Lol, transputers getting their 5-yearly re-mention. In most of the ways that matter, Transputers weren’t too early. And if you built one again now, you’d find

Lol, transputers getting their 5-yearly re-mention. In most of the ways that matter, Transputers weren’t too early. And if you built one again now, you’d find little to no market for it (as per efforts by several startups and various related research efforts). Sources: many conversations with the architect of Transputer, and various of the engineers that designed the hardware and Occam, and watching the Inmos 40th Anniversary lectures on YouTube (channel: @ednutting). Also being in the processor design startup space.