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[Guest]

Other then AMD, Intel, and Cyrix

Is there any other processor that people can run?

on a PC platform?

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[Raystonn]

Transmeta?

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[kurokaze]

yeah I wouldn't mind a crusoe as my linux server.. at least I wouldn't have to hear that damn Heatsink fan anymore

 

[Guest]

Yea i have heard of the crusoe

but i mean
How does it perform?

compared to Intel and AMD and Cyrix?

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[Guest]

Not well. It's not a real 86 processor, it uses code morphing (translation) and is actually a VLIW (Very long instruction word) chip, I believe. Rememeber, this thing is built for temperature and power, not speed.

What about the IDT WinChip? Are these still around? Also, what about Evergreen processor upgrades. Do these count as processors themselves?

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[jlbigguy]

I believe IDT was bought by VIA.

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[Crashman]

The last IDT chips were not even made by them, and Evergreen uses K6-2's and Celerons for the upgrade processors.

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[Guest]

Evergreen uses K6-2's and Celerons for the upgrade processors

Yeah, I thought this was the case. All they do is blot on a socket adaptor or mount them on a PCI upgrade board.

The last IDT chips were not even made by them

Yeah, I knew this, but are they still a separate archatecture? Or simply a rip-off of some other chip, re-badged?

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[Crashman]

I think towards the end they were using K6-2's, and just before that Cyrix, but I can't remember too well because I never used them.

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