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~~Washington,~~UNITED ~~D.C.~~STATES SECURITIES ~~20549~~AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

~~FORM~~Washington, ~~8-K~~D.C. 20549

~~CURRENT~~FORM ~~REPORT~~8-K ~~Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934~~

~~Date~~CURRENT ofREPORT Pursuant ~~Report~~to ~~(Date~~Section 13 or 15(d) of ~~earliest~~the ~~event~~Securities ~~reported):~~Exchange ~~January 16,~~Act ~~2009~~of ~~(January 15, 2009)~~1934

~~TRANSMETA CORPORATION~~Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 28, 2009 (January 27, 2009)

~~(Exact~~TRANSMETA ~~name of Registrant as specified in its charter)~~CORPORATION

000-31803		77-0402448
(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

2540 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara, CA		95054
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Delaware

~~Check~~(State ~~the~~or ~~appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant~~other ~~under~~jurisdiction ~~any~~ of ~~the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):~~ incorporation)

o Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.4225)


000-31803		77-0402448

(Commission File Number)		(IRS Employer Identification No.)

o Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)


2540 Mission College Boulevard, Santa Clara, CA		95054

(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

~~o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2~~(b408) ~~under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d~~ 919-~~2(b))~~ 3000

~~o Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4~~(c)Registrant’s ~~under~~telephone ~~the~~number, ~~Exchange~~including ~~Act~~area ~~(17 CFR 240.13-3-4(c~~code))

~~Item 8.01~~NOT ~~Other Events.~~ APPLICABLE

~~This~~(Former ~~Form~~name ~~8-K~~or isformer ~~being filed pursuant to an agreement in principle regarding settlement of certain litigation relating to the Agreement and Plan of Merger between Transmeta Corporation (“Transmeta”) and Novafora~~address, ~~Inc.~~if ~~(“Novafora”),~~changed ~~dated~~since aslast ~~of November 17, 2008.~~ report)

~~Settlement~~Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of ~~Certain~~the ~~Litigation~~registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

Aso ~~previously~~Written ~~reported~~communications bypursuant ~~Transmeta~~to ~~(Commission~~Rule ~~File~~425 ~~No. 000-31803),~~under ~~most~~the ~~recently~~Securities inAct a(17 ~~definitive proxy~~CFR ~~statement~~230.4225) ~~filed~~o onSoliciting ~~January 5,~~material ~~2009,~~pursuant ~~Transmeta~~to ~~and~~Rule ~~members~~14a-12 ofunder ~~its~~the ~~board~~Exchange ofAct ~~directors have been named as defendants in a purported class action lawsuit arising from Transmeta’s entry into and announcement on November~~ (17, ~~2008~~CFR of240.14a-12) ano ~~agreement~~Pre-commencement ~~and~~communications ~~plan~~pursuant ~~of merger~~to ~~with~~Rule ~~Novafora~~ 14d-2(~~the “Merger Agreement”~~b) ~~for~~under the ~~proposed merger~~Exchange ofAct ~~Transmeta~~(17 ~~with~~CFR ~~and into a wholly owned subsidiary of Novafora~~ 240.14d-2(~~the “Merger”~~b).) ~~Beginning on~~o ~~November 18,~~Pre-commencement ~~2008,~~communications ~~several~~pursuant ~~purported~~to ~~class~~Rule ~~action lawsuits were filed in the Superior Court of California, County of Santa Clara~~ 13e-4(~~the “Court”~~c) by putative stockholders alleging, among other things, that members of the Transmeta board of directors breached their fiduciary duties in connection with the proposed Merger, and requesting injunctive relief, attorneys’ fees and other remedies. On December 3, 2008, the Court entered an order consolidating all of those purported class action lawsuits under the ~~heading~~Exchange InAct ~~re Transmeta Corp. Shareholder Litigation~~ (~~Lead~~17 ~~Case~~CFR No240. 113-083-~~CV-127985)~~ 4(~~the “Shareholder Litigation”~~c). )

