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To: Paul Engel who wrote (92785)	11/18/1999 1:12:00 AM
From: Gordon Hodgson	Respond to of 186894

Paul, Details emerging on secretive start-up Transmeta Just read this article on Transmeta's new chip named "Crusoe" Hope it's a dog. news.cnet.com sorry, forgot how to make a hyperlink More clues about Transmeta, one of the most secretive companies in Silicon Valley, are slowly becoming available, including the name of its first processors. Quote Snapshot T 47.31 -0.19 MSFT 85.00 -2.31 Enter symbol: · Symbol Lookup More from CNET Investor Quotes delayed 20+ minutes While details about its first products are still sketchy, the chip company evidently has decided on a name for them: Crusoe. The Crusoe processors will be targeted at mobile applications, according to the company's recently revised Web page. The secrecy surrounding the company's plans have led to much speculation about the nature of the start-up. But the secrecy is something of a ruse: The company has actually been working hard to promote itself by being just secretive enough to spur interest. It was formed in 1995 in Santa Clara, California, and is funded by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, among others. David Ditzel, an architect of early processors at AT&T's Bell Labs, and Linux founder Linus Torvalds are among its principals. Yesterday at the Comdex trade show in Las Vegas, Torvalds said in his keynote speech that the company's products would be announced on January 19. Initially, the company said the chips would be announced by October, but they were apparently delayed, judging by the new launch date. Torvalds revealed Transmeta is working on a "smart CPU, the first microprocessor built with software" running as an integral component. CPU stands for central processing unit. Transmeta's employees are starting to demonstrate a sense of humor about its secretiveness. Knowing that Internet surfers have been looking at the source code of its Web page trying to divine secrets about the project--the company's page used to say nothing more than "This Web page is not here yet!"--there is now a new message in place. "Yes, there is a secret message. Crusoe will be cool hardware and software for mobile applications. Crusoe will be unconventional," it says. Source code is the name for the embedded commands that tell a browser how text and images will appear on a screen. Other details about the operation of the chip became evident with a look at some key patents the company has received in the past two years. As first reported by CNET News.com, Transmeta's chip is capable of acting like any number of other chips, including Intel processors, by using a combination of hardware and software to enable it to run Windows-based applications. But unlike other Intel-compatible chips, Transmeta's Crusoe is expected to be able to translate commands designed for Intel chips to run on its processor without a significant performance hit and, more importantly, without the need to license patented technology from Intel, according to patent experts. The chips are apparently named after the literary character Robinson Crusoe. That book is about a man who is stranded on a desert island. Transmeta's Web page has an image of a desert island on it.

To: Paul Engel who wrote (92785)	11/18/1999 2:29:00 AM
From: Paul Engel	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

Intel Investors - Third Party Camino/i820/Rambus MotherBoards are announced by AOpen. AOpen has released two new motherboard designs on to the US market using the i820 chipset. This infrastructure support will help the Coppermine adoption. Paul {====================================} theregister.co.uk Posted 17/11/99 12:55pm by Linda Harrison AOpen hits US with i820 mobos AOpen has released two new motherboard designs on to the US market using the i820 chipset. The components and peripherals company launched the AOpen AX6C and AX6C-L motherboards, supporting 100MHz and 133MHz front side bus, 4X AGP port, RIMM memory and an AOpen expansion port. Both models use Intel's delayed 820 chipset and are designed to maximise performance of the Pentium II, Pentium III and Coppermine processors, the company said. They also support a maximum of 1GB DRAM, with either two or three RIMM slots, and PC600, PC700 and PC800 RIMM specifications. It currently offers a V.90 56K modem that plugs into an AMR slot. Al Peng, director of motherboard management at AOpen America, said: "Because the motherboard is the heart of every PC, it is essential that users understand the vital role that a motherboard plays." "By integrating the best available technologies into our motherboard designs, AOpen customers are assured that their system is off to a great start."