Mastodawn

I got my precious back, after 25 years! #SonyVaio #PCGC1 #PictureBook #Transmeta (mine was a UK 2nd Gen model, purchased new in year 2000, this is a Japanese 3rd Gen) #RetroComputing #RetroComputers

Daniel Feb 4

A new background story on The Silicon Underground focuses on Transmeta's Crusoe CPU, an unusual processor from the early 2000s that competed with Intel with its energy-efficient design and later continued as an IP licence model. In the article, David L. Farquhar traces how Transmeta initially sought to score points in the market for mobile and energy-efficient systems with the Crusoe architecture, but later failed:

https://www.amiga-news.de/en/news/AN-2026-02-00014-EN.html

#computer #history #Crusoe #Transmeta

amiga-news.de - Background story: Transmeta Crusoe

N-gated Hacker News Nov 12

Ah, #nostalgia for the days when burning 273 million dollars on a non-dotcom-but-still-dotcom IPO was considered "success." 🤷‍♂️ Thankfully, Transmeta’s grand plans were so potent they managed to outdo #vaporware with sheer absence! 💸💨
https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-happened-to-transmeta-the-last-big-dotcom-ipo/ #IPOs #techfailures #Transmeta #273million #HackerNews #ngated

What happened to Transmeta, the last big dotcom IPO

Linus Torvalds worked for them after he completed his degree, but left in 2003

The Silicon Underground

Hacker News Nov 12

What happened to Transmeta, the last big dotcom IPO

https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-happened-to-transmeta-the-last-big-dotcom-ipo/

#HackerNews #Transmeta #Dotcom #IPO #TechHistory #TechNews #StartupStories #Innovation

What happened to Transmeta, the last big dotcom IPO

Linus Torvalds worked for them after he completed his degree, but left in 2003

The Silicon Underground

GripNews Nov 12

🌘 Transmeta 的最終命運：創網時代最後一次大型 IPO
➤ 創網時代的落幕，與一家 CPU 公司的技術嘗試
✤ https://dfarq.homeip.net/what-happened-to-transmeta-the-last-big-dotcom-ipo/
本文回顧了創網（dotcom）時代最後一次大型 IPO 公司 Transmeta 的興衰歷程。Transmeta 是一家 CPU 研發公司，以其創辦人林納斯·託瓦茲（Linus Torvalds）的加入而聞名，但其創新的 x86 相容 CPU 技術，透過軟體翻譯層實現，在效能和能源效率上未能與 Intel 和 AMD 等競爭對手匹敵。儘管產品曾應用於低功耗筆記型電腦和嵌入式系統，但市場接受度有限。最終，Transmeta 在 2005 年轉向授權其知識產權，並於 2009 年被 Novafora 收購，其專利組合隨後歸 Intellectual Ventures 所有。Transmeta 的案例顯示了在競爭激烈的 CPU 市場中，技術創新
#科技 #創網時代 #IPO #CPU #Transmeta #科技歷史

What happened to Transmeta, the last big dotcom IPO

Linus Torvalds worked for them after he completed his degree, but left in 2003

The Silicon Underground

Kevin Karhan

Nov 5

I wounder when all #patents re: #i486 (-64 / #amd64) will (have) lapse(d), because that would make it very interesting for an #FPGA implementation.

Kinda like #Transmeta...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2aQTJDJwd8

Maybe @landley knows more?

Cc: @stman

Transmeta: A CPU Revolution That Never Was

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Kevin Karhan

Sep 24

Oh yeah, #Sony and #Compaq made some #Portables that used #Transmeta CPUs...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJNQRcwx-C4&t=61s

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Kevin Karhan

Jul 21, 2025

Personally I am a sucker for recently surplus'd #ThinClients as they offer decent computation for a cheap #NAS whilst being #fanless.

But I guess @lazygamereviews would rather look at #oddware with like #Transmeta #CPU|s, because that's propably way more exciting than the most boring #ThinClient there could be.

#LGR

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Tommy Þ Jul 19, 2025

@DosFox it’s Solo, a cancelled Transmeta SoC, which paired a Crusoe with peripherals including a graphics adapter. Alas, before we got it back Microsoft raised the Windows graphics requirements rendering it nonviable. A pair of energetic souls did bring it up to a Windows desktop, but that was the end of Solo. So tragic. (A check from Donald Knuth is photo bombing the corner)

#Transmeta #CMS #VLIW #ASIC