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Next Crusoe chip bogged down in testing
News Transmeta is having trouble getting its next Crusoe chip out the door. Four months after it was first announced, the energy-efficient Crusoe 5800 still isn't shipping in production volumes to notebook makers.
[October 10, 2001, 9:45]
Transmeta revs up Crusoe
News Transmeta will release a new Crusoe chip later this month, as it continues to try to win its first deal with a US notebook maker. The current Crusoe, the TM 5600, reaches a maximum speed of 667MHz. Boosting performance of the TM 5800 will be the...
[June 14, 2001, 10:01]
Transmeta to keep 'em coming
News Meanwhile, sources said that Transmeta will soon announce that Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing is manufacturing its upcoming Crusoe TM 5800. Transmeta chief executive Mark Allen let slip during a conference call Thursday with financial analysts...
[June 25, 2001, 9:18]
Transmeta climbs into embedded market
News The Crusoe SE processors are similar to the company's notebook chips but will be incorporated into a wider variety of nontraditional devices, such as point-of-display terminals or in-car entertainment systems.
[January 6, 2003, 7:50]
VoiceButler adds new chord to Transmeta
News The chipmaker said on Wednesday that German firm VoiceCom will use Transmeta's Crusoe processor in the VoiceButler, which allows callers to access telephone extensions via voice prompts. While Transmeta launched a line of embedded processors...
[April 3, 2003, 13:44]
New Crusoe notebook to hit US shores
News Transmeta got some welcome news Monday as Fujitsu announced it is bringing to the United States a notebook PC using the latest low-power Crusoe processor from the struggling chipmaker. However, Brookwood said Transmeta still faces challenges in...
[October 23, 2001, 9:09]
Transmeta chips to cool off Intel
News Intel is moving to counter Transmeta's power-saving Crusoe chip systems, which can be interpreted as either the beginning of the end for upstart Transmeta or a validation that it's exploiting a weakness in Intel's product line.
[March 23, 2001, 9:38]
Start-up shrinks PC to palm size
News Along with Windows, it will come with a 5800 Crusoe processor from Transmeta, a 10GB hard drive, 256MB of memory, connection ports for FireWire and USB (universal serial bus), and wireless networking connections through either Wi-Fi or Bluetooth.
[April 17, 2002, 10:35]
Transmeta casts Efficeon chip as saviour
News When it held its coming-out party in early 2000, the company promised that its Crusoe chips would tackle one of the major problems in notebook computing: short battery life caused by processor power consumption.
[August 12, 2003, 11:05]
HP to launch new AMD-based business PCs
News HP also remains one of the more visible customers for the Crusoe product from chipmaker Transmeta. It uses the Crusoe TM 5800 in its Tablet PC. Hewlett-Packard on Monday will launch a new line of business desktops containing processors from AMD...
[June 2, 2003, 7:54]
Efficeon nets PC industry backing
News When it launched in early 2000, the company promised that its Crusoe chips would tackle one of the major problems in notebook computing: short battery life caused by processor power consumption. Although some analysts noted that Crusoe chips did...
[October 1, 2003, 15:20]
New Transmeta chip aims for speed
News The company began to attract deals with PC manufacturers in 2000 because its Crusoe processor promised to consume less power, and hence let notebook batteries run longer than did chips from Intel or AMD.
[March 10, 2003, 11:58]
Chips to rain down at CeBIT
News The company will be on hand displaying a cadre of notebooks that use its Crusoe processors, including several designs based on its TM5800 chip, now available at speeds up to 800MHz. Paceblade, for example, will announce the PaceBook, a new tablet...
[March 8, 2002, 8:49]
Transmeta explores embedded market
News Transmeta has begun marketing its Crusoe processor to manufacturers of networking equipment, printers and other "embedded" devices in an effort to achieve critical mass. Right now, the company sells a 3000 line of Crusoe chips for Internet...
[October 4, 2001, 9:39]
Transmeta branches out with Web tablet
News Sonicblue -- the former graphics-chip company turned Internet-appliance maker -- announced on Monday that it began shipping ProGear, a wireless Internet tablet using Transmeta's Crusoe TM3200 chip. The company shipped about 150,000 Crusoe chips in...
[May 14, 2001, 15:28]
HP says it can reduce impact of chip defects
News The many problems Transmeta had when it came out with its 5800 Crusoe chip in 2001 were due to a lack of redundancy, many sources at the time said. HP has revealed another aspect of its crossbar switch technology that it hopes will replace...
[June 9, 2005, 12:30]
HP: First laptop with Athlon chip coming
News Intel is expected to take the wraps off its "Tualatin" Pentium III chips, set to ship next month, and Transmeta will launch its new Crusoe TM 5800 chip. Hewlett-Packard will soon announce its first notebook based on AMD's Athlon processor...
[June 21, 2001, 9:18]
Dialogue Flybook review
Reviews The Flybook is powered by a Transmeta Crusoe TM 5800 processor running at 1GHz, supported by 512MB of DDR RAM. You'll certainly get noticed when you pull out the Flybook, as it comes in a range of colours, some of them extremely bright.
[October 26, 2005, 9:30]
ECS EZ-Tablet EZ30D review
Reviews The EZ30D's 800MHz Transmeta Crusoe 5800 processor running and 256MB of DDR RAM don’t provide the power that some users in these sectors will need, although we had no problems creating documents or browsing the Web via the built-in Wi-Fi (802.11b...
[April 20, 2004, 12:35]
IBM test-drives transformer computer
News The prototype Meta Pad core includes an 800MHz Transmeta Crusoe 5800 processor, chosen for its low-power properties, 128MB of RAM, a 10GB hard drive and Microsoft's Windows XP operating system. Representatives of Big Blue's research arm...
[February 7, 2002, 9:38]
