Transmeta has entered into a strategic alliance with Sony Corporation and Sony Computer Entertainment.
Transmeta will provide engineering services to the Sony Group to accelerate and expand its adoption of Transmeta’s LongRun2 technologies in products such as Cell derivatives, and engage strategic technology collaboration in other engineering areas.
The first aspect of this alliance enables Sony Group to strongly leverage the value of their recent license of Transmeta’s LongRun2 technologies. By utilizing Transmeta’s experience in advanced low power consumption semiconductor design, Sony Group can accelerate the introduction of LongRun2 and the benefits in their products. In particular, Sony Group expects to utilize Transmeta to help develop, and accelerate adoption of LongRun2 technologies into products such as Cell derivatives as well as other portable applications. This work is expected to encompass engineering on both current and future generation semiconductor process technologies.
Transmeta’s LongRun2 technologies address the semiconductor industry’s growing problems of excessive chip heat and transistor leakage in leading edge high performance semiconductors.
“We are very excited to be working with Sony Group on next generation technology products,” said Dave Ditzel, Chief Technology Officer for Transmeta Corporation. “By working directly with Sony Group at the engineering level to integrate our LongRun2 technologies we will be able to provide the power and heat reduction benefits for Sony Group’s advanced semiconductor projects in the shortest time possible.”
Another aspect of this strategic alliance is the beginning of collaboration in other engineering areas, leveraging Transmeta’s expertise in microprocessor design, software design and system design. This engagement centers on activities with Cell derivatives, and utilizes Transmeta’s larger intellectual property foundation to enrich Sony’s engineering projects.
“Transmeta’s technology in building low-power consumption processors and their talented engineering team are highly respectable,” said Ken Kutaragi, President and Group CEO of Sony Computer Entertainment. “We are excited to work with Transmeta as a way to further expand our capabilities in semiconductor chip design, software, power management and systems design for a broad range of products.”
As part of the agreement, Transmeta will provide the services of over a hundred Transmeta engineers to work on advanced projects for the Sony Group.
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