The Register: Intel claimed to have squeezed IBM to dump Transmeta

IBM's decision to dump its planned Crusoe-based ThinkPad 240 had nothing to do with benchmarks, and everything to do with Intel, according to sources close to Transmeta. Quanta, which was to build the machines, was surprised when the project was abruptly cancelled; one Transmeta partner who declined to be named told The Register: "It was on schedule, fully functional, and IBM were very happy with it."

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The Register: Desperate Dell begging Transmeta for a Crusoe deal?

Humorously, it seems that IBM's PC division initially wanted to explain that they'd decided not to go ahead with the machine because of uncertainty about supply. Until they were forcibly reminded by ballistic IBM Microelectronics execs that the supplier was none other than, er, IBM Microelectronics.