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This is Alyssa Rosenzweig. She reverse-engineered Apple's M1 GPU with no public documentation and also developed an open-source Linux driver. (lemmy.nz)
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[-] cashsky@sh.itjust.works 6 points 20 hours ago

If they were smart they would hire her

[-] kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 17 hours ago

She was hired as a contractor by Valve to work on Linux graphics driver related stuff. Valve knows who the experts are. And yes her work is amazing.

[-] dermanus@lemmy.ca 1 points 13 hours ago

That's good to hear. Too many clever people get slapped down by litigious assholes.

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