OnTABLE ~~January 12,~~OF 2009, the plaintiffs in the Shareholder Litigation served on Transmeta a consolidated amended class action complaint (the “Amended Complaint”). The Amended Complaint alleges, among other things, that the directors of Transmeta, allegedly aided and abetted by Transmeta, breached their fiduciary duties to Transmeta’s stockholders by, among other things, purportedly engaging in unspecified self-dealing and purportedly omitting material information from the definitive proxy statement relating to the proposed Merger. The Amended Complaint seeks, among other things, injunctive relief, and plaintiffs have indicated their intent to file a motion for a preliminary injunction seeking to enjoin Transmeta from holding the stockholder vote on the proposed Merger, which vote is currently scheduled for January 26, 2009. The Court scheduled a hearing on plaintiff’s proposed motion for January 23, 2009. CONTENTS

OnItem ~~January 15,~~2.01 ~~2009,~~Completion ~~the defendants reached agreement in principle with the plaintiffs regarding settlement~~ of ~~the~~Acquisition ~~Shareholder~~or ~~Litigation,~~Disposition ~~subject to approval~~ of ~~Transmeta’s~~ ~~board~~Assets ofItem ~~directors, which approval was received on January 16, 2009~~3.01 InNotice ~~connection with the settlement contemplated by that agreement in principle, the lawsuits and all claims asserted therein will be dismissed. The terms~~ of ~~the~~Delisting ~~settlement~~or ~~contemplated~~Failure ~~by that agreement in principle require that Transmeta make certain additional disclosures related~~ to ~~the~~Satisfy ~~Merger,~~a ~~which~~Continued ~~are~~Listing ~~contained~~Rule inor ~~this~~Standard; ~~Form~~Transfer ~~8-K. The parties also agreed that plaintiffs may seek attorneys’ fees and costs in an amount up to $450,000, if such fees and costs are approved by the Court, with Transmeta to pay half~~ of ~~such~~Listing ~~fees~~Item ~~and costs and Novafora to pay half of such fees and costs~~3.03 ~~There~~Material ~~will~~Modification ~~be no other settlement payment by Novafora, Transmeta, or any~~ of ~~the~~Rights ~~members~~ of ~~Transmeta’s~~Security ~~board~~Holders ofItem ~~directors~~5.01 ~~The~~Changes ~~agreement~~ in ~~principle~~ ~~further~~Control ~~contemplates that the parties will enter into a stipulation~~ of ~~settlement,~~Registrant ~~which will~~Item ~~be subject to customary conditions, including Court approval following notice to Transmeta’s shareholders~~5.02 InDeparture ~~the~~of ~~event~~Directors ~~that~~or ~~the~~Certain ~~parties~~Officers; ~~enter~~Election ~~into a stipulation~~ of ~~settlement,~~Directors; aAppointment ~~hearing will be scheduled at which the Court will consider the fairness, reasonableness and adequacy~~ of ~~the settlement.~~Certain ~~There~~Officers; ~~can~~Compensatory beArrangements ~~no assurance that the parties will ultimately enter into a stipulation~~ of ~~settlement,~~ ~~that~~Certain ~~the~~Officers ~~Court will approve any proposed settlement, or that any eventual settlement will be under the same terms as those contemplated by the agreement in principle.~~ SIGNATURE

SUPPLEMENTTable TOof DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT Contents

In connection with the settlement of certain outstanding shareholder litigation as described in this Form 8-K, Transmeta has agreed to make these supplemental disclosures to the definitive proxy statement dated JanuaryItem ~~5, 2009~~2.01 ~~This~~Completion ~~supplemental~~of ~~information~~Acquisition ~~should~~or beDisposition ~~read~~of ~~in conjunction with the definitive proxy statement, which should be read in its entirety~~Assets.

~~Background~~ On January 27, 2009, Transmeta Corporation, a Delaware corporation (“Transmeta”), completed its previously announced acquisition by Novafora, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Novafora”), pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated November 17, 2008, by and among Novafora, Transformer Acquisition LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of Novafora (“Merger Sub”), and Transmeta (the “Merger Agreement”). Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Transmeta merged with and into Merger Sub, with Merger Sub continuing as the surviving company and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Novafora (the “Merger”). In connection with the Merger, Merger Sub changed its name to Transmeta LLC.

