slazer2au@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoWhat is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry?message-squaremessage-square269fedilinkarrow-up1126arrow-down15file-text
arrow-up1121arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry?slazer2au@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square269fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareCookieOfFortune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoI think it’s because FPGAs are an intermediate to just making your own ASIC.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5·edit-21 day agoIf 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.
minus-squareScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoAgreed. If you’re not moving hundreds of thousands if units, there probably is no return in investment. Those things have expensive up front costs.
I think it’s because FPGAs are an intermediate to just making your own ASIC.
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.
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.