I agree. Sounds to me like either: 1. The code checking will counterset the speed increase of the fast "checking" proc. 2. There is no "check" that will know if the code will cause error or exception. Ie: Nice patent but ultimatly won't stand up in court. I don't think Transmeta is into proc design - I think they are trying to make something that will, independant of proc design changes, allow hardware emulation of one system on another. Basically a generic device that allows a faster new processor to emulate an older one with different instruction sets. Could destabilize longterm relationships between hardware manufacturers and OS developers (like Wintel) by allowing OpenSource distributions to emulate proprietary systems using whatever chip they want.
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I agree. Sounds to me like either: 1. The code checking will counterset the speed increase of the fast "checking" proc. 2. There is no "check" that will know if the code will cause error or exception. Ie: Nice patent but ultimatly won't stand up in court. I don't think Transmeta is into proc design - I think they are trying to make something that will, independant of proc design changes, allow hardware emulation of one system on another. Basically a generic device that allows a faster new processor to emulate an older one with different instruction sets. Could destabilize longterm relationships between hardware manufacturers and OS developers (like Wintel) by allowing OpenSource distributions to emulate proprietary systems using whatever chip they want.