~~The~~ At ~~following~~the ~~disclosure~~effective ~~supplements~~time of the ~~discussion~~Merger, at(i) each ~~pages~~share 44of Transmeta preferred stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the effective time of the merger was converted into the right to receive $7.50 in cash, without interest; (ii) each share of Transmeta common stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the effective time of the merger was converted into the right to receive approximately $19.01 in cash, without interest; (iii) each option to purchase shares of Transmeta common stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the effective time of the merger with a per share exercise price less than $19.01, to the extent vested and 45exercisable as of the ~~proxy~~effective time ~~statement~~of the merger (“vested in-the-money options”), was, automatically and without any required ~~concerning~~action ~~approval~~on the part of the ~~Merger~~holder ~~Agreement~~thereof, converted to a cash payment equal to the product obtained by ~~our~~multiplying ~~board~~(1) the difference between $19.01 and the per share exercise price of ~~directors~~such vested in-the-money option, by (2) the number of vested shares of Transmeta common stock underlying such vested in-the-money option; and (iv) each unvested option to purchase shares of Transmeta common stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the effective time of the merger and each option to purchase shares of Transmeta common stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the effective time of the merger with a per share exercise price greater than or equal to $19.01, whether vested or unvested, was automatically cancelled without any consideration.

At The ~~the~~foregoing ~~time~~description ~~that our board~~ of ~~directors approved~~ the Merger ~~Agreement,~~in ~~none~~this ofreport ~~our~~does ~~directors~~not ~~or executive~~purport ~~officers~~to ~~had~~be ~~been~~complete ~~employed~~and ~~by,~~is qualified orin ~~had~~its ~~been~~entirety ~~offered~~by orreference ~~entered~~to ~~into~~the ~~any~~full ~~employment~~text ~~or consulting~~of ~~agreement~~the ~~with,~~Merger ~~Novafora or any affiliate of Novafora~~Agreement, orwhich was filed with ~~Intellectual~~the ~~Ventures~~Securities ~~or any~~and ~~affiliate~~Exchange ofCommission ~~Intellectual~~as ~~Ventures~~Exhibit 2.1 ~~The~~to ~~Merger~~Transmeta’s ~~Agreement~~Current ~~does~~Report ~~not require or contemplate any~~on ~~such~~Form 8-K ~~arrangement~~filed ason aNovember 20, ~~condition~~2008, toand ~~completion~~is ofincorporated ~~the~~herein ~~Merger~~by reference.

~~It is a condition to the closing of the Merger that Novafora shall have received resignation letters from each member of our board of directors~~Item 3.01 ~~Each~~Notice of ~~our~~Delisting ~~directors~~or ~~has~~Failure ~~indicated~~to ~~that~~Satisfy ~~he will tender such~~ a ~~resignation~~Continued ~~letter,~~Listing ~~contingent~~Rule ~~and~~or ~~effective~~Standard; ~~upon the completion of the Merger.~~Transfer ~~None~~ of ~~the members of our board of directors will become a member of Novafora’s board of directors in connection with completion of the Merger~~Listing.

~~The~~ On January 28, ~~following~~2009, ~~disclosure~~at ~~supplements~~the request of Transmeta, trading in Transmeta’s common stock was halted by NASDAQ and Transmeta requested the ~~discussion~~delisting atof its ~~page~~common 36stock from the NASDAQ Global Market, effective as of prior to the ~~proxy~~opening ~~statement~~of ~~concerning~~the market on January ~~GCA~~29, ~~Savvian~~2009. Concurrent with the filing of this report, a Form 15 has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to terminate the registration of Transmeta’s common stock and preferred stock purchase rights under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

~~In October~~Item ~~2004,~~3.03 weMaterial ~~retained~~Modification ~~Perseus~~of ~~Group,~~Rights ~~a predecessor firm to Savvian, as a financial advisor in connection with a direct placement offering~~ of ~~Transmeta~~Security ~~securities~~Holders. ~~After completing that~~ offering in November 2004, our former management consulted with Savvian advisors from time to time, on a non-exclusive and confidential basis, regarding other potential business opportunities. We have not sought or received any financial advice or services from Savvian at least since our restructuring in early 2007, and we formally terminated our relationship with Savvian in November 2007.

The ~~following~~information ~~disclosure~~set ~~supplements~~forth ~~the~~in ~~discussion~~Items at2.01 ~~pages~~and ~~38-39~~3.01 of ~~the~~this ~~proxy~~report ~~statement concerning~~is ~~the~~incorporated ~~two~~by ~~agreements that we entered into with Intel in September 2008 relating to the~~reference ~~licensing of certain technologies and intellectual property~~herein.

