“IBM said today that it plans to show off a ThinkPad notebook
based on a processor from upstart Transmeta at a trade show later
this month.”
“A spokeswoman for Big Blue said the laptop to be shown at
PC Expo in New York is only a technology demonstration. IBM, she
said, is considering offering Transmeta-based models later this
year.“
“We are considering products in the fourth quarter,” spokeswoman
Lisa Kaslyn said. IBM’s microelectronics unit has been
manufacturing Transmeta’s Crusoe line of low-power processors.”
“While nearly all laptop computers today use chips from Intel or
Advanced Micro Devices, Transmeta hopes to make inroads with
Crusoe, a chip the company says can dramatically cut power
consumption, potentially paving the way for a computer that could
run all day on a single battery.”