Aloha!
Först: Vad är det som har hänt med rendreringen av kommentarer? Radbrytningarna har försvunnit så att allt bara blir en fet massa... (ordnat! reds amn.)
Jan: Du citerade Linleys nyhetsbrev. En intressant sak i hans nyhetsbrev om P.A. Semi är detta:
We do not foresee venture-capital firms being willing to invest nine-digit sums in future processor startups, particularly given their risky track record. Consider the recent failure of Montalvo, which was designing a four-core x86 processor. Despite raising $73 million, the 300-person company ran out of cash and could not raise the estimated $100 million it needed to complete its design and bring it to production.
Just Montalvo visar sig nu bli uppköpt av Sun (länk).
Montalvo Systems was a secretive startup with bases in Santa Clara, Boulder, Colorado and Bangalore, India, which was believed to have raised more than $75 million in an attempt to take on Intel Corp. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. with a low power x86 processor.
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Nonetheless it seems that Sun Microsystems was interested in some mix of the patents and ideas behind the company. One report said that Sun has bought the Montalvo assets for more than $5 million.
Min gissning är att Sun inte är ute efter att börja bygga egna x86-kloner, utan det är patent, personal och kompetens inom lågeffekt de är ute efter.
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Joachim Strömbergson
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