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Originally posted by: EyeMWing
Cyrix = purchased by VIA. See: VIA C3 series, VIA EPIA mainboards/CPU combos
Transmeta = Still around, I think.
Packard Bell = Went to online-only sales, I think they're still around but DEAD.
Too bad -- it was their CPUs that finally got intel to start caring about offering very low power versions of their CPUs. Without them intel might never have gone Bananias.Transmeta just announced that it was closing it's doors ~1 week ago
Originally posted by: Mrvile
I have some in my pocket but my arthritis is killing me...would you like to reach in their and pull one out?
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Too bad -- it was their CPUs that finally got intel to start caring about offering very low power versions of their CPUs. Without them intel might never have gone Bananias.Transmeta just announced that it was closing it's doors ~1 week ago
Then you'd win.Originally posted by: redly1
Originally posted by: DaveSimmons
Too bad -- it was their CPUs that finally got intel to start caring about offering very low power versions of their CPUs. Without them intel might never have gone Bananias.Transmeta just announced that it was closing it's doors ~1 week ago
YEAH, I bet THAT was the motivation
Originally posted by: Mrvile
I have some in my pocket but my arthritis is killing me...would you like to reach in their and pull one out?
No problem, but you're right that they didn't do it to compete with transmeta so much as that transmeta showed them that the market existed.Originally posted by: redly1
Gah...I was thinking more on terms of the market demanding it from Intel.
sorry dave
Originally posted by: flxnimprtmscl
Natural selection.
I thought Packard Bell got bought out by Compaq, though?