Crusoe-Based Fujitsu Notebook Wins Best Of Show Award For All Products at TECHXNY; Two of Three Other Finalists Also Use Transmeta's Crusoe Microprocessor.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 28, 2001 Transmeta Corporation's (Nasdaq:TMTA TMTA Transmeta (stock symbol) TMTA Texas Music Teachers Association TMTA Tennessee Mathematics Teachers Association TMTA Truro Morlaix Twinning Association (UK) ) Crusoe microprocessors are inside three of the four notebooks recognized by CNET (body) CNET - Centre national d'Etudes des Telecommunications. The French national telecommunications research centre at Lannion. in the Best of Show category at this year's TECHXNY (formerly PC Expo), including the Best of Show award winner, the Fujitsu FMV-Biblo Loox T. "Transmeta's Crusoe microprocessor continues to spur innovative notebooks," said Jim Chapman, executive vice president of Sales and Marketing, Transmeta Corporation. "This recognition of our customers' designs by CNET further validates the ultralight ul·tra·light n. A recreational aircraft constructed of lightweight materials such as aluminum, graphite composites, or high-strength plastics, having an engine of roughly 15 to 40 horsepower and often resembling a hang glider with wings. market segment and the notebooks coming from Japan." Along with the winning Fujitsu notebook, the three Best of Show award finalists selected by CNET were the Crusoe-based NEC (NEC Corporation, Tokyo, www.nec.com, www.necus.com) An electronics conglomerate known in the U.S. for its monitors. In Japan, it had the lion's share of the PC market until the late 1990s (see PC 98). NEC was founded in Tokyo in 1899 as Nippon Electric Company, Ltd. Versa Versa Versatile System Architecture (Genrad) DayLite, the Crusoe-based Cassiopeia Fiva MPC-206VL and the Compaq Evo Notebook N200. In selecting four ultralight notebooks, three of which are Crusoe-based, as the only products in the Best of Show category this year, CNET stated in part: "Overall, one of the biggest trends we saw on the show floor was the prevalence and maturity of ultralight notebooks. Once a niche product for a small audience, they are now coming into their own for mainstream road warriors." About Transmeta Corporation Transmeta is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. (Nasdaq:TMTA) located in Santa Clara, California Santa Clara, California (IPA: /ˌsæntəˈklærə/) , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. . Transmeta develops and sells software-based microprocessors and develops additional hardware and software technologies that enable computer manufacturers to build computers that simultaneously offer long battery life, high performance and x86 compatibility. Transmeta's family of Crusoe microprocessors is targeted at the notebook and Internet appliance segments of the mobile Internet computer market, as well as ultra-dense servers. For more information about the Crusoe microprocessor visit http://www.transmeta.com. Note to Editors: Transmeta, Crusoe and Code Morphing are trademarks and/or registered trademarks of Transmeta Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. All other trademarks are the properties of their respective owners. |
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