Transmeta Announces Industry-Wide Support for Efficeon Processor Platforms
Wednesday October 1, 6:00 am ET
Growing List of Partners Affirm Product Commitment to Efficeon(TM) Processor Introducing the Next Generation of Efficient Computing
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 1, 2003-- Transmeta Corporation (Nasdaq:TMTA - News), the leader in efficient computing, today announced collaborative relationships with a core group of leading technology companies, including 802.11 wireless developers, BIOS/firmware companies, embedded manufacturers, graphics developers, operating system developers and silicon component suppliers all committed to supporting Transmeta's new x86-compatible Efficeon processor.
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Aimed at ultra-portable and mainstream notebook computers, as well as innovative new classes of devices such as tablet PCs, ultra-personal computers, silent desktop computers, blade servers, thin clients and embedded systems, the Efficeon processor is a leader in delivering best-in-class performance, per watt, per dollar.
Adding to the list of leading technology companies supporting Efficeon, Transmeta today announced industry-wide support from Alliance Semiconductor Corp., American Megatrends Inc., Atheros Communications Inc., General Software Inc., HyperTransport Technology Consortium, Insyde Software Corp., Microsoft Corp., NVIDIA Corp., Phoenix Technologies Inc., Silicon Motion Inc., ULi Electronics Inc. and XGI Technology Inc. The Transmeta Efficeon processor's dynamic features and integrated architecture provide system designers with a wide range of chipset options to differentiate their products.
The Transmeta Efficeon processor will usher in a new era of efficient computing by offering users a compelling combination of power efficiency, design flexibility, performance-on-demand and low cost.
"The momentum building around the Efficeon processor and the efficient computing value proposition it delivers will bring Transmeta-based products to the forefront of the mobile computing industry," said Matt Perry, president and CEO of Transmeta. "This industry-wide support from partners illustrates our commitment and assures system builders and OEMs a faster time-to-market for a wide variety of innovative products based on the Efficeon processor."
Dave Ditzel, the company's co-founder and chief technology officer, will make a presentation about the Transmeta Efficeon processor at Microprocessor Forum in San Jose, October 13-16, 2003. To learn more about Transmeta's Efficeon processor, visit www.efficeon.com.
Each of these alliances will enable Transmeta's customers to integrate the Efficeon processor in a wide range of deployments. Transmeta's strategic partners supporting Efficeon include the following companies:
Alliance Semiconductor Corporation
Alliance Semiconductor® is a leading worldwide provider of memory, mixed signal and systems solutions for networking, wireless, consumer, and computing markets.
"The HyperTransport(TM) I/O interface built onto the Efficeon processor provides a high performance I/O channel that seamlessly connects to Alliance HyperTransport bridge chips, making it easy to bridge to PCI-X or high-speed PCI," said Robert Napaa, vice president of marketing & business development at Alliance Semiconductor System Solutions Business Unit. "Our roadmap of products for the next year offers new high-speed solutions to support the Efficeon processor that will be very attractive to system designers in the networking and high-end embedded markets."
www.alsc.com
American Megatrends, Incorporated
American Megatrends Inc.® (AMI) has dedicated its resources to providing OEMs, resellers and systems integrators with leading edge computer technologies. Privately held, AMI is best known for its BIOS, but it also supplies state-of-the-art hardware, software and utilities to over 55 percent of today's high-tech manufacturers.
"AMIBIOS8(TM) supports platforms based on the new Transmeta Efficeon processor," said Bill Clark, AMI sales manager, Software Division. "When combined with the Transmeta Efficeon processor, AMIBIOS8 provides the embedded, desktop, mobile and server PC markets with an extremely robust and stable solution. AMIBIOS8 and the Transmeta Efficeon processor are perfectly paired together to support ultra-portable and mainstream notebook computers, tablet PCs, ultra-personal computers, silent desktop computers, blade servers and embedded systems."
www.ami.com
Atheros Communications, Incorporated
Atheros Communications® is a leading developer of networking technologies for secure, high-performance wireless local area networks.
"Atheros and Transmeta share the same vision of energy-efficient computing and connectivity that will drive true anytime, anywhere computing," said Craig Barratt, president and CEO of Atheros Communications. "The Atheros 802.11b/g and 802.11a/b/g WLAN solutions, paired with Transmeta's Efficeon processor, will be the platform of choice for vendors wishing to build the world's most energy efficient and connected laptop platforms."
www.atheros.com
General Software, Incorporated
General Software® is the leading supplier of embedded firmware, enabling specialized devices in telecommunications, data communications, and consumer electronics market segments through technology, licensing and support models.
"The Transmeta Efficeon processor's ability to operate at extremely low power levels, even while operating at very high performance, is important to our customers," stated Matthew Schiltz, General Software president and CEO. "We are pleased to have support for the Efficeon microprocessor in our Embedded BIOSR product line and look forward to many successful projects."
www.gensw.com
HyperTransport Technology Consortium
The HyperTransport Technology Consortium® is a non-profit organization managed by its members that is dedicated to promoting HyperTransport(TM) technology as an open, freely available industry specification for high bandwidth chip-to-chip communications.
"The use of HyperTransport technology's ability to support different performance and power requirements makes it the ideal bus for the Efficeon processor," said Gabriele Sartori, president of the HyperTransport Technology Consortium. "By integrating a HyperTransport interface directly onto the processor die, Transmeta is able to provide a high performance chip interconnect while simultaneously reducing energy requirements, design complexity and manufacturing costs, all of which are important to developing a wide variety of mobile devices."
www.hypertransport.org
Insyde Software Corporation
Insyde Software® provides computer ODM & OEM suppliers a full complement of BIOS, power management, device drivers and custom system software solutions aimed at reducing costs and accelerating innovative mobile, tablet, ultra-personal and embedded computing devices.
