Transmeta disclosed publicly for the first time today their plans for a highly integrated system-on-chip version of their code morphing Crusoe processor. The occasion for the announcement was the Microprocessor Forum being held this week in San Jose, CA.

According to Transmeta CEO Mark Allen, “the new Crusoe TM6000, takes up about one-third as much board space and uses less power than current Crusoe solutions, and is being targeted at lightweight, full-featured notebooks, small and thin form-factor devices such as tablet PCs, ultra-dense servers, and a range of embedded systems including networking equipment, printers, and set-top boxes.”

Within a 28 x 28 mm chip package, the new Crusoe TM6000 system-on-chip processor integrates . . .

• 1 GHz x86 PC-compatible CPU (TM5000)
  
• North Bridge
  
• South Bridge
  
• DDR memory controller
  
• PCI expansion bus
  
• 2D LCD/CRT graphics controller (including LVDS and digital LCD interfaces)
  
• IDE disk controller (2 channels, 4 drives)
  
• USB controller (4 Ports OHCI 1.0a)
  
• AC-link audio/modem
  
• System management bus
  
• 8 general purpose I/O lines
  
• PC-compatible interrupt, DMA, timing, and real-time clock controllers
  
• 16550 UART

The new Crusoe TM6000 is being built using a 0.13 micron CMOS process, is scheduled to begin sampling in the first half of 2002, is expected to ship in production quantities in the second half of 2002 at speeds of 1 GHz, and will be marketed with an “aggressive pricing strategy” according to company sources.

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