Intel heeft een 'PC-on-a-chip' processor in ontwikkeling met geïntegreerde North- (graphics, audio en memory) en Southbridge (I/O, PCI, USB en Ethernet). Volgens Intel kunnen de prijzen van mainstream PC's dankzij deze chip tot onder de 700 dollar grens dalen:
Intel is developing a single silicon chip that will contain the usual central processing unit plus all of the essential controllers and interfaces for a PC.Code-named Timna, this 32-bit PC-on-a-chip would significantly reduce system costs, which will be vital if Intel is to wage war against thin clients and WebTV.
Timna would combine the processing functionality of a future IA-32 Pentium III processor and the capabilities offered by processor support chip sets like the Intel 810 or 820, sources say.
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