Rekall_Incorporated

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I am assuming this would be a driver for risc-v adoption.

That being said, from a consumer perspective, all risc-v offerings (SBCs, laptops) are far worse than ARM in every possible metric; performance, price, software support. Performance in particular seems to be atrocious even on a non-dollar weighted basis (one would expect less economies of scale with risc-v products).

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

There is no way ARM will be able to manage the inherent conflict of interest in being both a CPU design company and platform provider.

Also interesting to see ARM buying out Ampere. Makes perfect sense, let's see if they will be able to capitalize on Ampere and don't run it to the ground.

SoftBank is also closing in on the acquisition of Ampere, an Oracle-backed chip designer of Arm-based chips for servers that could be valued at close to $6.5bn. That deal is central to Arm’s own chipmaking project, people familiar with the plans said.

Compared to most "breakthrough" techniques, this one does sound like it could be implemented in somewhat realistic timeframes (i.e. within ~5 years).

It's too early to say if this will result in cheaper or denser NAND chips for consumers. The technique still needs to be proven commercially viable and scaled for mass production. Even if manufacturers adopt the process, there's no guarantee that any cost savings will trickle down to consumers.

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 4 points 1 week ago

Couple of days, or even a week or two is fine, it's when they are months behind it can become a problem.

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I like F-Droid, but does anyone else find that the versions in their repos often lag behind the current release (sometimes significantly so)?

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 1 points 1 week ago

I was referring to PC components in general.

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

TSMC is well positioned to pass on tariff costs, it's not like their is a viable alternative to their services.

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 11 points 1 week ago (5 children)

I don't have any stats to back this up, but I wouldn't be surprised if failure rates were higher back in the 90s and 2000s.

We have much more sophisticated validation technologies and the benefit of industry, process and operational maturity.

Would be interesting to actually analyze the real world dynamics around this.

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

This is why I always avoid being an early tester on any new PC components releases or even technologies.

I would be extremely unhappy if I paid for a 5090 and it got bricked; thus requiring going through the RMA process.

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

The physical market is basically in terminal decline. It would make much more sense for Sony to go with a separate drive addon if they are even willing to consider support discs for the PS6.

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 5 points 1 week ago

This is the kind of stuff that shows the true potential of ML. LLM's of course have their use as well, but nowhere near the level of hype and current capital expenses dedicated to this area.

I do wonder how viable it is to actually productize this finding. The source paper doesn't really mention anything about this (e.g. current costs and potential for cost reduction with economies of scale). It might be too early at this point.

[–] Rekall_Incorporated@lemm.ee 10 points 1 week ago

While I agree with your message at a high level (I quit FB several years ago), I don't think it's productive to be so abrasive.

It's generally better to be respectful and convincing if you want to change minds.

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