Nvidia licenses Transmeta technology

I honestly didn’t know Transmeta was even still around.  I remember them trying to go head-to-head with Intel’s processors years ago but this is some interesting news that Nvidia is acquiring their power management technology.  The technology God’s surely know Nvidia can use some help in this arena, especially with their 8000, 9000, and newly 200 series GPU’s.  Interestingly, Vanguard Group sold 140,278 (-98.47%) of their shares of Transmeta Corp (TMTA) recently.  Perhaps even after $25 million from Nvidia, Vanguards investors aren’t falling for it.

Apparently, it looks like Nvidia can’t get a grasp on energy efficiency when it comes to their chips.  They’re always ranting about how powerful their multicore chips will be and how they will revolutionize the computing industry, but if it significantly affects your power bill at the end of the day then less people will buy it.  Especially with the recent rise in energy costs.