Close
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
Read Down
Sign in
Close
Welcome!Log into your account
Forgot your password?
Read Down
Password recovery
Recover your password
Close
Search
Menu
Search
  • Latest News
  • Cybersecurity
  • Big Data and Analytics
  • Cloud
  • Mobile
  • Networking
  • Storage
  • Applications
  • IT Management
  • Small Business
  • Development
  • Database
  • Servers
  • Android
  • Apple
  • Innovation
  • Blogs
  • PC Hardware
  • Reviews
  • Search Engines
  • Virtualization
More
    Home Latest News
    • Mobile

    Crusoe Finds Way Into Smart Displays

    By
    Mark Hachman
    -
    May 6, 2003
    Share
    Facebook
    Twitter
    Linkedin

      Transmeta Corp. will announce Tuesday that Microsoft Corp. has qualified the Crusoe TM5800 processor for use in the “Mira” smart displays, which began shipping in February.

      Microsoft qualified the TM5800 at speeds of 800MHz up to 1GHz for use in the smart displays, according to Mike DeNeffe, director of marketing at Transmeta. The qualification will allow Transmeta to move further into embedded systems.

      “This is a big deal for us for a number of reasons,” DeNeffe said. “One, we have a deep relationship level with Microsoft. Another one is that weve collaborated with them on the Tablet PC. [Also], this is indicative of our strategy, and our product line for embedded systems.”

      A smart display requires a PC running Windows XP to operate and monopolizes the PC while it runs. A Tablet PC serves as a stand-alone computer.

      If Transmeta can push the Crusoe into both smart displays and the Tablet PC, the feat will be proof that the market sees the Crusoe both as an embedded and as a general-purpose CPU. Over time, Intel Corp.s Pentium series and Advanced Micro Devices Inc.s K6 processors have been forced out of general-purpose PCs and notebooks and into the engines driving embedded devices. But the Crusoe still powers several Japanese ultralight notebooks.

      Viewsonics airpanel 100 smart display, on the other hand, uses a 206MHz Intel StrongARM. The Crusoe will likely compete against Intels newer XScale embedded processor for design wins, DeNeffe said.

      Over time, DeNeffe said he envisions smart display makers enhancing the product with new features, to turn it into a wireless “thin client” for the enterprise. Today, the smart display cant even do basic tasks like play a DVD wirelessly over the network from the host PC. However, the Crusoe has enough computing power to drive Microsofts Windows Media 9 codec with hardware assistance, he added.

      “My take is that smart displays got out of the gate pretty slowly,” DeNeffe said. “We need to get together with all the [contract manufacturers] in Taiwan and get them to listen to what were hearing in the enterprise space and hook them up with the OEMs in the thin client space.”

      Search for more stories on Crusoe.

      Avatar
      Mark Hachman

      MOST POPULAR ARTICLES

      Android

      Samsung Galaxy XCover Pro: Durability for Tough...

      Chris Preimesberger - December 5, 2020 0
      Have you ever dropped your phone, winced and felt the pain as it hit the sidewalk? Either the screen splintered like a windshield being...
      Read more
      Cloud

      Why Data Security Will Face Even Harsher...

      Chris Preimesberger - December 1, 2020 0
      Who would know more about details of the hacking process than an actual former career hacker? And who wants to understand all they can...
      Read more
      Cybersecurity

      How Veritas Is Shining a Light Into...

      eWEEK EDITORS - September 25, 2020 0
      Protecting data has always been one of the most important tasks in all of IT, yet as more companies become data companies at the...
      Read more
      Big Data and Analytics

      How NVIDIA A100 Station Brings Data Center...

      Zeus Kerravala - November 18, 2020 0
      There’s little debate that graphics processor unit manufacturer NVIDIA is the de facto standard when it comes to providing silicon to power machine learning...
      Read more
      Apple

      Why iPhone 12 Pro Makes Sense for...

      Wayne Rash - November 26, 2020 0
      If you’ve been watching the Apple commercials for the past three weeks, you already know what the company thinks will happen if you buy...
      Read more
      eWeek


      Contact Us | About | Sitemap

      Facebook
      Linkedin
      RSS
      Twitter
      Youtube

      Property of TechnologyAdvice.
      Terms of Service | Privacy Notice | Advertise | California - Do Not Sell My Information

      © 2021 TechnologyAdvice. All Rights Reserved

      Advertiser Disclosure: Some of the products that appear on this site are from companies from which TechnologyAdvice receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site including, for example, the order in which they appear. TechnologyAdvice does not include all companies or all types of products available in the marketplace.

      ×