The crusoe chip

[rotovegasBoy]

A friend at uni mentioned that Linus was actually developing a chip called crusoe.&nbsp;&nbsp;has anyone actually heard about this?&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>What could this mean if a chip was designed to cater for the linux kernel <p>Chris Packham<br><a href=mailto:kriz@i4free.co.nz>kriz@i4free.co.nz</a><br><a href= > </a><br>A thousand mokeys at a thousand machines, it happened, it got called the internet.

 

[De8o]

From what I've heard of this chip, it isn't being built specifically for Linux. It is a chip that can emulate other chips and uses less power than a conventional chip making it ideal for laptops.

 

[Kspade]

http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/01/19/crusoe3.idg/

I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy every moment of it.

 

[gunthnp]

they have been working on it for year they hired Linus to write some of the software that runs the chip So long and thanks for all the fish.