Jim,
Here is what I have been able to find about Transmetta. I would appreciate if someone knowledgeable could explain whether there is a link to EDIG, or whether a giant leap of speculation is taking place to assume that the EDIG technology would be a fit.
------
charset="Windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Yahoo - Transmeta unveils secretive "Crusoe" ship
family Home - Yahoo! - Help ------------------------------------------------------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- Wednesday January 19, 2:42
pm Eastern Time Transmeta unveils secretive "Crusoe" ship family SARATOGA, Calif., Jan 19 (Reuters) - Transmeta Corp.,
one of Silicon = Valley's most secretive startup companies, on Wednesday launched its = much-anticipated new family of
mobile processors, saying the devices = will revolutionize mobile computing. Transmeta, which was founded in 1995 and
employs Linus Torvalds, the = celebrated creator of the new Linux operating system, announced two new = processors which
company executives said will be made by computing giant = International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - news). One
processor, the TM3120, will target so-called Internet appliances and = handheld gadgets that handle simple tasks over the
Web and which use the = Linux platform, the executives said at a long-awaited launch party in = Saratoga, Calif. The TM3120
will be available immediately at initial speeds of 333 = megahertz and 400 megahertz, similar to those of Intel Corp.'s =
(NasdaqNM:INTC - news) Pentium II PC processors. The 333 megahertz = version will cost $65 while the faster one is
priced at $89. The second chip, the TM5400, will target ultralight notebook computers. = It boasts speeds of 500 to 700
megahertz, is expected to be available by = mid-2000, and will cost $119 for the slower version and $329 for the = faster one.
Transmeta, based in Santa Clara, Calif., is backed by industry = heavyweights such as Microsoft billionaire co-founder Paul
Allen, = investment wizard George Soros and major venture capital firms. The Linux operating system has emerged as an
upstart competitor to = Microsoft Corp.'s (NasdaqNM:MSFT - news) dominant Windows platform.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- More Quotes and News: a.. Intel Corp
(NasdaqNM:INTC - news) b.. International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM - news) c.. Microsoft Corp (NasdaqNM:MSFT
- news) =20 Related News Categories: US Market News=20
-------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- Help
-------------------------------------------------------------------------= ------- Copyright =A9 2000 Yahoo! All Rights
Reserved. Privacy Policy - Terms of = Service Copyright 2000 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. Republication or =
redistribution of Reuters content is expressly prohibited without the = prior written consent of Reuters. Reuters shall not be
liable for any = errors or delays in the content, or for any actions taken in reliance = thereon. Questions or Comments?
------=_NextPart_001_0002_01BF629D.B2589300 Content-Type: text/html; charset="Windows-1252"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Home - Yahoo! - Help
[ Business =| US Market | By Industry | IPO | AP | S&P | International | PRNews |=20 BizWire | CCN ]
=Related
Quotes
IBM
INTC
MSFT
115 = 1/2
100=20 1/16
107
-1/4
-2=20 1/16
-8=20 5/16
delayed 20 mins
- disclaimer
Wed= nesday=20 January 19, 2:42 pm Eastern Time
Transmeta unveils secretive "Crusoe" ship = family
SARATOGA, Calif., Jan 19 (Reuters) - Transmeta Corp., one of Silicon = Valley's=20 most secretive startup companies, on
Wednesday launched its = much-anticipated new=20 family of mobile processors, saying the devices will revolutionize =
mobile=20 computing.
Transmeta, which was founded in 1995 and employs Linus Torvalds, the=20 celebrated creator of the new Linux operating
system, announced two new=20 processors which company executives said will be made by computing giant = International
Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM - news).
One processor, the TM3120, will target so-called Internet appliances = and=20 handheld gadgets that handle simple tasks
over the Web and which use the = Linux=20 platform, the executives said at a long-awaited launch party in = Saratoga, Calif.
The TM3120 will be available immediately at initial speeds of 333 = megahertz=20 and 400 megahertz, similar to those of Intel
Corp.'s (NasdaqNM:INTC - news) Pentium II PC processors. The 333 = megahertz=20 version will cost $65 while the faster
one is priced at $89.
The second chip, the TM5400, will target ultralight notebook = computers. It=20 boasts speeds of 500 to 700 megahertz, is
expected to be available by = mid-2000,=20 and will cost $119 for the slower version and $329 for the faster one.
Transmeta, based in Santa Clara, Calif., is backed by industry = heavyweights=20 such as Microsoft billionaire co-founder
Paul Allen, investment wizard = George=20 Soros and major venture capital firms.
The Linux operating system has emerged as an upstart competitor to = Microsoft=20 Corp.'s (NasdaqNM:MSFT -=20 news)
dominant Windows platform.
|
