[...] In reality, it didn't work all that well. Actually it did. Even with all the delays and unexpected ramping up of speeds by Intel &co, when it hit the market the Crusoe did what it was supposed to, which was deliver the best x86 performance per Watt. The only problem was that at the time no …

Oh wow, I totally forgot about Transmeta. Didn't their CPUs rely on some kind of software decoding compared to the conventional CPU? I sorta remember something like that. I don't own any Transmeta chips. Not sure if they had a PGA package. There's something about a PGA which makes me want to …

Just comparing SPEC results, it actually looks like there's a pretty big drop on some subtests, especially branchier ones. http://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2017q4/cpu2017-20171003-00102.html (pre-mitigation) http://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2018q2/cpu2017-20180403-04894.html (post-mitigation) …

The performance impact is rather negligible for typical desktop usage. Still feels snappier than Meltdown-free Phenom II. :lol: Just comparing SPEC results, it actually looks like there's a pretty big drop on some subtests, especially branchier ones. http://spec.org/cpu2017/results/res2017q4/ …

Hey, a 200 series! These are surprisingly fun little systems, and aren't really common. Might be nice to play with.