Transmeta finds a buyer - CNET

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Transmeta, a company that once hoped to rival Intel and Advanced Micro Devices to power portable computers, announced Monday that it would sell itself to Novafora for $255.6 million in cash. Novafora said it hopes to use Transmetas people and technology in its video processing chips. Separately, Transmeta said it has entered into a non-exclusive patent license agreement with Advanced Micro Devices (AMD). "We believe the deal is a win for all our stockholders," Transmeta President Les Crudele said in a statement. "We have spent the past several months extensively exploring our strategic options and believe that the agreement with Novafora best serves the interest of our stockholders."

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