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Insyde Software Delivers BIOS Support for Transmeta Efficeon™ Processor Companies Strengthen Working Relationship to Deliver Enhanced Firmware Choices for Ultra-Portable, Notebook and Embedded Systems Makers TAIPEI, TAIWAN - WESTBORO, MA - OCTOBER 14, 2003 - Insyde Software, a leading global provider of BIOS/firmware and software services, today announced its support for the Transmeta Efficeon™ processor. Insyde Software's BIOS product family provides PC makers with a complete set of system-level software that controls the hardware initialization, compatibility, and power management, all with the performance and energy efficiency benefits of the Transmeta Efficeon processor. Aimed at ultra-portable and mainstream notebook computers, as well as innovative new classes of devices such as tablet PCs, ultra-personal computers, silent desktop computers, blade servers, thin clients and embedded systems, the Efficeon processor combined with Insyde Software's MobilePro™ BIOS solution delivers:
"Insyde Software's expertise and proven success matches extremely well with Efficeon's "sweet spots" namely, ultra-portable, mobile and embedded platforms," said Arthur L. Swift, senior vice president of marketing, Transmeta Corporation. "Working with Insyde Software extends the industry commitment and supplier choices key to the processor's adoption and success." "As a long-standing Transmeta partner, Insyde Software is proud to extend support for the Transmeta Efficeon processor with our complete family of BIOS and software solutions," said Duncan Cruickshanks, Vice President of Sales at Insyde Software. "The new performance and power efficiencies of the Transmeta Efficeon platform combined with our power management expertise offers our customers new opportunities for innovative design and truly efficient computing." About the Transmeta Efficeon Processor The Transmeta Efficeon processor is designed to provide power efficiency, design flexibility, performance-on-demand and low cost to meet the need of the next generation of mobile, wireless, and embedded devices. It includes three new high performance bus interfaces: an on-chip HyperTransport™ bus interface for increased input/output efficiency, an on-chip Double Data Rate 400 (DDR-400) SDRAM memory interface for increased throughput, and an on-chip AGP-4X graphics interface for high performance graphics solutions. These new interfaces allow Efficeon to achieve more work per clock, which results in greater energy efficiency and longer battery life for mobile computer users. The Transmeta Efficeon processor's dynamic LongRun™ power management features and integrated architecture are designed to give system designers and marketers a wide range of choices in creating products that deliver added value, functionality, security, comfort, reliability, and cost savings to end users. About Insyde Software Insyde Software (www.insydesw.com) is a leading global provider of BIOS/firmware and consulting services for companies in the embedded computing, notebook and semiconductor industries. Founded in 1998, the company is publicly held (GTSM: 6231) and headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan with offices in Westboro, MA, Portland, OR and Korea and is represented with sales, engineering and support partners in China, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan and UK. Insyde Software customers include Acer, Compal, Compaq, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Inventec, Mitac, Nokia, Quanta, Sony, Toshiba, ViewSonic and Wyse. Insyde and MobilePro are trademarks of Insyde Software. Transmeta, Efficeon, LongRun and Crusoe are trademarks of Transmeta Corporation. Other company and product names mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Company Contacts Insyde Software - Taiwan Insyde Software - U.S.
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