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I don't, because I remember what happened to TransMeta when they tried it, and I would like nVidia to stick around.

• InclinedPlane 16y ago
  Transmeta 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 ago
    Transmeta 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.