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To: Dan3 who wrote (49755)	8/3/2001 11:04:44 AM
From: kapkan4u	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 275872

<They've decided they don't need any hammers on bulk silicon. Why would they cancel plans for a bulk silicon variant if there were any doubts at all regarding the manufacturability or performance of the SOI versions?> To my knowledge, there was never a bulk ClawHammer design work done. I have never heard of such a beast except as speculations on this thread. Kap

To: Dan3 who wrote (49755)	8/3/2001 8:39:22 PM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 275872

CUTTING-EDGE laptop systems, all spawned by Intel's Pentium III-M chip, formerly code-named Tualatin, are hitting a softened mobile computer market. Laptop computer rivals such as IBM, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Sony, Compaq, and Toshiba each welcomed the new chip this week with a wave of laptops powered by the Pentium III-M. www2.infoworld.com August 3, 2001 01:01 PM PST Laptops sport new Intel chip Dan Neel CUTTING-EDGE laptop systems, all spawned by Intel's Pentium III-M chip, formerly code-named Tualatin, are hitting a softened mobile computer market. Laptop computer rivals such as IBM, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Sony, Compaq, and Toshiba each welcomed the new chip this week with a wave of laptops powered by the Pentium III-M. The wave of feature-rich laptops comes ashore just as sales of laptops to corporate customers have fallen off by as much as 25 percent compared to a year ago, said Stacy Wu, an industry analyst at Mobile Insights, in Mountain View, Calif. "A lot of companies are laying off people, but they are recycling their internal capital. They have purchased a lot of [laptops] for a whole lot more people than they currently have," Wu said. A potential catalyst for increased laptop sales, the Pentium III-M marks Intel's first change in process technology since the birth of the 0.18-micron-process Pentium III chip family in late 1999. Designed for mobile devices, the 0.13-micron-process Pentium III-M delivers 20 percent better performance, runs cooler, and uses less power than its predecessors, Intel officials said. IBM rolled out a new ThinkPad T23 laptop loaded with the 1.13GHz Pentium chip. The ThinkPad T23 offers completely integrated 802.11 wireless capabilities as well as expanded multimedia options, IBM officials said. Dell introduced two laptops, an Inspiron 8100 and a Latitude C810, each powered by the new Intel chip. Both Dell systems are designed as full desktop PC replacements and offer a multitude of features including Nvidia's Twinview technology that enables users to operate dual monitors from the same laptop, a practice growing in popularity, Dell officials said. Hewlett-Packard launched a new HP OmniBook 6100 with the Pentium III-M on board. The 6100 takes advantage of the low-power Intel chip to offer users as many as five hours of operation on a single battery charge, according to HP. The 6100 offers many features including 802.11 and options for CD-ROM or DVD-ROM. Sony will use the Pentium III-M chip in a new Sony VAIO GR laptop. The GR line is Sony's first attempt to court companies in North America that deploy large numbers of business laptops and is designed to go head-to-head against two-spindle corporate desktop replacement laptops from Dell, IBM, HP, and others, Sony officials said. Compaq hopes to as many as eight hours of battery life using the Pentium III-M chip in a new Compaq N200 laptop set to ship later this year. Toshiba will also introduce a new Tecra model laptop computer with the Pentium III-M chip in the third quarter of this year. ABOUT INFOWORLD \| CONTACT US \| EMPLOYMENT \| PRIVACY