Michael Kanellos of CNET News.com reports that CPU-maker Transmeta has begun marketing its Crusoe processor to manufacturers of networking equipment, printers, and other “embedded” devices in an effort to achieve critical mass. Kanellos writes . . .

” 'By this time next year, it could equal the notebook market,' Mark Allen, Transmeta's CEO, said of the company's prospects in the market for embedded chips. 'They are firming up product plans. They are still going through the evaluation process and benchmarking.' . . .”

“The push into the embedded processor market comes as a way for Transmeta to tackle one of its chief longer-term challenges: volume . . .”

“Next year, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company will come out with an inexpensive system-on-a-chip that fuses a processor, a chipset and a graphics chip as well as a new high-performance version of Crusoe, said Dave Ditzel, Transmeta's chief technology officer.”

“The less expensive integrated chip will take up about one-third the space of the combined chips currently used for these functions. That chip will be used in servers, Internet appliances and embedded equipment, Ditzel said . . . “

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