Ask HN: Weirdest Computer Architecture?

Re:Ask HN: Weirdest Computer Architecture? by em-bee on Tuesday July 30, 2024 @03:48PM (#41113407)

i did get a sony picturebook with a transmeta processor. the problem was that as a consumer i didn't notice anything special about it. for transmeta to make it they would have had to either be cheaper or faster or use less power to be attractive for consumer devices.

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Re:Ask HN: Weirdest Computer Architecture? by Bluestein on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @11:03AM (#41119837)

I seem to recall them machines not being cheaper, which was my main hope at the time :)

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Re:Ask HN: Weirdest Computer Architecture? by em-bee on Wednesday July 31, 2024 @05:13PM (#41123531)

i got mine as a gift, so i don't remember the price, but i don't think it was cheap. however that would not even bother me. they would have at least had to be cheaper for manufacturers to make it worth it to put them into more devices.

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