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This project isn’t about designing CPUs, so “running a foundry” is irrelevant. They’re working to build a laptop that’ll run an off-the-shelf POWER-based CPU, w
by profquail 9y ago
This project isn’t about designing CPUs, so “running a foundry” is irrelevant. They’re working to build a laptop that’ll run an off-the-shelf POWER-based CPU, which is complex but still massively simpler than designing and building the CPUs themselves.
- profquail 9y agoCorrection: I meant PowerPC, not POWER. The latter is not likely to fit comfortably in a laptop. If you want a POWER-based workstation, check out the Talos II from Raptor Computing.
- aidenn0 9y agoActually the PC suffix has been mostly dropped. See e.g. [1] which is much lower end than what would fit in a laptop. 1: https://www.nxp.com/products/microcontrollers-and-processors/power-architecture-processors/mpc5xxx-55xx-32-bit-mcus/ultra-reliable-mpc57xx-32-bit-automotive-industrial-microcontrollers-mcus/ultra-reliable-mpc5777c-mcu-for-automotive-industrial-engine-management:MPC5777C https://www.nxp.com/products/microcontrollers-and-processors...