Low power consumption, VLIW, code-morphing software (= funny name for JIT compiler) don't those ring any bells?
Transmeta is going to launch (I mean real soon now) a parallel processor that'll make Itanium bite the dust. Itanium isn't x86 compatible, while the TransProc is.
They did what they claim : Rethought the microprocessor. And come up with a solution that's not only cheaper but also extremely flexible.
The only other example that comes to my mind is the HUGE raw power of the G4 PPC. Simpler design than Intel Pentium II. Less transistors. Yet they didn't think it as a backwards compatible one.
And about that BIOS erasing viruses and stuff : well I suppose there's gonna be some freaking jumper (and you don't need to update your webpad's c-m software anyway)
Have you read the Whitepaper on Crusoe? Nobody seemed to realise the real potential beyond the little guy. 1.It says (well, almost) that if you want to get a 4way parallel processor you only have to do minor adjustments in the translation software. And it still won't overheat(I hope). 2.The scalability is GREAT. You could stack 4FPU units, 2 integer units...etc(8 units per total) and use 256bit VLIWs to send data to it. Minor adjustments in the translation software are needed. 3.You can upgrade your hardware without any kind of change to the apps. Merced watch out:)). Think of an 8 way Crusoe being fed reordered translated instructions. By the software god. 4.This is why we should await a little more from Transmeta in the next year. just a little more...
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Transmeta is going to launch (I mean real soon now) a parallel processor that'll make Itanium bite the dust. Itanium isn't x86 compatible, while the TransProc is.
They did what they claim : Rethought the microprocessor. And come up with a solution that's not only cheaper but also extremely flexible.
The only other example that comes to my mind is the HUGE raw power of the G4 PPC. Simpler design than Intel Pentium II. Less transistors. Yet they didn't think it as a backwards compatible one.
And about that BIOS erasing viruses and stuff : well I suppose there's gonna be some freaking jumper (and you don't need to update your webpad's c-m software anyway)
Have you read the Whitepaper on Crusoe? Nobody seemed to realise the real potential beyond the little guy. 1.It says (well, almost) that if you want to get a 4way parallel processor you only have to do minor adjustments in the translation software. And it still won't overheat(I hope). 2.The scalability is GREAT. You could stack 4FPU units, 2 integer units...etc(8 units per total) and use 256bit VLIWs to send data to it. Minor adjustments in the translation software are needed. 3.You can upgrade your hardware without any kind of change to the apps. Merced watch out:)). Think of an 8 way Crusoe being fed reordered translated instructions. By the software god. 4.This is why we should await a little more from Transmeta in the next year. just a little more...