+1 for Meta research. The way we do research needs to be completely overhauled. An outside body could help kickstart this in a way that insiders couldn't. You c

+1 for Meta research. The way we do research needs to be completely overhauled. An outside body could help kickstart this in a way that insiders couldn't. You could also set the bar high and challenge the industry to meet it, whereas something put together by insiders would have a lot of compromise built into it before it ever saw the light of day. I'd like to see somebody pull out tech at the roots and start over with a new processor or SoC design. There are a ton of problems in the community that all have their roots in the way CPUs process data. There are also a ton of new technologies that become more and more powerful the closer to the metal they're implemented. Even running the whole project as a whiteboard-only, blue-sky effort could produce some conceptual ideas that others would want to follow-up on. I think if this is not done, all the separate techs continue to develop on their own, and we miss out on a huge chance of making a significant leap forward.