Transmeta Announces Efficeon TM8800 Processor Based On 90nm Process Technology

Transmeta Corporation, the leader in efficient computing, today announced that earlier this month it began limited production shipments of its second generation Efficeon™ family of processors, the TM8800 series. The Efficeon TM8800 processor is manufactured with state-of-the-art 90-nanometer (90nm) CMOS semiconductor technology. By using 90nm process technology, the Efficeon TM8800 achieves both higher performance and improved performance per watt. In addition, the Efficeon TM8800 features AntiVirusNX™ technology, being the first low power x86-microprocessor to provide hardware support for the anti-virus protection enabled by Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).