▲ 125 ▼ What is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry? (lemmy.world) submitted 8 months ago by slazer2au@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world 278 comments fedilink hide all child comments Every industry is full of technical hills that people plant their flag on. What is yours?
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 7 months ago* (2 children) Is that controversial? I've always assumed people avoid FPGAs just because they're unfamiliar with them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 child) Tell that to the people who think they will soon replace this expensive and complicated FPGA stuff with something running on a cheap MPU programmed by an intern. For thirty years now... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) Yikes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago Welcome to my world. permalink fedilink source parent [–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) I think it’s because FPGAs are an intermediate to just making your own ASIC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 7 months ago* (1 child) If you're at a scale where making a new ASIC is your go-to, congratulations on your job at Google or Apple. I don't even know if FaceMeta would do that. Designing and founding a new chip is a whole thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago Agreed. If you're not moving hundreds of thousands if units, there probably is no return in investment. Those things have expensive up front costs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago (1 child) Tell that to the people who think they will soon replace this expensive and complicated FPGA stuff with something running on a cheap MPU programmed by an intern. For thirty years now... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) Yikes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago Welcome to my world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 7 months ago (1 child) Yikes. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Treczoks@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago Welcome to my world. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2 points 7 months ago (1 child) I think it’s because FPGAs are an intermediate to just making your own ASIC. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 7 months ago* (1 child) If you're at a scale where making a new ASIC is your go-to, congratulations on your job at Google or Apple. I don't even know if FaceMeta would do that. Designing and founding a new chip is a whole thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago Agreed. If you're not moving hundreds of thousands if units, there probably is no return in investment. Those things have expensive up front costs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 7 months ago* (1 child) If you're at a scale where making a new ASIC is your go-to, congratulations on your job at Google or Apple. I don't even know if FaceMeta would do that. Designing and founding a new chip is a whole thing. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago Agreed. If you're not moving hundreds of thousands if units, there probably is no return in investment. Those things have expensive up front costs. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 months ago Agreed. If you're not moving hundreds of thousands if units, there probably is no return in investment. Those things have expensive up front costs. permalink fedilink source parent