Posted Tuesday 10th February 2009 14:26 GMT

Anonymous Coward

> There is a sad history of the Transputer and other innovations that failed.

The Transputer didn't fail. The core is still selling.

If you've got a digital TV decoder - anywhere in the world - there's a good chance it's got a Transputer core in it.

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