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    Transmeta TM5800 Chip - Useful?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by darkcirca, Nov 4, 2008.

  1. darkcirca

    darkcirca Notebook Consultant

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    I'm trying to figure out the use for a CPU: Transmeta TM5800 (@ 1.0GHz). The model is 5800N100021. I know they are used in some tablets, but I wasn't even sure where to go about finding the socket type or anything.

    Anyone have any input on these chips? I came across a whole collection of them at work, and no one knows what to do with them, their value, usefulness, etc.

    Thanks :)
     
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    Xseries4ever Notebook Geek

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    Their processors were once used in ultraportables like some of Sony's Picturebook models. Unfortunately the performance was a sub-par, though it did feature superior battery life (at least back then).

    Not many manufacturers support these processors (even then) and I doubt you'll find any motherboard capable of accepting them. The architecture of the chips are totally different from x86 processors. It requires a software translator to compile x86 code.

    The Crusoe is in a 474-balls BGA package which requires soldering the processor down.
     
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    darkcirca Notebook Consultant

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    Thanks for that. That's a bit more info than I've been able to dig up on these. I know they were used in the Atigo T and T/HB, but wasn't sure what else. I'm just debating on how to get rid of them now that I have some info on them - as they are just sitting in a supply closet.
     
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    K-TRON Hi, I'm Jimmy Diesel ^_^

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    Do you have a whole bunch of just thee transmeta processors, or transmeta powered ultraportables.
    I would love to have a Sharp Transmeta, I have never actually seen one before.
    Almost all ultramobile cpus are soldered directly to the motherboard, so the cpus are going to be useless if they are sold alone. You would need a special machine to solder all of the pins of the processor to a motherboard.

    I believe the transmeta 1Ghz core was about as powerful as the 1.6Ghz Via EDEN core, but in comparative terms, its about the speed of a 1Ghz Pentium 3. (Guesstimated values)

    K-TRON
     
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    darkcirca Notebook Consultant

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    It's just the Transmeta Crusoe TM5800

    Model: 5800N100021
    http://www.cpu-world.com/CPUs/TM5800/Transmeta-Crusoe TM5800 1000 MHz - 5800N100021.html

    I really have no idea about these - just that we have about 40 sitting in the closet, and even more elsewhere. We have them because they were the processor for a tablet we used to sell, so at one point we put them on. Since we are on a newer tablet, these are just sitting in the storage closet taking up space..
     
    darkcirca, Nov 5, 2008
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