"As a long-standing Transmeta partner, Insyde Software is proud to extend support for the Transmeta Efficeon processor with our complete family of BIOS and software solutions," said Daniel Lin, marketing director at Insyde Software. "The new performance and power efficiencies of the Transmeta Efficeon platform combined with our power management expertise offers new opportunities for innovative design and truly efficient computing."
www.insydesw.com
Microsoft Corporation
"Microsoft is excited to add Transmeta's new Efficeon processor family to the list of processors supported by the Windows family of operating systems including Windows XP, Windows CE .NET and Windows XP Embedded," said Todd Brix, group product manager for the Embedded Devices Group at Microsoft. "The combination of Transmeta's newest processor architecture with the Windows family of operating systems will enable OEMs to rapidly create the next generation of smart, connected devices with rich applications."
www.microsoft.com
NVIDIA Corporation
NVIDIA (R) Corporation is a market leader in visual computing technology dedicated to creating products that enhance the interactive experience on consumer and professional computing platforms.
"NVIDIA's collaboration with Transmeta enables a new class of ultra portable mobile computer," said Jen-Hsun Huang, president and CEO, NVIDIA Corporation. "As the mobile computer increasingly becomes the primary computing device for many people, the demand for smaller form factor, low power solutions becomes apparent. By closely collaborating with Transmeta, our combined technologies are enabling computer makers to deliver an outstanding multimedia experience in stunningly small, low power devices."
www.nvidia.com
Phoenix Technologies, Incorporated
Phoenix Technologies® helped launch the digital revolution when it created the industry's leading machine-independent BIOS software. Phoenix continues to leverage that core-level experience to develop many other vital solutions at multiple points in the foundation of PCs and other digital devices.
"We are working with Transmeta to enable their technology for the Transmeta Efficeon(TM) processor because it offers many features to improve computing performance while reducing costs," said Timothy D. Eades, senior vice president, corporate marketing and products division for Phoenix Technologies. "Faster processing and energy efficiency, for example, are becoming increasingly important for the demands of multi-media applications. The streamlined north bridge design saves power and board space, helping to control manufacturing and ownership costs. In addition, the performance power ratio is very competitive, supporting longer battery life for mobile users and more computing power for smaller devices."
www.phoenix.com
Silicon Motion, Incorporated
Silicon Motion® is focused on developing solutions that allow a wide range of products for the experience and storage of digital multimedia.
"We believe that the Transmeta Efficeon is an ideal solution for creating energy-efficient PCs and notebook computers," said Wallace Kou, president and CEO of Silicon Motion(TM), Inc. "Using Efficeon results in power savings that redefines battery life and power in mobile devices."
www.siliconmotion.com
ULi Electronics, Incorporated
ULi Electronics Inc.® is a subsidiary company of ALi Corporation® that focuses on the marketing and sales, R&D, and technical support for core logic chipsets and other related host-based peripherals. Together, ULi's highly experienced management and engineering teams aim to provide the PC industry with excellent quality service and innovative, feature-rich products.
"Transmeta's customers are developing unique and innovative mobile computer designs," said Alex Kuo, president of ULi. "We feel the features of our ULi south bridge complement the Transmeta Efficeon processor's energy efficient and high performance qualities and will allow our M1563 south bridge to be adopted into a wide variety of mobile devices that need to have the best possible marriage with performance and efficiency."
www.ali.com.tw
XGI Technology, Incorporated
XGI Technology, Incorporated offers a broad range of high performance graphics solutions, beginning with product offerings from its recent acquisitions of Trident Microsystems and Silicon Integrated Systems' graphics divisions.
"XGI offers a strong value proposition to our customers that is a perfect match with Transmeta's new Efficeon Processor," said Chris Lin, president, XGI Technology, Incorporated. "Efficeon will enable the next generation of exciting notebook designs, including ultra portable notebooks that are attractive to the user. Our XP5 product line is an ideal companion, offering satisfying performance while delivering energy efficiency for cool operation and long battery life."
www.xgitech.com
About Transmeta Corporation
Transmeta Corporation develops and sells software-based microprocessors and develops additional hardware, software and system technologies that enable manufacturers to build highly efficient computing systems characterized by low power consumption, reduced heat dissipation and the high performance required to run standard x86 compatible programs. We originally developed our family of Crusoe microprocessors for lightweight notebook computers and other mobile computing devices, but we have developed and are continuing to develop microprocessors suitable for a variety of existing and emerging end markets in which x86 program compatibility and energy and thermal efficiency are desirable.
To learn more about Transmeta, visit www.transmeta.com.
About the Transmeta Efficeon Processor
The Transmeta Efficeon processor is designed to provide power efficiency, design flexibility, performance-on-demand and low cost to meet the need of the next generation of mobile, wireless, and embedded devices. It includes three new high performance bus interfaces: an on-chip HyperTransport(TM) bus interface for increased input/output efficiency, an on-chip Double Data Rate 400 (DDR-400) SDRAM memory interface increased throughput, and an on-chip AGP-4X graphics interface for high performance graphics solutions. These new interfaces allow Efficeon to achieve more work per clock, which results in greater energy efficiency and longer battery life for mobile computer users. The Transmeta Efficeon processor's dynamic LongRun(TM) power management features and integrated architecture are designed to give system designers and marketers a wide range of choices in creating products that deliver added value, functionality, security, comfort, reliability, and cost-savings to end users.
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