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> that eventually disrupted the market leadership of Intel’s 64-bit Itanium chips Erm, Itanium never had any kind of market leadership. It was a failure.
That's true. But part of the reason Itanium as a failure is because AMD came out with x86-64, which was so successful that Intel ended up being forced to adopt it (it didn't help that the first generation of Itanium chips was... underwhelming).
This sounds like something Elon musk would do to Tesla just to save $8 on parts
> just to save $8 on parts I don't think you understand what $8 per vehicle represents in cost savings. $8 in parts can literally be 10s of million in savings per year. And then you are basically tied to this supplier forever as switching something so fundamental isn't easy. In automotive, using less screws to save 50c on each vehicle is considered a big win.
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I found that Lex interview enlightening for two reasons. Firstly, Keller is a profoundly talented and interesting guy. And secondly, Lex is a truly painful and incompetent interviewer; virtually every time Lex spoke I begged my screen for him to stay quiet and let Keller speak.
Does anyone have any insight into how hes managed to get such high profile guests?
This sounds like something Elon musk would do to Tesla just to save $8 on parts
> just to save $8 on parts I don't think you understand what $8 per vehicle represents in cost savings. $8 in parts can literally be 10s of million in savings per year. And then you are basically tied to this supplier forever as switching something so fundamental isn't easy. In automotive, using less screws to save 50c on each vehicle is considered a big win.
A clever one I saw was where they milled a PCB thinner in a section to make it bendy and did not need 2 boards because of this.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
I found that Lex interview enlightening for two reasons. Firstly, Keller is a profoundly talented and interesting guy. And secondly, Lex is a truly painful and incompetent interviewer; virtually every time Lex spoke I begged my screen for him to stay quiet and let Keller speak.
Does anyone have any insight into how hes managed to get such high profile guests?
I recommend Keller's appearances on the Lex Fridman podcast, and also the chat with his (Keller's) brother-in-law Jordan Peterson.
I understand that until recently he kind of stayed out of the public spotlight, and I wonder why, because he has such a great presence.
> that eventually disrupted the market leadership of Intel’s 64-bit Itanium chips Erm, Itanium never had any kind of market leadership. It was a failure.
> Erm, Itanium never had any kind of market leadership. It was a failure. That's true. But part of the reason Itanium as a failure is because AMD came out with x86-64, which was so successful that Intel ended up being forced to adopt it (it didn't help that the first generation of Itanium chips was... underwhelming).
This sounds like something Elon musk would do to Tesla just to save $8 on parts
> just to save $8 on parts I don't think you understand what $8 per vehicle represents in cost savings. $8 in parts can literally be 10s of million in savings per year. And then you are basically tied to this supplier forever as switching something so fundamental isn't easy. In automotive, using less screws to save 50c on each vehicle is considered a big win.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> just to save $8 on parts I don't think you understand what $8 per vehicle represents in cost savings. $8 in parts can literally be 10s of million in savings per year. And then you are basically tied to this supplier forever as switching something so fundamental isn't easy. In automotive, using less screws to save 50c on each vehicle is considered a big win.
Some design decisions are also really not obvious. I've seen engineering decisions of the kind... We'll put another microcontroller because we would need less wiring between these 2 boards and the wiring would be more expensive. A clever one I saw was where they milled a PCB thinner in a section to make it bendy and did not need 2 boards because of this.
Earlier quoted context omitted.
> just to save $8 on parts I don't think you understand what $8 per vehicle represents in cost savings. $8 in parts can literally be 10s of million in savings per year. And then you are basically tied to this supplier forever as switching something so fundamental isn't easy. In automotive, using less screws to save 50c on each vehicle is considered a big win.
Sure, but Tesla doesn’t sell that many vehicles. They only went over a million last year (will be closer to 2 million this year it would appear.
That's at least a few engineers salaries. ;)