For anyone who wants to know how the Toyota drive works have a look at this simulator. It looks similar to the description in the patent, the question is how common such a gear configuration is and what the innovative part of the patent is.
that people don't think that Transmeta would be able to become pritable. After all, they changed their entire business model. They no longer manufacture CPUs, but have become an IP only company, like e.g. ARM. Additionally they have licensing and support contracts for their LongRun2 technology with NEC, Fujitsu and Sony. And they are working with Sony on the Cell processor. They don't say exactly what they are doing, but half of their engineers are now working for and essentially paid by Sony. They also sold their remaining Crusoe and 130nm Efficeon CPUs and technology to a Chinese compny, while still retaining the 90nm Efficeon which will probably be manufactured by the new Fujitsu fab in Mie.
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Someone already wrote an application for Nokia phones that lets you write your SMS by using Morse code.
Yes, I have the Sharp PC-CV50, which is very nice and hasd a 1GHz Efficeon, much faster than my Fujitsu T93C with 933MHz Crusoe. I also heard rumors about a Fujitsu P1500 with Efficeon.
that transmeta is reducing its workforce (mostly marketing people) and has a contract with Sony who will pay for the help of 100 of the about 200 people working for transmeta. This will reduce quarterly costs to 5 million and increase transmetas life expectancy. They also stated that they will help Sony to put longrun2 into Cell derivatives and also have Fujitsu and NEC as longrun2 customers. They stop producing Crusoe and 130nm Efficeons, but will continue to supply customers as long as demand and inventory permits. They plan on producing 90nm Efficeons for select customers(?? probably Fujitsu).
I just ordered the CLP-550N for exactly the same reason you mentioned. This was after reading the test report of C`t magazine, where they gave exactly the same reason for getting the 550 over the 500. The series also comes with built in duplex unit which is another good reason for getting the printer.
I don't know how they do it in the US, but here in Germany you can get your cell phone very cheap or for free if you enter a long term contract with your cell phone company. They are betting on the fact that once they you don't have to pay the money all at once they can bleed you dry little by little. If you have a low hardware price the entrance barrier for getting a computer/cell phone becomes very low. They hope most people don't look at the montly costs too closely and once you have the hardware it would be stupid to waste the money you already spent;). If you can do the same with a computer and lock up the hardware so that only your software runs on it, they hope to get a lot more money. The same principle works for video games, printers and razors.
Well, code morphing software and microcode are a big difference and I doubt that Intel or AMD can do it without violating Transmeta's patents. They also have the long run 2 (LR2) technology which they have successfully licensed to NEC, so with the Efficeon business picking up and more LR2 licenses, they may yet survive. Or they will get bought by Intel or AMD because they both can't do 90nm with 1.6 GHz at 7Watts.
The 90nm CPUs are not commercially available and Orion gave some LINPACK results. Here are some results from a Japanese article about the 130nm Efficeon.
As long as they don't use any iRiver code, why should there be a DMCA issue. That would be like saying I can't remove Windows from my PC/Notebook/iPaq and replace it with Linux because of the DMCA.
You may be right, but if you investigate those similar systems it might be very helpful to the whole experiment. Let's say that arabic readers rely more on word shape and hebrew readers more on serial letter recognition. Comparing different writing methods and their reading methods will certainly lead to more insights.
Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese,...), Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Russian, Hebrew, Bengali and Arabic all use different writing systems. And if you add up all the others then they will certainly outnumber those who use the latin alphabet. Of course, the latin alphabet is probably the widest in use but not necessarily used by the majority.
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A 240% increase sounds huge, but they never tell you what the original risk is. There is a difference between doubling a 10% risk or a 0.00001% risk.
The A780 is quite easy to get. The early Motorola Linux phones were mostly sold in Asia, but the latest was readily available in Europe.
For anyone who wants to know how the Toyota drive works have a look at this simulator.
It looks similar to the description in the patent, the question is how common such a gear configuration is and what the innovative part of the patent is.
how someone can be an Acting Assistant Attorney General and not know the difference between theft and copyright infringement.
