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	In ], '''Crusoe''' is a family of ]s from ]. They use a ] hardware "core", upon which runs a software abstraction layer, or ], known as the Code Morphing Software (CMS). The CMS translates ] instructions received from programs running on the chip into native instructions for the core. In this way, the chips can ] the instruction set of other ]s.

	Currently, this is used to allow the chips to emulate the ] instruction set. In theory, it is possible for the CMS to be modified to handle other instruction streams (i.e. to emulate other microprocessors).

	The addition of an abstraction layer between the x86 instruction stream and the hardware means that the hardware architecture can change without breaking compatibility, just by modifying the CMS. For example ], the second-generation Crusoe, has a ]-wide VLIW core versus ] in the first generation.

	Crusoe performs in software some of the functionality traditionally implemented in hardware (e.g. instruction re-ordering), resulting in simpler hardware with fewer ]s. The relative simplicity of the hardware means that Crusoe consumes less power (and therefore generates less heat) than other x86-compatible microprocessors running at the same frequency.

	The name is taken from the novel ].{{Fact\|date=October 2008}}

	== Products ==

	* Compaq TC1000
	* Compaq T5515 Thin Client
	* ECS EZ-Tablet EZ30
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	* Fujitsu LifeBook P1120
	* HP Compaq t5700 Thin Client
	* NEC PowerMate Eco
	* NEC Versa DayLite/UltraLite
	* Sharp Actius/Mebius MM10
	* Sony Vaio PCG-U1 and PCG-U3
	* TDV Vison V800XPT Tablet
	* OQO Model 01 and 01+

	==References==
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