Bij UpsideToday is te lezen dat Transmeta een grote OEM-deal heeft binnengesleept. Gateway en AOL hebben aangekondigd de Transmeta processoren (waarschijnlijk Crusoe) te gaan gebruiken in een draadloze WebPad. Het systeem gaat op een Linux OS draaien. Over het niet gebruiken van Intel-processoren en Windows heeft Gateway het volgende te zeggen:
The two companies are breaking ranks with the powerful "Wintel duopoly" comprising Intel Corp's (INTC.O) hardware and Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) software, the newspaper said.
The decision was a coup for Transmeta Corp, a chip design company based in Santa Clara, California which has developed a microprocessor intended to be a low-power and inexpensive alternative to Intel's microprocessors, the New York Times said.
Gateway executives said on Friday they decided to break with Intel and Microsoft because the new devices were not personal computers, according to the paper.
"We're not building a personal computer, we're building an appliance," the paper quoted Peter Ashkin, Gateway's senior vice president and chief technology officer, as saying. "Hence, there was no strong requirement for Windows."
