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Transmeta Mulls Exit From Processor Market

Posted by timothy on from the they've-already-made-it-up-in-volume dept.

chill writes "C-Net is reporting that CPU upstart Transmeta, once the employer of Linus Torvalds and maker of 'Code Morphing' processors, is contemplating leaving the chip manufacturing business. Already their IP licensing revenue exceeds that of their microprocessor sales, though both are dwarfed by their recurring quarterly losses."

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  1. Transmeta Inside? by dteichman2 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Never even knew they existed. Wow. I guess either they couldn't compete, or they sucked.

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    1. Re:Transmeta Inside? by sphealey · · Score: 1, Offtopic
      Never even knew they existed. Wow. I guess either they couldn't compete, or they sucked.
      Sorry I can't help with the modding - this post is both on-topic and reasonable. Harsh and perhaps a bit snarky, but it shouldn't be modded down for that.

      sPh