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What's remaining is: server written in Go, running on a Google server OS, located on a Google designed server appliance, which is centrally controlled by a Goog

by Cyph0n 10y ago

What's remaining is: server written in Go, running on a Google server OS, located on a Google designed server appliance, which is centrally controlled by a Google designed microprocessor, which is finally manufactured in a Google owned semiconductor foundry. Oh, and the sand used for silicon purification is sourced from a Google-owned stretch of beach. I haven't considered the internals of the datacenter though...

kyrra 10y ago
Go poke around: https://research.google.com/pubs/papers.html https://research.google.com/pubs/papers.html You will see lots of custom stuff that Google does. There are many things that are better to outsource to 3rd parties, but many things are better in-house because the solutions just don't exist or they cost too much for the volume they need. Some examples: Network routers for CLOS topology (there are pictures of some of the hardware): https://research.google.com/pubs/pub43837.html https://research.google.com/pubs/pub43837.html Custom built SSDs (custom firmware/controller with a mix of flash chips from various vendors): https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/fast16/fast16-papers-schroeder.pdf https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/fast16/fast16... Then you the TPU custom chip for running Tensorflow.
- Cyph0n 10y ago
  Interesting stuff. I've heard about the TPU chip but not the rest. They're still eons away from e.g. Intel or Samsung when it comes to vertical integration on the hardware side. I believe that Samsung is the only company in the world that is capable of building an entire computer (e.g., laptop or smartphone) from scratch completely in-house. They can design software and OSes AND manufacture SoCs, memory, LED panels, etc. It's very impressive.
  - kr0 10y ago
    On that note it would be really interesting to see the percentage breakdown of who's IP made your phone/laptop/etc
- ra1n85 10y ago
  Sorry, but it's Clos, which is named after Charles Clos. Pronounced "Cloh". This only bugs me because I've seen this done so many times - specific domain knowledge nerd rant over.
arkitaip 10y ago
What I am waiting for is a good shopping experience hosted by Google. Can for the life of my not understand why did still haven't done this because it would solve so many of their problems wrt ads and purchasing.
- tantalor 10y ago
  What? There's a big "shopping" tab at the top of every search results page.
  - nerdponx 10y ago
    But do you use it? Probably not. Is it usable, are the results good? Nope. Is it a good user experience? Not the few times I've tried it.
- dazc 10y ago
  Amazon have too far a head start on that one but it is ironic that google seem to be able to crawl and index amazon better than amazon can do internally.
  - zabouti 10y ago
    It has seemed to me for quite some time that Amazon deliberately tries NOT to return what you are searching for. Oh, they'll give you one or two items that fit your search criteria, but they'll also return lots of stuff that they think you'll be interested in and possibly buy.
- beejiu 10y ago
  I do not think this would be allowed within the European Union.
- WorldMaker 10y ago
  Google had one years ago, Google Checkout [1]. It was a PayPal competitor that was built to also provide a good API for running shopping cart experiences. Another on the list of good products that Google built, ran until they got bored with it, then closed. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Checkout https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Checkout
Amell 10y ago
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by Cyph0n 10y ago

kyrra 10y ago

Go poke around: https://research.google.com/pubs/papers.html https://research.google.com/pubs/papers.html You will see lots of custom stuff that Google does. There are many things that are better to outsource to 3rd parties, but many things are better in-house because the solutions just don't exist or they cost too much for the volume they need. Some examples: Network routers for CLOS topology (there are pictures of some of the hardware): https://research.google.com/pubs/pub43837.html https://research.google.com/pubs/pub43837.html Custom built SSDs (custom firmware/controller with a mix of flash chips from various vendors): https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/fast16/fast16-papers-schroeder.pdf https://www.usenix.org/system/files/conference/fast16/fast16... Then you the TPU custom chip for running Tensorflow.

Cyph0n 10y ago
Interesting stuff. I've heard about the TPU chip but not the rest. They're still eons away from e.g. Intel or Samsung when it comes to vertical integration on the hardware side. I believe that Samsung is the only company in the world that is capable of building an entire computer (e.g., laptop or smartphone) from scratch completely in-house. They can design software and OSes AND manufacture SoCs, memory, LED panels, etc. It's very impressive.
- kr0 10y ago
  On that note it would be really interesting to see the percentage breakdown of who's IP made your phone/laptop/etc
ra1n85 10y ago
Sorry, but it's Clos, which is named after Charles Clos. Pronounced "Cloh". This only bugs me because I've seen this done so many times - specific domain knowledge nerd rant over.

arkitaip 10y ago

What I am waiting for is a good shopping experience hosted by Google. Can for the life of my not understand why did still haven't done this because it would solve so many of their problems wrt ads and purchasing.

tantalor 10y ago
What? There's a big "shopping" tab at the top of every search results page.
- nerdponx 10y ago
  But do you use it? Probably not. Is it usable, are the results good? Nope. Is it a good user experience? Not the few times I've tried it.
dazc 10y ago
Amazon have too far a head start on that one but it is ironic that google seem to be able to crawl and index amazon better than amazon can do internally.
- zabouti 10y ago
  It has seemed to me for quite some time that Amazon deliberately tries NOT to return what you are searching for. Oh, they'll give you one or two items that fit your search criteria, but they'll also return lots of stuff that they think you'll be interested in and possibly buy.
beejiu 10y ago
I do not think this would be allowed within the European Union.
WorldMaker 10y ago
Google had one years ago, Google Checkout [1]. It was a PayPal competitor that was built to also provide a good API for running shopping cart experiences. Another on the list of good products that Google built, ran until they got bored with it, then closed. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Checkout https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Checkout

Amell 10y ago

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