SANTA CLARA, CA and TAIPEI, TAIWAN =A1V June 2, 2004 -- Transmeta Corporati=
on
(NASDAQ: TMTA), the leader in efficient computing, and XGI Technologies, a
Taiwan-based graphics chipsets supplier, today announced the availability of
XGI graphics solutions for the Transmeta Efficeon(tm) processor platform.
Transmeta and XGI have validated the XGI Volari XP5 graphics processing unit
with the Transmeta Efficeon TM8600 processor, making XP5 suitable for
immediate customer use in Efficeon-based designs.



=A1=A7In today=A1=A6s marketplace, our OEM customers desire the ability to =
choose
their chipset and graphics solution based on the goals of their system. This
ability to configure different choices in our open platform is one major
strength of Transmeta=A1=A6s Efficeon processor,=A1=A8 said Arthur L. Swift=
, senior
vice president of marketing, Transmeta Corporation. =A1=A7The addition of t=
he
Volari XP5 to the Efficeon platform offers customers a strong choice that
provides excellent cost/performance characteristics.=A1=A8



These combined capabilities are immediately available for customer adoption,
and the companies will also soon validate the XP5 solution on the upcoming
90-nanometer TM8800 processors slated for production mid-year.



=A1=A7We are pleased with the opportunity to collaborate with Transmeta on =
the
Efficeon processor platform. This year our companies have worked closely to
assure our Volari XP5 solution works smoothly for our mutual customers,=A1=
=A8
said Robert Fang, vice president of marketing, XGI Technologies. =A1=A7We l=
ook
forward to offering our XP5 solution to customers who can now take advantage
of an energy efficient processor in the system.=A1=A8



To enable rapid time-to-market of Efficeon and XP5-based designs, Transmeta
is developing a reference design, to be announced later, based on Efficeon
and the Volari XP5. This reference design will highlight the attractive
performance, cost, board area, and power consumption of this combined
solution, and offer customers a validated board on which to base their
design.