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Transmeta OK'd for Mira Displays

Posted by timothy on from the definitely-not-dead dept.

viewstyle writes "eweek is reporting that Transmeta's Crusoe chip has been approved by Microsoft for use in the Mira smart displays -- a move that further edges out AMD and Intel from the mobile processor marketplace."

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  1. Re:Who needs a smart display? by ObviousGuy · · Score: 4, Informative

    It's like having VPN from anywhere in your house. It sounds like a dumb idea and for 95% of the people out there it probably is, but for the 5% who are left it is a real great technology.

    It's laptop power without the heat and power consumption of a full-blown system.

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  2. What is Mira? by ObviousGuy · · Score: 5, Informative

    It seems like this question has been asked several times in this thread.

    Here's the short version:

    Mira (Smart Display) is a small, tablet-like device that becomes a remote terminal to a Windows XP machine. It uses wireless networking to create a Virtual Private Network (VPN) with the XP host. When connected, the Mira device can use all functions of the host PC.

    Here's Microsoft's version:

    http://www.microsoft.com/windows/Embedded/ce.NET/e valuation/news/fromms/mira.asp

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  3. Nothing really new by dorfsmay · · Score: 5, Informative

    Common, the association between Transmeta and M$ isn't that new. Who was one of the major investor in Transmeta ??

    M$ co-founder Paul Allen.

  4. Re:A bit optimistic? by evilviper · · Score: 4, Informative
    Besides, what do we (read as: geeks) have against AMD? I thought we liked them, no?

    Obviously you've never used an AMD-based laptop. I have, and I've got the battle-scars to prove it.

    AMD makes decent stuff, but they don't seem to realize that putting out huge quantities of heat is a problem in and of itself... This hasn't made them a favorite when it comes to portables. Besides, it's not like AMD is a giant in the embedded market.
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  5. Revenue not the whole picture. by mgrant · · Score: 5, Informative

    The net revenue for Transmeta in 2002 was $14.1 Million (1.5 Q1, 6.4 Q2, 6.3 Q3).

    Unfortunately, revenue only tells part of the story. Transmeta's net loss for the fiscal year ended 12/31/2002 was $110 million (source http://biz.yahoo.com/p/t/tmta.html)

    I think Transmeta's a great company... just want to make sure we paint the complete picture here: they lost about $100 million last year, and their stock is worth a little $1.00.