bull market reasoning (corrected)

[James Baird]

> >
> > I've been hearing a lot of hype about Transmeta recently (of course,
this is
> > from those hideous magazines that would hyp the sun rising as a
> > paradigm-shattering event...).   Any thoughts?
> >
>
> No. I don't really know anything about it, so any information would be
welcome.
> Isn't it some sort of hard-wiring of software into chips? If so, it seems
like
> another step towards the glorious (though not too profitbale, I am afraid)
goal
> of the $100 PC.
>


>From what I hear, the major claim to fame is the ultra-low power consumption
(<1 watt).  Apparently, it's a VLIW design that allows a sort of adaptive
emulation on the fly.  It sounds cool, but some people have been hyping it
as eating Intel's lunch in new portable devices, and I'm not sure I see
it...

Jim Baird

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