Right, thanks.
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that people don't think that Transmeta would be able to become pritable. After all, they changed their entire business model. They no longer manufacture CPUs, but have become an IP only company, like e.g. ARM. Additionally they have licensing and support contracts for their LongRun2 technology with NEC, Fujitsu and Sony. And they are working with Sony on the Cell processor. They don't say exactly what they are doing, but half of their engineers are now working for and essentially paid by Sony.
They also sold their remaining Crusoe and 130nm Efficeon CPUs and technology to a Chinese compny, while still retaining the 90nm Efficeon which will probably be manufactured by the new Fujitsu fab in Mie.
Someone already wrote an application for Nokia phones that lets you write your SMS by using Morse code.
Yes, I have the Sharp PC-CV50, which is very nice and hasd a 1GHz Efficeon, much faster than my Fujitsu T93C with 933MHz Crusoe. I
also heard rumors about a Fujitsu P1500 with Efficeon.
that transmeta is reducing its workforce (mostly marketing people) and has a contract with Sony who will pay for the help of 100 of the about 200 people working for transmeta. This will reduce quarterly costs to 5 million and increase transmetas life expectancy. They also stated that they will help Sony to put longrun2 into Cell derivatives and also have Fujitsu and NEC as longrun2 customers. They stop producing Crusoe and 130nm Efficeons, but will continue to supply customers as long as demand and inventory permits. They plan on producing 90nm Efficeons for select customers(?? probably Fujitsu).
Unfortunately, this method of spreading FUD about the competition and praising yourself seems to be the best way to sell your products.
I just ordered the CLP-550N for exactly the same reason you mentioned. This was after reading the test report of C`t magazine, where they gave exactly the same reason for getting the 550 over the 500. The series also comes with built in duplex unit which is another good reason for getting the printer.
Ok the official specs say no ogg, but maybe that is a misprint. But here they say it has ogg.
Was Ogg support the cause for the long delay?
Aren't all the iRiver HD players Ogg Vorbis capable?
The H100 and H300 series are and the PMPs are too.
I don't know how they do it in the US, but here in Germany you can get your cell phone very cheap or for free if you enter a long term contract with your cell phone company. They are betting on the fact that once they you don't have to pay the money all at once they can bleed you dry little by little. ;).
If you have a low hardware price the entrance barrier for getting a computer/cell phone becomes very low. They hope most people don't look at the montly costs too closely and once you have the hardware it would be stupid to waste the money you already spent
If you can do the same with a computer and lock up the hardware so that only your software runs on it, they hope to get a lot more money. The same principle works for video games, printers and razors.
They are pin compatible, so the board can probably be upgraded. And the TN8600 is still better than a VIA CPU.
Well, code morphing software and microcode are a big difference and I doubt that Intel or AMD can do it without violating Transmeta's patents. They also have the long run 2 (LR2) technology which they have successfully licensed to NEC, so with the Efficeon business picking up and more LR2 licenses, they may yet survive. Or they will get bought by Intel or AMD because they both can't do 90nm with 1.6 GHz at 7Watts.
The 90nm CPUs are not commercially available and Orion gave some LINPACK results. Here are some results from a Japanese article about the 130nm Efficeon.
I hope these boards will be available soon. And hopefully also with 90nm Efficeon.
Yes.
You mean like this ?
$ mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
mount: only root can do that
As long as they don't use any iRiver code, why should there be a DMCA issue. That would be like saying I can't remove Windows from my PC/Notebook/iPaq and replace it with Linux because of the DMCA.
You may be right, but if you investigate those similar systems it might be very helpful to the whole experiment. Let's say that arabic readers rely more on word shape and hebrew readers more on serial letter recognition. Comparing different writing methods and their reading methods will certainly lead to more insights.
Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, ...), Japanese, Korean, Hindi, Russian, Hebrew, Bengali and Arabic all use different writing systems. And if you add up
all the others then they will certainly outnumber those who use the latin alphabet. Of course, the latin alphabet is probably the widest in use but not necessarily used by the majority.