~~On or before September~~Item ~~30, 2008, we received full payment in cash of the $91.~~5 million that Intel agreed to pay us pursuant to the two agreements that we announced on September 24, 2008 for a non-exclusive and paid-up license of certain of our intellectual property to Intel and Intel’s accelerated payment of the Intel Receivable.01 ~~All~~Changes ~~$91.5 million~~in ofControl ~~that consideration inured to the benefit~~ of ~~Transmeta before we entered into the Merger Agreement with Novafora~~Registrant. ~~Additional~~ information about our September 2008 transactions with Intel is available in our report on Form 10-Q for the period ended September 30, 2008, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 17, 2008.

The ~~following~~information ~~disclosure~~set ~~supplements~~forth ~~the~~in ~~discussion~~Item 2.01 ~~at page 28~~ of ~~the~~this ~~proxy~~report ~~statement~~is ~~concerning our~~incorporated ~~communications~~by ~~with~~reference ~~Intellectual Ventures independent of our discussions with Novafora in May 2008~~herein.

~~During~~Item the spring and summer of 2008, as part of our integrated effort to maximize stockholder value by coordinating our effort to monetize our intellectual property rights with our evaluation of our strategic business alternatives, we communicated and met with representatives of Intellectual Ventures regarding alternative business scenarios that did not involve Novafora or the acquisition of Transmeta5.02 ~~Our~~Departure ~~discussions with representatives~~ of ~~Intellectual~~Directors ~~Ventures were and are subject to one~~ or ~~more~~Certain ~~confidentiality~~Officers; ~~agreements.~~Election ~~In the business judgment~~ of ~~our~~Directors; ~~management and~~Appointment ~~board~~ of ~~directors,~~Certain ~~the~~Officers; ~~business~~Compensatory ~~alternatives~~Arrangements ~~that~~of weCertain ~~discussed with Intellectual Ventures would not have created sufficient value for our stockholders and were inferior to the Merger with Novafora~~Officers.

~~The~~ Effective ~~following~~as ~~disclosure~~of ~~supplements~~the effective time of the ~~discussion~~Merger, ateach ~~page~~of 44the executive officers of Transmeta ceased to hold his respective position with Transmeta and each of the ~~proxy~~members ~~statement~~of ~~concerning~~Transmeta’s Board ~~our~~of ~~non-exclusive~~Directors ~~patent~~resigned ~~license~~from tohis ~~AMD~~position inas ~~November 2008~~a director of Transmeta.

All considerationTable furnishedof by AMD in exchange for that non-exclusive patent license was received by Transmeta. No other parties, including Novafora and Intellectual Ventures, received any consideration from AMD in connection with that transaction. Contents

~~The following disclosure supplements the discussion at pages 45-46 of the proxy statement~~SIGNATURE concerning reasons for the Merger with Novafora, including our consideration of our prospects for creating stockholder value by distributing cash to stockholders, liquidating our assets and dissolving Transmeta.

In Pursuant ~~evaluating our strategic alternatives for Transmeta, we considered a variety of factors affecting the potential value returnable~~ to ~~our stockholders if we were to distribute cash by means of a dividend or stock repurchase, including limitations on~~ the ~~amount~~requirements of ~~our cash and capital surplus available for distribution in~~ the ~~near~~Securities ~~term,~~Exchange ~~the~~Act time and expense practically required to make any such distribution, anticipated adverse effects on our competitive position and our business prospects for continuing operations as a stand-alone company if we were to distribute a substantial portion of ~~our cash to our stockholders~~1934, ~~certain~~Transmeta ~~dividend~~LLC preferences in favor of some of our stockholders, tax treatment of dividends, and the expenses, timetable and prospective liabilities associated with a corporate dissolution and orderly wind-down of our business. As part of that process, we considered the immediate value offered to our shareholders in the merger with Novafora (as ~~compared with potential future return to stockholders from liquidation of Transmeta, in~~ ~~addition~~successor to ~~an assumed hypothetical liquidation value discussed elsewhere in~~ the proxy statement (which does not include estimates of our operating costs, wind-down costs and other expenses incurred in the liquidation process or proceeds from the sale of intellectual property assetsregistrant). ~~In the~~has ~~business~~duly ~~judgment~~caused ofthis ~~our~~report ~~board of directors, none of these alternatives was reasonably likely~~ to ~~result~~be insigned ~~value~~on ~~for~~its ~~our~~behalf ~~stockholders greater than the consideration to be received~~ by ~~our~~the ~~stockholders~~undersigned inhereunto ~~the~~duly ~~Merger with Novafora~~authorized.

