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Transmeta develops computing technologies with focus on reducing power consumption in electronic devices. Transmeta was founded in 1995 by Bob Cmelik, Dave Ditzel, Colin Hunter, Ed Kelly, Doug Laird, Malcolm Wing, and Greg Zyner as a US-based corporation that designed VLIW code morphing microprocessors. To date, it has produced two x86 compatible CPU architectures: the Crusoe and Efficeon processors. These CPUs have appeared in ultra-portable Laptops, Blade servers, Tablet PCs, and a silent desktop, where low power consumption and heat dissipation are of primary importance.
History
Throughout their first few years, little was known about exactly what Transmeta would be offering. Their webpage went online in mid-1997, but for around two and a half years displayed nothing but the text "This web page is not yet here." Information gradually came out of the company, suggesting of a VLIW-based design that translated x86 code into its own native code. As Intel's then-forthcoming "Merced" processor was also a VLIW design which could translate x86 code, much wild and ultimately inaccurate speculation whipped up (though none of it by Transmeta themselves) suggesting that Transmeta's product could have supercomputer-level processing power while actually being cheaper to manufacture than any offering by Intel, AMD or Cyrix.
In fact, Transmeta marketed their microprocessor technology as extraordinarily innovative and revolutionary in the low-power market segment. They had hoped to be both power and performance leaders in the x86 space. However initial reviews of the Crusoe indicated the performance fell significantly short of projections. * Furthermore, the market did not stand still during Crusoe development -- Intel and AMD had significantly ramped up speeds and began to address increasing concerns about power consumption -- and so the initial offering, Crusoe, was rapidly cornered into a low-volume, small form factor (SFF), low-power segment of the market.
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