Don't give me the "it's only one line" bullshit because sites use condensed javascript files that only have one line! It's like saying someone was killed by an speeding piece of steel after being hit by a bus. Sure, it's technically correct and completely misleading.
This is actually a project I've read about in the past so I'll explain. What they are trying to do is make a automatic layout engine for silicon. In effect, it will take your VHDL and turn it into a completed layout that is ready for manufacturing. However, to avoid a massive layout times, they also want to be able to use premade layouts for subsystems. If you consider each subsystem to be a block of object code then the layout engine is a compiler that is connecting your "main.c" up to all the functions already compiled.
It's a really good concept but the laws of physics won't make it an easy task and much like handwritten assembly, it's unlikely to be competitive with manual layouts.
We're going to have to start removing CO2 from the atmosphere, so really all we need to do is put a tax on 100% of emissions. This may raise the cost of certain technologies but the tax can then be used to remove the emissions. This will create a fantastic incentive for companies to find alternatives that give off fewer emissions.
The problem we really face is people that are unwilling to adjust to a new system because they are stuck in their ways.
USB is an example of a port, the distinction being that it's an external device. Lots of stuff used to plug into serial ports but that didn't mean you considered any device to have a serial port to be a PC. Sure, it's semantic distinction and arguably subjective but that's what this all about to start with. However, if you're ignoring all that, I have a PC to sell you, it's called "Arduino".;)
This wouldn't be engineered for PCs, this would be engineered for budget laptops AKA tablets with keyboards. What's the difference? PCs have a common bus (or at least can outsource the job), the modern one being PCIe. Honestly, this is still just another beefed up smartphone chip.
Tell me when they make a chip with a PCIe root complex and then i'll tell you they made a chip made for PCs.
If there is going to be any real defense of our critical systems then what we actually need is to have our own government bringing down vulnerable systems. Allowing these systems to continue to function when they could fail at any moment is like building on a fractured foundation: it's a disaster waiting to happen.
This effort will cause annoying outages but it will also force companies to invest in real security while allowing those who already have will thrive. Most companies have been complacent for far too long and it's made us very vulnerable.
"Moreover, it is worth noting that AdUps provides its software to much larger handset manufacturers, such as ZTE and Huawei, which sell their Android phones worldwide, across over 150 countries and regions."
So despite reaching a massive milestone in rocketry with SpaceX, you still call him a flimflam artist? Damn dude, what does someone have to do to convince you that they're legit?
His timelines are overly optimistic but he's always managed to accomplish what he claimed. But hey, facts are annoying when they get in the way of illogical hatred, right?
Ford goes out of business- hundreds of thousands unemployed. Tesla goes out of business- Panasonic puts their equipment in shipping containers and hauls it to China.
The EV market is just as large as ICE car market. The writing is on the wall and ICE is on the way out. It could be worth billions or even trillions to delay Tesla months or years by any number of parties. When you rock a multitrillion dollar boat, you better believe that there is plenty of incentive for sabotage.
However, the shortsighted shortsellers seem to be especially spurned by Tesla, so I would suspect one of them trying to make a big payday for themselves.
At this point, they don't even have to buy politicians, they just need to promote the political party that isn't batshit crazy to the people that seem to think batshit crazy is a sensible position.
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Don't give me the "it's only one line" bullshit because sites use condensed javascript files that only have one line! It's like saying someone was killed by an speeding piece of steel after being hit by a bus. Sure, it's technically correct and completely misleading.
This is actually a project I've read about in the past so I'll explain. What they are trying to do is make a automatic layout engine for silicon. In effect, it will take your VHDL and turn it into a completed layout that is ready for manufacturing. However, to avoid a massive layout times, they also want to be able to use premade layouts for subsystems. If you consider each subsystem to be a block of object code then the layout engine is a compiler that is connecting your "main.c" up to all the functions already compiled.
It's a really good concept but the laws of physics won't make it an easy task and much like handwritten assembly, it's unlikely to be competitive with manual layouts.
We're going to have to start removing CO2 from the atmosphere, so really all we need to do is put a tax on 100% of emissions. This may raise the cost of certain technologies but the tax can then be used to remove the emissions. This will create a fantastic incentive for companies to find alternatives that give off fewer emissions.
The problem we really face is people that are unwilling to adjust to a new system because they are stuck in their ways.
Details are sparse, but we will update this story once we learn more.
