Darpa invests $100M in a silicon compiler

Side note: when people complain about the military budget, projects like these should be noted. Political reality in America, today, is military R&D and jobs programs are easier to fund than civilian ones; so that’s where projects go to live.

Re: Darpa invests $100M in a silicon compiler

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Post by mmiller9 » Fri, Jun 29, 2018, 9:28 PM UTC

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #5

Side note: when people complain about the military budget, projects like these should be noted. Political reality in America, today, is military R&D and jobs programs are easier to fund than civilian ones; so that’s where projects go to live.

I sincerely doubt our enormously bloated defense budget is because of research...

Re: Darpa invests $100M in a silicon compiler

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Post by killjoywashere » Fri, Jun 29, 2018, 9:30 PM UTC

mmiller9 wrote: post #6

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #5

Side note: when people complain about the military budget, projects like these should be noted. Political reality in America, today, is military R&D and jobs programs are easier to fund than civilian ones; so that’s where projects go to live.

I sincerely doubt our enormously bloated defense budget is because of research...

The DoD budget exceeds Google's market cap, and their research budget exceeds Google's annual revenue.

Re: Darpa invests $100M in a silicon compiler

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Post by aphextron » Fri, Jun 29, 2018, 9:34 PM UTC

mmiller9 wrote: post #6

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #5

Side note: when people complain about the military budget, projects like these should be noted. Political reality in America, today, is military R&D and jobs programs are easier to fund than civilian ones; so that’s where projects go to live.

I sincerely doubt our enormously bloated defense budget is because of research...

Guns and bombs are cheap. Everyone has plenty of them. The power of our military is in force prjoection; that is, the ability to use those guns and bombs anywhere at any time.

That requires massive, sustained logistics spending. To the point it may seem absurd and wasteful. But the alternative is fighting a fair fight on equal footing. I’d rather not do that.

Re: Darpa invests $100M in a silicon compiler

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Post by ProAm » Fri, Jun 29, 2018, 9:37 PM UTC

killjoywashere wrote: post #7

mmiller9 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I sincerely doubt our enormously bloated defense budget is because of research...

The DoD budget exceeds Google's market cap, and their research budget exceeds Google's annual revenue.

But they dont spend it nearly as efficiently. Gov is slow and bloated. It's why government contracts are so coveted, lots of money, long term contracts, overages are just part of life.

Re: Darpa invests $100M in a silicon compiler

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Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jun 29, 2018, 9:39 PM UTC

aphextron wrote: post #8

mmiller9 wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I sincerely doubt our enormously bloated defense budget is because of research...

Guns and bombs are cheap. Everyone has plenty of them. The power of our military is in force prjoection; that is, the ability to use those guns and bombs anywhere at any time. That requires massive, sustained logistics spending. To the point it may seem absurd and wasteful. But the alternative is fighting a fair fight on equal footing. I’d rather not do that.

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