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On the other hand, having it public makes exploits more likely since everyone can take a look.
For software this is beneficial, any fixed bug or exploit is then available to everyone and can be easily deployed.
I'm not very familiar with hardware but it seems like it would require new chips to be manufacturered to really fix any issues.
On the one hand this could be interesting for military and government looking to make sure there are no backdoors in the hardware they are using. On the other hand, having it public makes exploits more likely since everyone can take a look. For software this is beneficial, any fixed bug or exploit is then available to everyone and can be easily deployed. I'm not very familiar with hardware but it seems like it would…
Everyone can take a look, but not everyone will spend money to produce their own. So this will improve security, not reduce it.
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To add to this: the downstream customers also hate change, just as much as people hate Windows updates. They much prefer being able to buy the same chip for 10 years. (here at Medium-Size-Fabless-Semi-Inc, I'm in the middle of revving a bunch of parts that are about 10 years old, not because we want to add new features to them but because the process node is so obsolete it's becoming difficult to fab. Yes, they're ge…
I find it ironic how different the culture is between software and hardware people. This makes me very happy about my decision of going into software
There is definitely a huge gap, where hardware people spend a great deal of time creating and testing things, that they then want to manufacture for long enough to pay it back. It seems like on the (web) software side, people want to try something out (maybe over a weekend), launch it quickly, then shut it down when they figure out it's not going anywhere (the Google approach).
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To add to this: the downstream customers also hate change, just as much as people hate Windows updates. They much prefer being able to buy the same chip for 10 years. (here at Medium-Size-Fabless-Semi-Inc, I'm in the middle of revving a bunch of parts that are about 10 years old, not because we want to add new features to them but because the process node is so obsolete it's becoming difficult to fab. Yes, they're ge…
>To add to this: the downstream customers also hate change, Everyone hates change, when the fallout of the outcome of the change is on THEM specifically and impacts their career. That's why SW people keep picking Oracle, Microsoft, Google, etc
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>To add to this: the downstream customers also hate change, Everyone hates change, when the fallout of the outcome of the change is on THEM specifically and impacts their career. That's why SW people keep picking Oracle, Microsoft, Google, etc
Nobody picks Oracle.
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>To add to this: the downstream customers also hate change, Everyone hates change, when the fallout of the outcome of the change is on THEM specifically and impacts their career. That's why SW people keep picking Oracle, Microsoft, Google, etc
Nobody picks Oracle.
That's how Larry Ellison is one of the richest people in the world? Because nobody ever buys Oracle, except every major bank, and enterprise.
From the same cinematic universe where nobody ever picks Windows, it just magically ends up everywhere through nobody's decision.
I wish HN would look outside their bubble for 3 seconds.
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To add to this: the downstream customers also hate change, just as much as people hate Windows updates. They much prefer being able to buy the same chip for 10 years. (here at Medium-Size-Fabless-Semi-Inc, I'm in the middle of revving a bunch of parts that are about 10 years old, not because we want to add new features to them but because the process node is so obsolete it's becoming difficult to fab. Yes, they're ge…
I find it ironic how different the culture is between software and hardware people. This makes me very happy about my decision of going into software
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The wafer manufacturing process takes weeks to months after a tape out.
Accelerating this process sounds like a good focus for an SBIR (small business innovation research) RFP.
At the end of the day the industry has evolved and optimized to stamp out millions of chips a year with very little defects. However that requires a fairly hefty upfront commitment in design/verification time along with a capital commitment to make enough chips to get economies of scale. This breaks down when trying to build small volumes of chips quickly. It's like trying to turn an oil tanker quickly....