Transmeta Reports Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2007 Results

Update: Intellectual Ventures has acquired Transmeta Patent Portfolio on Jan. 28, 2009

Ends Fiscal 2007 with $259 Million in Total Assets

SANTA CLARA, CA. - March 17, 2008 - Transmeta Corporation (NASDAQ: TMTA) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2007.

Fiscal 2007 and Recent Highlights

• Streamlined and restructured Transmeta's operations to focus on its core business of developing and licensing intellectual property and technology.
• Focused on developing its technology, building its licensing business and putting the building blocks in place to expand its customer base.
• Received commercial royalty revenue from its first LongRun2 licensee in 2007 and expects first volume production royalty revenue in the first quarter of 2008.
• Continued building its U.S. patent portfolio, adding 26 issued patents in 2007, bringing the total to 116 by year end. The Company has since had an additional 18 U.S. patents issue in 2008, bringing its current U.S. patent total to 134.
• Appointed an executive team to implement and execute on its restructuring program, including Les Crudele as president and chief executive officer, Sujan Jain as chief financial officer, and Dan Hillman as vice president of engineering.
• Retained Piper Jaffray & Co. as financial advisors to help identify options for enhancing shareholder value.
• Resolved its patent litigation with Intel, resulting in total payments of $250 million to Transmeta over a five-year period. The Company expects to recognize $234.6 million ratably over the next ten years as an operating gain, and a total of $15.4 million of interest income from 2008 to 2013.

"In 2007 we successfully streamlined and restructured our operations to focus on our core business of developing and licensing intellectual property and technology," said Les Crudele, president and CEO.  "We also resolved our patent litigation with Intel, resulting in total payments of $250 million that Transmeta will receive from Intel over a five year period.  As a result of the restructuring, the strength of our IP portfolio and significant increase in cash, Transmeta now has a strong foundation from which we can work to increase shareholder value.    

"We are very pleased that the first commercial product licensed to use our LongRun2 technologies is now in volume production.  We are developing IP components and tools to help accelerate the implementation of LongRun2 technologies by our licensees, to put the building blocks in place that will enable us to target a broader base of customers for our LongRun2 technologies and to strengthen our patent portfolio.  In addition, we are working with our financial advisors to explore and evaluate options for enhancing shareholder value," said Mr. Crudele.

2007 Year End Financial Results

Revenue for 2007 was $2.5 million, compared with $48.6 million in 2006.  The decrease in revenue between 2006 and 2007 was primarily due to the discontinuation of our engineering services and product sales businesses, as well as reduced license revenue.  License revenue was $103,000 in 2007, compared with $10.0 million in 2006.  Services revenue was $2.2 million in 2007, compared with $36.9 million in 2006.  Product revenue was $167,000 in 2007, compared with $1.7 million in 2006.  

Net loss attributable to common shareholders for 2007 was $66.8 million, or a loss of $6.33 per share, compared with a net loss of $23.5 million, or a loss of $2.40 per share in 2006.  All share and per share data included in this press release have been retroactively adjusted to account for the effect of the one-for-20 reverse stock split that the Company effected on August 17, 2007.    

Q4 2007 Financial Results

Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2007 was $126,000.  Fourth quarter revenue included: $102,000 of license revenue, $100,000 of which was a one-time non-LongRun2-related technology license and $2,000 of which was license revenue for sample production royalty payments; and $24,000 of service revenue.  This compared with revenue of $44,000 in the third quarter of 2007, which included $1,000 of license revenue and $43,000 of service revenue.

Total operating expenses for the fourth quarter of 2007 were $20.9 million, compared with $9.3 million in the third quarter of 2007.  Fourth quarter operating expenses included $15.3 million in expenses related to the litigation and resolution of its lawsuit with Intel, non-cash charges of $1.7 million for amortization of intangible assets, and non-cash stock compensation charges of $0.7 million.      

The Company's provision for income taxes for the fourth quarter of 2007 was $3.3 million.  Net loss attributable to common shareholders for the fourth quarter of 2007 was $23.9 million, or $1.99 per share, compared with a net loss of $12.7 million, or a loss of $1.24 per share, in the third quarter of 2007.  

The Company's cash, cash equivalents and short term investments at December 31, 2007 totaled $18.6 million.  Cash at December 31, 2007 does not include the initial payment of $150.0 million Transmeta received from Intel on January 28, 2008 pursuant to the Companies' definitive settlement agreement.  The Company ended the year with approximately $259 million in total assets.  The increase in total assets between 2006 and 2007 were primarily due to the recognition of the present value of expected future payments from Intel as other receivables.  Transmeta continues to be debt free.

In view of recent developments in the financial markets, Transmeta has invested its cash equivalents and short-term investments - including the initial payment from Intel - in conservative investment instruments, including a portion in U.S. Treasury Bills.  

Accounting Treatment of Litigation Proceeds

In October 2007, Transmeta entered into an agreement with Intel Corporation providing for a settlement of all claims between the two companies and for the licensing of the Transmeta patent portfolio to Intel for use in current and future Intel products.   Pursuant to the settlement, Transmeta received the initial $150 million payment on January 28, 2008, and expects annual payments of $20 million each on January 31st of years 2009 to 2013, for total payments of $250 million.  Transmeta expects to recognize $234.6 million as an operating gain from the litigation settlement ratably over the ten year capture period for the years 2008 through 2017, and $15.4 million of interest income over the payment period from 2008 to 2013.  The Company recognized $3.3 million in tax expense in the fourth quarter of 2007.  

The Company expects to recognize $5.87 million in operating gain from the Intel settlement for each of the four quarters of 2008, for a total of $23.46 million.  The Company also expects to recognize approximately $1.7 million, $1.1 million, $1.2 million and $1.2 million during the four quarters of 2008, respectively, in imputed interest income from the Intel settlement for a total of $5.2 million.  This imputed interest income will be in addition to the interest income that the Company expects to earn on its cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments.  Transmeta expects to be profitable on a GAAP net income basis in 2008.

About Transmeta Corporation
Transmeta Corporation develops and licenses innovative computing, microprocessor and semiconductor technologies and related intellectual property. Founded in 1995, we first became known for designing, developing and selling our highly efficient x86-compatible software-based microprocessors, which deliver a balance of low power consumption, high performance, low cost and small size suited for diverse computing platforms. We are presently focused on developing and licensing our advanced power management technologies for controlling leakage and increasing power efficiency in semiconductor and computing devices, and in licensing our computing and microprocessor technologies to other companies. To learn more about Transmeta, visit www.transmeta.com.