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To: Raymond Duray who wrote (224)	11/6/2000 8:01:17 AM
From: Bill Fischofer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 421

Re: The Software chip Great summary article. However there are actually two breakthroughs that TMTA has achieved with Crusoe. First, as the MIT article points out, they have figured out how to decouple hardware design from instruction set design. But equally important, they have achieved a goal which many long considered impossible: they have programmers and engineers working together. Anyone who has spent any time in the processor world knows that traditionally there has been a wall miles high between these two groups. TMTA has created a culture in which hardware engineers and programmers team together to figure out how best to solve a problem: which parts should be solved in hardware and which in software. This cultural shift (which is enabled by the hybrid architecture) is the real key to TMTA's potential and is why Ditzel is so optimistic. Of course, we won't be able to see if this optimism is justified until more examples of TMTA chips are released. Given the development pace that TMTA should be capable of, I'll be surprised if we don't see the next chips announced next year.

To: Raymond Duray who wrote (224)	11/6/2000 11:14:34 AM
From: Thomas A Watson	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 421

>Starting now, the Transmeta approach will be the smartest, quickest, cheapest, most reliable, most flexible technology to solve virtually any computing-related problem, says John Wharton, microprocessor design consultant, Stanford professor, and former design engineer for Intel. smartest ????? I never met a smart microporcessor. quickest Let't call that an Al Gore. cheapest In large dedicated application design to fit will use few transistors and may be cheaper. most reliable spliting hairs I could say that fewer transisitor is more reliable. most flexible flexible? means much to many, I guess one might say the crusoe is flexible. Tom Watson tosiwmee