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Transmeta Up For Sale

Posted by timothy on from the when-a-name-bespeaks-transition dept.

arcticstoat writes "After giving up on the CPU manufacturing business in 2005, low-power CPU designer Transmeta has announced that it's up for sale. In a statement, the processor company that brought us the mobile Crusoe and Efficeon series of CPUs said that it has 'initiated a process to seek a potential sale of the Company.' The announcement came straight after Transmeta reached a legal agreement with Intel over Transmeta's intellectual property and patents, which includes Intel making a one-off payment of $91.5 million US to Transmeta before the end of this month, as well as annual payments of $20 million US every year from 2009 through 2013."

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  1. Re:They should put it up on ebay by TubeSteak · · Score: 5, Funny

    Seriously, it would be an interesting experiment, to auction it publicly.

    And what company is going to pay over $100 million using paypal?

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  2. Re:They should put it up on ebay by eclectro · · Score: 5, Funny

    And what company is going to pay over $100 million using paypal?

    If they happen to own some subprime securities, the federal government will.

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  3. Re:Sell the company in parts by Spy+der+Mann · · Score: 5, Funny

    "You can own this Transmeta chair. Linus might have sat in it."

    I'LL BUY IT!!!!
    - Steve Ballmer.

  4. Re:Since when is Ebay a stock exchange? by G0rAk · · Score: 5, Insightful

    there's already 3, well-regulated, well-defined places to do it at - The New York Stock Exchange, The Nasdaq Stock Exchange, and the American Stock Exchange.

    Are you sure? Have you been watching the news recently?

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