“While details about its first products are still sketchy, the
chip company evidently has decided on a name for them: Crusoe. The
Crusoe processors will be targeted at mobile applications,
according to the company’s recently revised Web page….”
“But unlike other Intel-compatible chips, Transmeta’s Crusoe
is expected to be able to translate commands designed for Intel
chips to run on its processor without a significant performance hit
and, more importantly, without the need to license patented
technology from Intel, according to patent experts.”
“The chips are apparently named after the literary character
Robinson Crusoe. That book is about a man who is stranded on a
desert island. Transmeta’s Web page has an image of a desert island
on it.”