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Transmeta Will Help AMD Make Code-Morphing Chips
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By Ymaster
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January 03, 2001, 09:47 PM
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"This story at http://News.com http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-4352705.html?tag=st.ne.1002.tgif.ni
talks about how AMD is working with Transmeta to ship developers systems using the processor instructions from their upcoming Sledgehammer chip -- apparently Transmeta is working on a version of their code-morphing software that supports this instruction set. In return they seem to be getting a license to make chips using parts of the Sledgehammer design. If it's true, it's a pretty cool step for Transmeta since their other products to date have gotten a mostly lukewarm response over the past couple of months."
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By Ymaster
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January 03, 2001, 11:58 PM
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Well, I guess this flew past..?
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By NEwBoY
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January 04, 2001, 12:54 AM
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whos Transmeta? what products do they make?
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By pompadorean
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January 04, 2001, 12:56 AM
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Yeah...I've never heard of em!
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By Syntech
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January 04, 2001, 01:52 AM
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I think those are the ones who are making this "crusoe" processor or something...
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By The WhiteRabbit
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January 04, 2001, 01:08 PM
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Yes, Transmeta makes the super low power Crusoe processor -- making it great for mobile applications. I haven't seen a lot of benchmarks, but the 600 MHz processor performs pretty well from what I understand, depending on what you're using it for.
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By iamsostupid
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January 04, 2001, 05:11 PM
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i cant believe you guys havent heard of transmeta. It would be nice tho, to run all this new software, while still being able to run the old x86 ISA stuff.
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