Crusoe Originator, End of an Era?

Apparently, Transmeta is for sale. I must confess that I am currently working on my ancient crusoe-based laptop, which has far outlasted the standard consumer-churn metrics by lightyears. And while it may be a sign of the times that softspots in hearts can now be reserved for corporate-ontological socioeconomic structures, sobeit. The thing itself, almost 7 years old, works like a charm. Nuff said. But its also interesting reading about the history of the company. Seems they dont actually make anything anymore except intellectual property(?). Is this a freemarket form of (academic) research labs? I had almost forgotten they existed. Little worlds, little worlds…