Chris Reuter wrote:
> 
> On Wed, Jan 19, 2000 at 07:52:25PM -0600, Daniel Allan Joyce wrote:
> >
> >       Transmeta unveiled it's crusoe emulation processor, and several PDAs
> > and WebPads. I couldn't help thinkng DYNABOOK when I saw the webpad.
> >
> >       Currently the Crusoe emulates X86, but soon will add other ISAs to it's
> > ability. It can even emulate multiple ISAs at the same time.
> 
> There's an interesting article on the Crusoe at Ars Technica at
> 
>         http://arstechnica.com/cpu/1q00/crusoe/crusoe-1.html
> 
> The thing that struck me is the resemblance to Self's just-in-time
> implementation.
> 

	Yeah, it does selective optimization, profiling, recompilition based on
usage and demand. In some ways very similair.

	They give you a hardware assisted JIT basically, and you just need to
provide the front end.

	From the ZDnet broadcast, I think they do intend on opening up the
front end to the code morpher at some point.

	Daniel