From: Martin Ling (martin@nodezero.org.uk)
Date: Mon May 08 2000 - 08:58:30 MDT
On Sun, May 07, 2000 at 07:11:59AM -0700, Robert J. Bradbury wrote:
>
> Interestingly, there is a lot of work going on now to allow programs
> to reformat the hardware (typically a sea-of-gates) to execute parts
> of the program more efficiently.
Transmeta's Crusoe architecture is the current real-world example.
I gave a talk on this at Oxford in Febuary - I was not on this list at
the time of the Crusoe's announcement, so I don't know if it has been
discussed here in depth already. I would be happy to summarise.
Martin
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