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ColumnsAnother One Bites the Dust

Tom HalfhillWill they never learn? Another start-up hoping to compete with mighty Intel has crashed, sending some 200 engineers to the unemployment line and squandering about $74 million from disgruntled investors. Montalvo Systems, originally named MemoryLogix, is now just another smoking crater in Silicon Valley.

Hit the jump for the full scoop on another chip maker who coulda been a contendah.

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ColumnsFast Forward: Intel's Atom: the Smallest x86

Intel's Atom has low power consumption, full x86 compatibility, and good performance.

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ColumnsFast Forward: VIA's new Isaiah Processor

Exciting times for mobile PCs as VIA introduces its new low-power-consumption x86 mobile processor, code-named Isaiah.

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FROM THE ARCHIVEFast Forward: Low-Power Newbie: the x86

For the first time, 'low power' and 'x86' will taste great together

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FROM THE ARCHIVEFast Forward: Teeny-Weeny PCs

Asus' Eee is inspiring a new generation of teeny-weeny Linux subnotebooks. UMPC? Yeah, we've never seen one either.

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FROM THE ARCHIVEFast Forward: Transmeta's Rebirth

A new lease on life working with its former competitors.

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FROM THE ARCHIVEFast Forward: AMD's Odd Phenom

What's so weird about

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FROM THE ARCHIVEFast Forward: The Future of CPU Integration

Code-named Niagara, Sun's new server processor boasts 8 64-bit processor cores and a slew of other features. This is where the future's headed.

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