I heard somewhere that Cisco pursued this trend mostly because of bookkeeping. Somehow internal R&D was bad for the books- but seed money came from a different pile. Being a tech jockey- I didn't inquire further. I hope someone can comment further.
I heard this from the good people formerly at Hammerhead- whom Cisco acquired.
Seeing as how this was the days of Enron, Worldcom, and the like-- it seems very plausable. Everyone was cooking the books as best they could.
What would be quite an achievement in my eyes would be to have an open standard for such a graphics card and then have the testbench to support this standard. The hardware/performance/cost would then be up to each manufacturer.
In a project lifestyle, often times the testbench (the hardware simulation stimulus/checker) becomes much more complicated than the actual RTL code (Verilog, VHDL, System C) that describes the logic circuit. Writing this code actually can be much more trivial.
The testbench has much more cases- and can be more difficult. Each manufacturer could write code that passes the testbench- and then manufacture it- and the drivers should be compatible with all HW.
The question then becomes- how to do the testbench. Do you use a language like VHDL, Verilog/Perl, C, Vera, or E? The answer to that question may dictate what tools would be required to generate the HW.
Well- seems he dropped out of Stanford. Seems all the successful CEOs drop out- Gates, Ellsion, and Page. Seems all the people he was preaching to are already doomed to be losers.
50 year old technology is proven technology. If you are going to risk a multi-billion dollar satelitte- something that has had thousands of launches under its belt sounds good to me.
Well- if grocery stores didn't cater to cars- people wouldn't drive there. If grocery stores cater to air vehicles- people will take them there. If there was no way to walk to your grocery stores- say it was in the median strip- them people wouldn't walk there.
I think this is more American paranoia than anything.
For those of us who grew up in the eighties in the US- we heard that Japan was stealing our jobs- our car industry was loosing market share to Toyota and Honda- and electronics were all being made in Japan.
Well- look at the economy of Japan today. They have been in recession now for years- their birthrate is falling and their population is unsustainable. During their recession- the US experienced the biggest boom in recent history.
I hear the same thing about India and China today. Certainly situations are different- China and India have the largest populations in the world. Things look good for them- but they have problems as well. The birth of girls in these countries is very low. Families want boys- and either terminate pregnancies- put up for adoption (how many Chinese US girls get adopted)- and even loose or kill girl babies. In 20 years- they are going to have a huge problem with alot of men running around with no women. Such things can bring a place down quickly. There are alot of places that China and India can fall- over exuberence in them can be one of the triggers.
There has to be some sort of way to harness energy from this.
Dig a hole into the mantle- drive a hose into the hole- fill it with water- have the steam exiting the hole turn a turbine.
Build your own geothermal power source. In 50 years- when you build a house- you will have the same guy who digs your well dig you an geothermal power mine.
I will probably be knocked off tonight by the same Exxon-Mobil hitsquad who capped Diesel.
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I heard this from the good people formerly at Hammerhead- whom Cisco acquired.
Seeing as how this was the days of Enron, Worldcom, and the like-- it seems very plausable. Everyone was cooking the books as best they could.
That was the smartest I was in my whole life.
But your point is valid- he doesn't mention outsourcing at all.
Funny- my invitation arrived via email 5 minutes after my post. Point proven I guess.
If he meets with the founders are some succesful startup- or other tech gurus- they will all be smarter than he.
Maybe this is why he doesn't give them an invitation to the White House.
It is true that most illegals in this country are hispanic- but we have Dominican, Cuban, and white European illegals here as well.
Colored- well yes- that is certainly impolite and outwardly racist. Can't compare the two words.
Man- what a letdown.
In a project lifestyle, often times the testbench (the hardware simulation stimulus/checker) becomes much more complicated than the actual RTL code (Verilog, VHDL, System C) that describes the logic circuit. Writing this code actually can be much more trivial.
The testbench has much more cases- and can be more difficult. Each manufacturer could write code that passes the testbench- and then manufacture it- and the drivers should be compatible with all HW.
The question then becomes- how to do the testbench. Do you use a language like VHDL, Verilog/Perl, C, Vera, or E? The answer to that question may dictate what tools would be required to generate the HW.
I think we are still aways from any of this.
Especially AOL email.............
Slim pickins at Michigan.
Well damn... I gues it is time to invest in that oxen farm......
Well- seems he dropped out of Stanford. Seems all the successful CEOs drop out- Gates, Ellsion, and Page. Seems all the people he was preaching to are already doomed to be losers.
50 year old technology is proven technology. If you are going to risk a multi-billion dollar satelitte- something that has had thousands of launches under its belt sounds good to me.
it was raining PSPs and Nintendos the other night. These guys should do a better job of holding onto them.
It is good to read about some real world applications with todays technology. Usually these articles are so theoretical....
I am thinking I may have found a perfectly legal and good reason to write off my next cruise. Thank you Sea Code!
Chicken and egg problem.
What do you get when you google Google?
I bought one of these things for my sims..... They seem to really like it.
I hope they have one over Area 51. Easy for me to get to in my 175.
I guess I will start using my neighbors wifi connection when I need to download large amounts of data.
For those of us who grew up in the eighties in the US- we heard that Japan was stealing our jobs- our car industry was loosing market share to Toyota and Honda- and electronics were all being made in Japan.
Well- look at the economy of Japan today. They have been in recession now for years- their birthrate is falling and their population is unsustainable. During their recession- the US experienced the biggest boom in recent history.
I hear the same thing about India and China today. Certainly situations are different- China and India have the largest populations in the world. Things look good for them- but they have problems as well. The birth of girls in these countries is very low. Families want boys- and either terminate pregnancies- put up for adoption (how many Chinese US girls get adopted)- and even loose or kill girl babies. In 20 years- they are going to have a huge problem with alot of men running around with no women. Such things can bring a place down quickly. There are alot of places that China and India can fall- over exuberence in them can be one of the triggers.
Dig a hole into the mantle- drive a hose into the hole- fill it with water- have the steam exiting the hole turn a turbine.
Build your own geothermal power source. In 50 years- when you build a house- you will have the same guy who digs your well dig you an geothermal power mine.
I will probably be knocked off tonight by the same Exxon-Mobil hitsquad who capped Diesel.
Although it is probably a hell of alot more profitable to have the merchandise go the other way.