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Intel's own Itanium was also very interesting and ultimately a failure. memristor is going to take over the world a year from now, just like it has been going

Intel's own Itanium was also very interesting and ultimately a failure. memristor is going to take over the world a year from now, just like it has been going to for the past 7 years. Exotic computing (CPU and/or memory) architectures are easier (still hard, but easier) to dream up than to implement on real hardware with a real software ecosystem (while still keeping the theoretical benefits). As a tech geek I think what they are doing with the Mill is pretty fascinating, but it "looks like a duck, quacks like a duck" in the way of transmeta, alpha, itanium, etc, and I'm old and jaded so I'd honestly be pretty shocked if anything came of it.

CarVac 11y ago
Well, part of their strategy is to be able to much more rapidly design a wide variety of specialized parts, such as their ability to generate the specification computationally in 15 minutes. They recognize that the needs of the market are changing rapidly, and they have to be able to meet any of them. Hopefully this lets them pivot and take advantage of new opportunities better than previous efforts to make a superior CPU.
- koffiezet 11y ago
  This quick & easy specialization might be a part of what could give them market share, but I don't think this is their best shot. While this "IoT" might be the most stupid buzzword I've ever heard, what it stands for is true: everything will be networked in the future. The only thing that matters here is that devices can talk together, and this might be their biggest shot. These days micro-controllers are already being replaced by cheap ARM's that run circles around them and are easier to develop for. This is an area where the semi-conductor industry will grow massively. If they're able to prove that their design offers the same processing power for less power, a whole lot of companies could be interested.

CarVac 11y ago

Well, part of their strategy is to be able to much more rapidly design a wide variety of specialized parts, such as their ability to generate the specification computationally in 15 minutes. They recognize that the needs of the market are changing rapidly, and they have to be able to meet any of them. Hopefully this lets them pivot and take advantage of new opportunities better than previous efforts to make a superior CPU.

koffiezet 11y ago
This quick & easy specialization might be a part of what could give them market share, but I don't think this is their best shot. While this "IoT" might be the most stupid buzzword I've ever heard, what it stands for is true: everything will be networked in the future. The only thing that matters here is that devices can talk together, and this might be their biggest shot. These days micro-controllers are already being replaced by cheap ARM's that run circles around them and are easier to develop for. This is an area where the semi-conductor industry will grow massively. If they're able to prove that their design offers the same processing power for less power, a whole lot of companies could be interested.