The little company that never quite made it, Transmeta, has been acquired and is no more.  Starting off with the dream of supplanting Intel and AMD in the mobile world, they never managed the market domination they hoped for. Along the way they brought several innovations to the mobile world.  Most recently it was their LongRun technology, which they started licensing after ceasing the production of processors.   You can get a little nostalgic about it over at Slashdot.

“Transmeta, once a sparkling startup that set out to beat Intel and AMD in mobile computing, announced that it will be acquired by Novafora. The company’s most famous employee, Linux inventor Linus Torvalds, kept the buzz and rumor mill about the company throughout its stealth phase alive and guaranteed a flashy technology announcement in early 2000. Almost nine years later Transmeta’s journey is over.”

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