The following disclosure supplements the discussion at pages 45-46 of the proxy statement concerning the reasons for the Merger with Novafora, including our consideration of our prospects for continuing operations as a stand-alone intellectual property licensing business.


	TRANSMETA LLC (as successor to Transmeta Corporation)
	By:	NOVAFORA, INC., its sole member

Date: January 28, 2009	By:	/s/ Jodi Pittman
		Jodi Pittman
		CFO, NOVAFORA, INC.

In evaluating our strategic alternatives for Transmeta, we considered various possibilities for continuing our business operations, both with and without substantial reductions of our workforce, with a focus on licensing our patents and other intellectual property rights to third parties for value,

including, among other business factors, the resource commitment and expense required to maintain and continue developing the intellectual property rights necessary to support a stand-alone intellectual property licensing business; the resource commitment, expense, time and risks inherent in a licensing business that might require or involve us in the assertion, enforcement or defense of intellectual property rights in legal proceedings before a variety of administrative and judicial tribunals; and the current general business climate for intellectual property licensing in the semiconductor and computing industries. In the business judgment of our board of directors, no scenario for continuing to operate as a stand-alone business was reasonably likely to result in value for our stockholders greater than the consideration to be received by our stockholders in the Merger with Novafora.

The following disclosure supplements the discussion at pages 45-46 of the proxy statement concerning the reasons for the Merger with Novafora, including our consideration of our prospects for realizing stockholder value by selling some or all of our intellectual property assets.

Both in evaluating our strategic alternatives for Transmeta and as a focal activity of our business operations, we regularly considered the present and potential future value of our intellectual property portfolio and its constituent assets, including our patent portfolio and individual patents, and we entertained and engaged in confidential business discussions with multiple firms, companies and individuals expressing interest in acquiring, licensing, co-venturing with us or otherwise managing or assisting us in the analysis, marketing and licensing of our patents and other intellectual property rights. In the course of those efforts, we received from time to time offers and indications of interest from third parties about potential transactions to acquire our intellectual property assets, including our patents, and we considered, among other things, the potential value of such transactions for our stockholders; the potential adverse effects of such transactions on our prospects for achieving certain non-exclusive licensing agreements then under negotiation with third parties; the potential adverse effects of such transactions on the value of Transmeta as a business enterprise, Transmeta securities and our technologies and other assets; and our belief that the market for patent assets, both generally and in the semiconductor and computing industries, was declining through 2008. In the business judgment of our board of directors, we neither received nor had any reasonable prospect of receiving any offer or offers for our intellectual property assets that might return value to our stockholders greater than the consideration to be received by our stockholders in the Merger with Novafora.

Additional Information About the Proposed Merger and Where to Find It

Transmeta has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a definitive proxy statement and other relevant materials relating to the proposed Merger with Novafora. The definitive proxy statement was mailed on or about January 6, 2009 to Transmeta stockholders of record as of the close of business on December 31, 2008. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF TRANSMETA ARE URGED TO READ THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT AND ANY OTHER RELATED DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED MERGER. Investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the definitive proxy statement and other documents filed by Transmeta with the SEC free of charge at the Web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. In addition, investors and security holders may obtain free copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Transmeta by contacting Transmeta Investor Relations (Kristine Mozes, 781-652-8875). Investors and security holders of Transmeta are urged to read the definitive proxy statement and the other relevant materials before making any voting or investment decision with respect to the proposed Merger.

Transmeta and its directors, executive officers, and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies from the stockholders of Transmeta in connection with the proposed merger and related items. Information regarding the directors and executive officers of Transmeta and their ownership of Transmeta stock is set forth in Transmeta’s definitive proxy statement concerning the proposed Novafora merger, which was filed with the SEC on January 5, 2009. Investors and stockholders may obtain additional information regarding the interests of those participants by reading the definitive proxy statement relating to the proposed merger. Investors and stockholders can obtain a copy of that proxy statement free of charge at the Web site maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	TRANSMETA CORPORATION
Date: January 16, 2009	By:	/s/ John O’Hara Horsley
		John O’Hara Horsley,
		Executive Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

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