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Transmeta-based servers boast power-saving chips
News The cost of real estate and electricity are two of the major problems of doing business in Silicon Valley -- a situation that several companies coming out with Transmeta-based servers hope to exploit.
[January 25, 2001, 13:07]
Transmeta lays off 200 employees
News Processor designer Transmeta will lay off 200 employees, or 40 percent of its work force, as losses mount. The crucial difference between 2001 and 2002, however, is that Transmeta's revenue at this time last year was relatively buoyant.
[July 19, 2002, 7:42]
Transmeta teams with Windows CE .Net
News Chipmaker Transmeta said on Wednesday it has received a key certification from Microsoft, an important step in the company's strategy to enter the embedded processor market. Transmeta chips were given the green light by Microsoft to work with the...
[August 22, 2002, 8:20]
Transmeta to partner with server big boys this year
News Low-power microchip manufacturer Transmeta continued its manoeuvres into enterprise computing at the CeBIT computer fair in Germany, with chief technologist Dave Ditzel promising major manufacturing announcements this year.
[March 23, 2001, 17:15]
Transmeta to float
News Silicon Valley microprocessor startup Transmeta has revealed it is planning a flotation, appointing Deutsche Banc Alex Brown and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Wednesday to handle the process. The event is however guaranteed to attract much attention...
[July 20, 2000, 10:45]
Transmeta's low power finds place in supercomputers
News Troubled chip company Transmeta got a boost on Friday when the Los Alamos National Laboratories (LANL) showed off Green Destiny, a new supercomputer architecture based on Transmeta's Crusoe processor.
[May 20, 2002, 12:47]
Transmeta makes minuscule Crusoe chips
News Transmeta on Monday revealed a pair of Crusoe processors designed for anything but a PC. That means they can fit more easily inside devices such blade servers, Transmeta said in a statement. Transmeta, which plans to make the chips available this...
[January 5, 2004, 15:40]
Transmeta chip to power Microsoft tablet PC
News Transmeta on Monday announced a joint effort to produce a number of development-stage Microsoft Tablet PC machines that will be widely distributed. These development systems -- of which there will be several hundred, according to David Ditzel...
[March 26, 2001, 14:37]
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. Sonicblue (formerly known as S3) was one of the...
[May 14, 2001, 15:28]
Analyst: Transmeta should drop out of PCs
News Transmeta should look at moving out of the laptop PCs into a less competitive market, despite finally easing production problems with its 5500 and 5800 processors, according to analyst firm IDC. But in the meantime, Transmeta's lead over...
[March 7, 2002, 14:20]
Transmeta's next-gen chip arrives in September
News Transmeta is to launch its next-generation Astro chip in September, with the first products based on the low-power processor arriving before the end of the year, the company said on Thursday. Transmeta said the chip would run 50 to 80 percent...
[July 18, 2003, 15:33]
Transmeta set to release Linux for Net appliances
News Transmeta plans to release its version of the Linux operating system for Internet appliances and other devices as early as next week so that developers can begin testing it. Linus Torvalds, the creator of Linux, works as a programmer at Transmeta.
[February 16, 2001, 11:13]
Transmeta investigating Taiwan foundries
News Transmeta is testing the water with Taiwan-based manufacturing plants, in a move that could eventually boost the chip startup's capacity to manufacture its Intel-compatible chips for the featherweight laptop market.
[August 8, 2000, 10:00]
Exclusive: Transmeta flirting with AMD and 1GHz
News Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) and Transmeta are about to announce a relationship. Transmeta is particularly interested in AMD's Lightning Data Transfer technology, sources said. It has been a busy second quarter for Transmeta.
[August 21, 2000, 9:32]
Transmeta loses server deal to Intel
News One of Transmeta's server partners has defected to Intel's Pentium III-M chip, saying the Intel processor delivers "the best balance of performance and power consumption". The company, among others, was originally touted as a win for Transmeta's...
[August 2, 2001, 14:37]
Transmeta gets tablet deal
News Chipmaker Transmeta has found its latest tablet PC customer in the United Kingdom. Viglen will use Transmeta's Crusoe processor in its new eXaro tablet PC, which is on sale now in the UK. Transmeta, which pitches the Crusoe chip as an energy...
[February 19, 2003, 15:25]
Exclusive: Transmeta flirting with AMD and 1GHz Pt II
News Transmeta isn't standing still on the chip front, either. But more details from the S-1 filing indicate that Transmeta has no plans to stop at 800MHz. The TM5800 will allow Transmeta to catch up with rival Intel, which will hit 1GHz in the first...
[August 21, 2000, 9:40]
Transmeta sold to video-chipmaker Novafora
News Transmeta, a company that once hoped to rival Intel and AMD to power portable computers, announced on Monday that it would sell itself to Novafora for $255.6m in cash. Novafora said it hopes to use Transmeta's people and technology in its video...
[November 18, 2008, 9:01]
Transmeta mulls server move
News Transmeta plans a processor with twice the instruction width of today's chips, as Toshiba jumps aboard the bandwagon with a Crusoe-based Libretto Transmeta, famous for producing the chips in the lowest-power notebooks, is on the brink of announcing...
[May 8, 2001, 9:45]
Transmeta dumps latest chief
News Chipmaker Transmeta on Tuesday shook up its management team for the second time this year, replacing chief executive Mark Allen after just seven months on the job. The company also named Hugh Barnes, a member of Transmeta's board, as its new...
[October 17, 2001, 10:34]
