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01/08/02 12:27 PM

#133 RE: UKBird #132

Maybe this is a good respond to your post, Birdie. In any way a MUST read for any TMTA (future) investor.

http://arstechnica.com/wankerdesk/01q4/transmeta/transmeta.html

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First off, I haven't yet mentioned that the Code Morphing software can be modified to support architectures other than x86. In fact, something like Alpha or PPC would probably be a better fit to Crusoe's core, and provide better performance. So I'm sure they'll be announcing something like that before long. Also, since all of the translation is done in software, I wouldn't be surprised if at some point you could run code intended for more than one ISA on the same chip at the same time. That, however, is pure speculation on my part.

That Transmeta is competing with Intel in the mobile and laptop markets should be obvious. What's perhaps not so obvious is that could very soon be competing with Intel, AMD, Compaq, and Sun in the high-end server and workstation markets. If you listened to Linus' speech at COMDEX, then you know that he has a vision of Linux as an infinitely scalable OS that can run on everything from a cell phone to a database server. Linux is about a kernel that can run on anything, with functionality added to it as is needed.

I'd say that it's only a matter of time before we hear an announcement of another product line from Transmeta. It won't be named Crusoe, because it won't be aimed at the mobile and embedded markets. It'll be a workstation and server class x86 CPU that runs Linux like a fiend, and it'll compete directly with Intel's IA-64. I can't wait.

from:
http://arstechnica.com/cpu/1q00/crusoe/crusoe-1.html