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Details about Nvidia's x86 CPU
- jdavid 16y agoi want nVidia to go to war with Intel. In that war i support nVidia 100%. Computers are getting more an more integrated and mobile, and so, if there was an nVidia mobile CPU/GPU combo that would be my next laptop.
- Tamerlin 16y agoI don't, because I remember what happened to TransMeta when they tried it, and I would like nVidia to stick around.
- InclinedPlane 16y agoTransmeta failed because they tried to compete using inferior products. All the revolutionary technological underpinnings imaginable won't save a platform from shitty execution. Transmeta's processor architecture was developed to meet specific goals, but it was launched without meeting those goals. After failing in the market they turned to patent trolling. I have no pity for them. They developed some really cool technology, but unfortunately they fell victim to the idea that it's easy to compete in the market with a v1 product using a revolutionary architecture. Often that's not the case, especially in a realm such as computing that has seen so much optimization everywhere.
- Tamerlin 16y agoTransmeta failed because they tried to compete with Intel on Intel's turf. By the time they got their 2nd version ready for tapeout, Intel had already learned that TransMeta was right about the fact that the low-power market was a growth opportunity. If TransMeta had gone after ARM instead of x86, they might have had a chance -- as evidenced by the fact that ARM is currently trampling over Intel's offerings in mobile applications because x86 compatibility isn't much of an asset, and Atom doesn't have low enough power consumption to compete with current ARM implementations.
- lotusleaf1987 16y agoNvidia should team up with Qualcomm to take down the Wintel.
- patrickgzill 16y agoI think the argument would be much, much stronger if the writer were to tie in what he claims he is being told, with relevant snippets from the executive profiles on Nvidia's site. For instance, Frank Fox, SVP for Consumer Electronics Engineering, has this in his profile: "Fox spent 14 years at Digital Equipment, where he led the EV8 Alpha microprocessor design team. He is co-editor of the book "Design of High-Performance Microprocessor Circuits." He holds a BE degree from University College Cork, National University of Ireland, and a PhD in engineering from Trinity College, Dublin University."
- junkbit 16y agoStrange to see this a week after Intel announces a PCI express co-processor that looks like a Tesla I like the sound of quadcore ARM64