contains double the cache as their predecessors while still being more efficient.
Intel's Pro wireless chip will be available in the developer notebooks so that the engineers can download the latest information from the central network. Intel is currently finalizing the drivers for the Linux enviornment, however, the early notebooks will ship with Beta drivers, reported Intel to PC World.
Chip companies can contact either of the three companies to test out the upcoming developer edition notebooks. Manufacturers report the prices to depend on specific configurations, however, IBM's T42P notebook will cost $3409.00 without Cadence's chip designing software. The T42P was announced last month (May).
The future of mobile computing looks promising regardless the high prices at this point. As competition emerges, prices are expected to drop significantly.
Intel reports to IDC News Service that it is planning to move to the Pentium M architecture, which is a good move from Intel considering the troublesome issues in the Prescott core.