Very Long Instruction Word Microprocessors

RISC and CISC type microprocessors are not the only game in town. VLIW microprocessors where once believed to be the future but not anymore. What happened?

Transmeta Crusoe, a famous VLIW Microprocessor. Image: Wikimedia

In the early 2000s Very Long Instruction Word (VLIW) microprocessors was all the hype to the point of causing several chip makers to…