Nokia:"phones stay Armed", Transmeta by IBM may get web-pads
Finlands biggest newspaper has a very, very interesting short story this morning. Nokia gives very seldom any
2nd or 3th party company support via pressarticle like this.
(Text is not an translation, but my notes on article.)
Linus Thorvalds company provokes Intel-processors
According recent Financial Times Transmeta Crusoe-chip is targetted to PC "smaller than PC" markets. Crusoe could run using very small voltage and currency compared to mobile pentiums.
Crusoe chips possible targetmarkets are seen to be web-pad, web-book devices, which must be able to run multimedia
from windows and other sources.
According Nokia Crusoes target is not cellphones:
" We have got no offers on Crusoe."
" I don't believe there is any miracles inside Transmeta ", says Mikko Terho Nokia Mobile Phones.
Nokia uses Texas Instruments chips. Terho says Nokia has own chip-projects going forward with ARM.
" We are totally satisfied with recent and future versions of
ARM-architechture ", he says.
" The future operatingsystem for mediaphones is and will be Symbian (EPOC) ", Terho pronounces.
Transmetas chip is targetted to Windows/Linux markets.
Nokia is going to make name in webpadmarkets too, but that will be another story.
By the way this is the first article which I've ever seen in which Nokia talks anything this subject: They are in business developing future ARM-chips with Arm Holdings Plc, Texas Instruments and others.
Ref1: www1.helsinginsanomat.fi
Ref2: transmeta.com
:" Yes, there is a secret message, and this is it:
Transmeta's policy has been to remain silent about its plans
until it had something to demonstrate to the world.
On January 19th, 2000, Transmeta is going to announce and demonstrate
what Crusoe processors can do.
Simultaneously, all of the details will go up on this Web site
for everyone on the Internet to see.
Crusoe will be cool hardware and software for mobile applications.
Crusoe will be unconventional, which is why we wanted
to let you know in advance to come look at the entire Web site
in January, so that you can get the full story and have access to all
of the real details as soon as they are available.
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