slazer2au@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoWhat is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry?message-squaremessage-square205fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up192arrow-down1message-squareWhat is the technical hill you are willing to die on in your industry?slazer2au@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square205fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareTreczoks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·6 hours agoThere are a load of things in IT where using a processor is the wrong choice, and using an FPGA instead would have made a lot of problems a non-issue.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up6·edit-25 hours agoIs that controversial? I’ve always assumed people avoid FPGAs just because they’re unfamiliar with them.
minus-squareCookieOfFortune@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·4 hours agoI think it’s because FPGAs are an intermediate to just making your own ASIC.
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-23 hours 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.
There are a load of things in IT where using a processor is the wrong choice, and using an FPGA instead would have made a lot of problems a non-issue.
Is that controversial? I’ve always assumed people avoid FPGAs just because they’re unfamiliar with them.
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.