Transmeta (Semiconductor) (TMTA)

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Nice find, Steak. I have been thinking that the 256-bit chip introduction next year would move TMTA to center stage, and this article seems to confirm it. With such energy consumption decreases, and performance increases, the TM8000 should have no competition from Intel or AMD in mobile devices and truly enable Metapad/OQO devices and their progeny: a "desktop in a box." The Banias will seem a bad joke by comparison. The specs seem to also open the chip to uses in new compact form factor, silent desktops. Wonder if TMTA plans for other versions of 256-bit chips optimized for servers and workstations.

The article makes no mention of delays in the TM6000. During the last CC, it sounded like the SoC was within four months or so of release, and it should find a ready market for blade servers, supercomputing, x86 embedded devices. Guess we will hear more on this soon. I hope it is not delayed simply for marketing reasons.

regards, wsh