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This is carburetor nostalgia, from a time when everything was human scale and adjustable. Look at how chips are stacked and interconnected within packages in mo
by paulsutter 10y ago
This is carburetor nostalgia, from a time when everything was human scale and adjustable. Look at how chips are stacked and interconnected within packages in modern design[1], that trend will only intensify. Software is also getting more complex, with deep learning the system develops its own if/thens.
[1] http://img.koreatimes.co.kr/upload/news/070905_p10_hynix.jpg http://img.koreatimes.co.kr/upload/news/070905_p10_hynix.jpg
- sevenless 10y agoHow do they make that?! Don't the interconnects short?
- paulsutter 10y agoUsing a modern wire bonding machine
- waterphone 10y agoWrong, this is not trying to mandate that simpler designs be used to make things easier to repair, but that companies stop trying to lock people out with tamper-resistant screws and glue; and that they stop cracking down on "unauthorized" repair shops, etc.
- mmagin 10y agoAFAIK, this sort of stacked die thing has barely started to reach actual commercial products. It's been an idea for a long time, but quite hard to get right. Anyway, it's no different than another IC of considerable complexity -- obviously there's no ability for an end user to repair what's inside it.
- brokenmachine 10y agoEven such fancy chips still require some kind of power, and I'd rather that battery (which is a consumable) would be accessible and replaceable. I don't need to repair individual transistors on the silicon, it would just be nice to be able to replace the battery or screen if I need to.