Transmeta (Semiconductor) (TMTA)

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Re: Sun designed the CPU. Fujitsu is just manufacturing it. So no, T1 will not have LR2, as it would have needed a license from Sun.

I don't understand this comment. Did you mean "needed a license from TMTA"?

IAE, TMTA has licensed Fujitsu to produce ICs from its Mie Foundry incorporating LR2 for any of Fujitsu's foundry customers. At this point the tech has been fully transferred from TMTA to Fujitsu, and Fujitsu is authorized and trained to engineer in LR2 without a separate license from TMTA or even the assistance of TMTA. Fujitsu of course has the duty to report to TMTA and pay royalties for production of ICs incorporating LR2.

This model has first been seen in the development of the new S3 graphics cards. I don't know if LR2 is present in the Sun T1 processors, but it would seem at least a possibility. The timing of the development and the emphasis on energy savings over competitive products seems to support this view.

regards, wsh