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To: niceguy767 who wrote (119778)	7/9/2000 12:52:49 PM
From: Joe NYC	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1573930

Tom went to PC Expo. Here is something about mobile processors: Transmeta's booth was right next to Intel, by the way. Quite funny. Intel now seems to get slightly nervous about Transmeta, because just a few days before the PC Expo, Intel introduced two special low-power processors for notebooks: a 600 MHz mobile Pentium III, and a 500 MHz mobile Celeron with SpeedStep, Intel's power management technology. According to Intel, the processors consume between 1 and 2 Watts. But as the German computer magazine c't pointed out in their recent issue 14/2000, it all depends on how you actually measure the power consumption. Intel based their measurements on a scenario called 'Average Power', where the processor (maximum power consumption 8.1 Watts at 500 MHz and 1.1 Volts) is in sleep mode for 80 to 95 percent of the time. Transmeta on the other hand lets the Crusoe TM5400 play MP3, and it still only consumes only 1 W (or 1.8 Watts for DVD playback) - including the Northbridge. In case of the Intel processors, the Northbridge alone eats up 2 W (BX chipset). Taken all that into account, Intel's mobile Pentium III should consume about 6 Watts while playing MP3 - about six times as much as Transmeta's Crusoe. Go figure. tomshardware.com Joe