Don't you mean you'll update the story when details emerge? ;)
Robonaut 1 is going to be hella jealous of this robohead jerk. Don't be surprised if the SpaceX bot is "accidentally" blown out the airlock. ;)
If that shit can't figure the fuck I mean, then shit's on them, so fuck 'em! Fuck those fucking fuckers because no fucks given for that shit. ;)
supporting a single PCIe device a PCIe root complex does not make.
USB is an example of a port, the distinction being that it's an external device. Lots of stuff used to plug into serial ports but that didn't mean you considered any device to have a serial port to be a PC. Sure, it's semantic distinction and arguably subjective but that's what this all about to start with. However, if you're ignoring all that, I have a PC to sell you, it's called "Arduino". ;)
that's super and all but it doesn't change the objective reality that this is just another SoC and not PC CPU.
sadly, no. it supports a single PCIe device which is to say they hacked up a special controller for one device. http://rockchip.wikidot.com/rk...
supporting a single PCIe device a PCIe root complex does not make.
This wouldn't be engineered for PCs, this would be engineered for budget laptops AKA tablets with keyboards. What's the difference? PCs have a common bus (or at least can outsource the job), the modern one being PCIe. Honestly, this is still just another beefed up smartphone chip.
Tell me when they make a chip with a PCIe root complex and then i'll tell you they made a chip made for PCs.
If there is going to be any real defense of our critical systems then what we actually need is to have our own government bringing down vulnerable systems. Allowing these systems to continue to function when they could fail at any moment is like building on a fractured foundation: it's a disaster waiting to happen.
This effort will cause annoying outages but it will also force companies to invest in real security while allowing those who already have will thrive. Most companies have been complacent for far too long and it's made us very vulnerable.
You act like the death of Java would be a bad thing. ;)
But 110010001000 just told us (literally) yesterday that "Musk is a flim flam artist"! How dare you question him! /s
Note to haters: hate someone based on fact or opinion but never hate someone based on your own delusions.
all the console 12yr olds are going to get slaughtered by people using PCs with mouse and keyboard
Wrong. All the 15-year-olds using PCs who have dedicated six months to mastering a specific game are going to slaughter everyone.
This is how online gaming has always worked... but now they just trash-talk you through a voice pitch changer.
Mature Fish Like It Deep, Really Deep
This could have been your headline Slashdot but you blew it. ;)
Cite then, chapter and verse, where Huawei has a product that contains code that benefits the Chinese government in a security risk scenario.
Pre-installed Backdoor On 700 Million Android Phones Sending Users' Data To China
"Moreover, it is worth noting that AdUps provides its software to much larger handset manufacturers, such as ZTE and Huawei, which sell their Android phones worldwide, across over 150 countries and regions."
I view that as full Bullying from the gov.
Really? I view it as taking security seriously enough to actually say something.
I suppose you don't fully grasp the threat of backdoored mobile computers.
The real fact is that Musk is a flim flam artist
So despite reaching a massive milestone in rocketry with SpaceX, you still call him a flimflam artist? Damn dude, what does someone have to do to convince you that they're legit?
His timelines are overly optimistic but he's always managed to accomplish what he claimed. But hey, facts are annoying when they get in the way of illogical hatred, right?
And we've got a massive, massive push for automation coming.
Pff! Says who?!
*Watches robomower outside the window while a cat rides by on a Roomba*
OK, there might be a slight grain of truth to that.
From the title, did anyone else think some employee went on a shooting spree at their competitor?
Ford marketplace- big
Tesla marketplace- tiny
Ford goes out of business- hundreds of thousands unemployed.
Tesla goes out of business- Panasonic puts their equipment in shipping containers and hauls it to China.
The EV market is just as large as ICE car market. The writing is on the wall and ICE is on the way out. It could be worth billions or even trillions to delay Tesla months or years by any number of parties. When you rock a multitrillion dollar boat, you better believe that there is plenty of incentive for sabotage.
However, the shortsighted shortsellers seem to be especially spurned by Tesla, so I would suspect one of them trying to make a big payday for themselves.
They'll just do this again when people aren't paying attention. Maybe next time they'll hide it well enough that it won't be discovered.
At this point, they don't even have to buy politicians, they just need to promote the political party that isn't batshit crazy to the people that seem to think batshit crazy is a sensible position.
Net Neutrality isn't dead, its just not being reinforced by the FCC, the FTC now owns it.
Only if you are deluded enough to buy that argument, which nobody at the FTC, FCC or anyone in the entire US judiciary actually has bought into.