IP: IBM postpones plans for Crusoe-powered ThinkPad just in time for Transmeta IPO: Good Morning Silicon Valley Wed Nov 01 14:00:13 EST 2000

[Dave Farber <farber@cis.upenn.edu>]

>IBM has 
><http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-3349964.html?tag=st.ne.1002.tgif.ni>suspended 
>development of a ThinkPad notebook enabled with Transmeta's Crusoe 
>processor, explaining that such a device doesn't fit within its current 
>marketing plans. The situation has apparently changed since June, when IBM 
>showcased a Transmeta-powered ThinkPad 240 at PC Expo and suggested it 
>might bring the device to market in the fourth quarter this year. An IBM 
>spokesman commented on the company's decision to curtail development of 
>the notebook, suggesting IBM would "continue to look at Transmeta on an 
>ongoing basis," but that likely did little to offset the anxiety of those 
>anxiously awaiting 
><http://www.msdwadvice.com/syndicate/research/ipocenter/asp/eqsyn.asp>Transmeta's 
>November 6 IPO.